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"Matt Canales" <canales@lvcm.com> writes:
> > =A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=
> > =F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4
>
> What's ^this stuff supposed to mean?^=20
Those are non-ASCII characters. If your browser/newsreader displayed
them correctly you would see a sort of wavy line.
Since only characters between 32 and 126 are guaranteed to be
printable on all screens and to pass through all kinds of messaging
systems, characters outside that range are encoded by his newsreader
using the "quoted-printable" system. The unprintable characters are
replaced by =NN where NN is the hexadecimal value (base 16) for the
character.
Since the = sign is commonly used in messages it too is converted, and
it happens that the hexadecimal code for = is 3D, so = is replaced
with =3D.
The =20 at the end of a line means that there was a space (ASCII 32,
or hexadecimal 20) at the end of the line.
Any correctly configured newsreader should translate those back to the
originally intended characters. If you see the =NN codes then it is
your client software's fault, not the fault of the person who posted
it.
FUT: lugnet.off-topic.geek
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) Yep.=20 (...) Whoa, buddy, not just the links -- they're everywhere :)=20 (...) Does =20 mean anything?=20 (...) Oh well. That doesn't keep it from being a cool bridge :)=20 (...) Hi.=20 (...) What's ^this stuff supposed to mean?^=20 Matt (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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