On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Reese wrote:
> >It was a great morning until my terminal software decided to freak out
> >when it encountered your message.
>
> Then there is something wrong with the software you are using. If a little
> code from a .jpg sends it into a tizzy,,,
If the .JPG contained data that resembled a legitimate VT100 escape
sequence or control code, then my software did the right thing. Nothing a
terminal reset couldn't take care of, but still no reason to send it to
the entire list.
> >Plus, there's no reason to send
> >something like that to all the list members anyway.
>
> You'd rather the "help me make bombs" et al. crowd were ignored? I'd
> rather ridicule them. Filter me if you can't deal with it. If the owner
> of the node I'm subscribed to has a problem with it, he'll let me know.
> You bitching about it doesn't measure up.
In case you haven't figured it out, most of the "how do I make bombs"
people aren't even on the list. They've gotten hold of the email address
somewhere and mailed their feeble requests to the list address, not
cognizant of the fact that it is a mailing list. I doubt many of the
requesters would be smart enough to subscribe if they did realize it was
a mailing list.
> >m-w.com says it's touche - it doesn't recognize touchi.
>
> Now I know your software is fucked up. You wrote it with an "I" twice.
> It's an upper ascii character I'm typing, <alt>0233. It's not an I, it's
> an E with accent aigu above it - it's a french word, we say it with the
> french pronunciation, I choose to type it properly.
Pine doesn't seem to like when I try to paste a few of those characters
into a mail message (reports Unknown Command). Strip off the high-bit and
you get a lowercase i. Looks like we were saying the same thing after all.
John Schultz
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