Hum from phone wires running next to mains?

"kony" wrote in message


[snip]

: I don't know about "only thing worse", there are lots of
: worse things but make it a 4th complaint because it
: should not be someone else's burden to cope with
: non-standard quote marks - even if many newsreader apps
: can do so.

It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't cope.

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" wrote:
"kony" wrote in message


[snip]

: I don't know about "only thing worse", there are lots of
: worse things but make it a 4th complaint because it
: should not be someone else's burden to cope with
: non-standard quote marks - even if many newsreader apps
: can do so.

It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't cope.

My software copes with anything reasonable, but not with
idiots who misconfigure their software.

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 02:43:18 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote:



"kony" wrote in message


[snip]

: I don't know about "only thing worse", there are lots of
: worse things but make it a 4th complaint because it
: should not be someone else's burden to cope with
: non-standard quote marks - even if many newsreader apps
: can do so.

It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't cope.

Ivor

Yes it should because the whole point of usenet is the
simple and standard format it is presented in, versus say a
web forum.

"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message

: "Ivor Jones" wrote:
: "kony" wrote in message
: m
:
: [snip]
:
: : I don't know about "only thing worse", there are
: : lots of worse things but make it a 4th complaint
: : because it should not be someone else's burden to
: : cope with non-standard quote marks - even if many
: : newsreader apps can do so.
:
: It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't
: cope.
:
: My software copes with anything reasonable, but not with
: idiots who misconfigure their software.

It's not misconfigured. Just configured differently.

Ivor

"kony" wrote in message

: On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 02:43:18 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
: wrote:
:
[snip]

: It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't
: cope.
:
: Ivor
:
: Yes it should because the whole point of usenet is the
: simple and standard format it is presented in, versus
: say a web forum.

Plain text. If you have a problem with that, then I'm sorry but it *is*
your problem. It's people who post in HTML and other strange formats that
are the problem.

Although even Outlook Express can cope with that.


Ivor

"Ivor Jones" wrote in message
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"kony" wrote in message

[snip]

: I don't know about "only thing worse", there are lots of
: worse things but make it a 4th complaint because it
: should not be someone else's burden to cope with
: non-standard quote marks - even if many newsreader apps
: can do so.
It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't cope.

Ivor


I think software developers sometimes call this kind of dilemma Postel's Law
..

--
Graham

%Profound_observation%

In article ,
lid says...


"kony" wrote in message


[snip]

: I don't know about "only thing worse", there are lots of
: worse things but make it a 4th complaint because it
: should not be someone else's burden to cope with
: non-standard quote marks - even if many newsreader apps
: can do so.

It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't cope.

Yes, if your intention here is to post for some reason other than to
read your own writing. That can be done without the expense of an
Internet connection.

BTW, make that five, six, twenty, or whatever.

--
Keith

In article ,
lid says...


"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message

: "Ivor Jones" wrote:
: "kony" wrote in message
: m
:
: [snip]
:
: : I don't know about "only thing worse", there are
: : lots of worse things but make it a 4th complaint
: : because it should not be someone else's burden to
: : cope with non-standard quote marks - even if many
: : newsreader apps can do so.
:
: It shouldn't be *my* problem if your software can't
: cope.
:
: My software copes with anything reasonable, but not with
: idiots who misconfigure their software.

It's not misconfigured. Just configured differently.

In this case, "differently" = "non-standard" = misconfigured.

--
Keith

"krw" wrote in message
t
: In article ,
: lid says...

[snip]

: It's not misconfigured. Just configured differently.
:
: In this case, "differently" = "non-standard" =
: misconfigured.

How do I know it's not your system that's misconfigured..? If it were
configured correctly, surely it could cope with a : instead of a ??

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" wrote:
"krw" wrote in message
et
: In article ,
: lid says...

[snip]

: It's not misconfigured. Just configured differently.
:
: In this case, "differently" = "non-standard" =
: misconfigured.

How do I know it's not your system that's misconfigured..? If it were
configured correctly, surely it could cope with a : instead of a ??

So just how many different possible quote characters is
my software supposed to work for? Idiots who want to
use a non-standard quote character can choose from 100
or so...

You may, or may not, be able to recognize the problem
with accepting any character as the quote character...
It's exactly the same as not recognizing any quote
character at all. Or, recognizing the standard and
looking at an article formatted with a non-standard
character.

See?

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)