--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > Steve, computer problems with character encoding or computer glitches are a > programmer's realm, or a computer service realm, not an editor's realm to > solve. > > It is nice to know how to fix certain common problems, but the big hangup > people have about computers seems to be if something goes wrong, and they > don't have a clue, they think they will break something if they make a wrong > move. > > Sometimes software does not load properly and fails to work in some specific > way, or the application or even the whole system freezes up. In that case you > might lose what you are working on, because you have to restart the computer, > which is usually the first thing to try. > > I have known a number of people who seem to regard a computer as some kind of > magical talisman, and somehow fear something like the retribution of the gods > were they to touch it once it fails to do what they expect. > > Cyberphobia
All I can say is that it's a good thing my husband knows a whole lot about computers - in particular Macs. He is a Mac Man through and through so of course he has set me up with an Apple as well. So, all I have to do is swivel about 90 degrees and whine for him to fix something, anything for me. Computers are, for me, nothing but vehicles to do what I want to do at any given moment. I don't care how they work, and I don't care to learn in any depth about them. I appreciate that they exist, they are small miracles, unknown workings going on above and beyond the puny amount of knowledge I have about them. I reserve my brain cells for other things and leave the inner secrets of these marvelous machines to those who care. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > You gotta admit, with the number of times this issue has > > > come up, you would have that the author's friend would have > > > provided the solution. > > > > Not sure how you managed to hallucinate the notion > > that I was some kind of computer expert, Steve, but > > your mental problems have been getting noticeably > > worse recently. Each time you're away from FFL for > > awhile, one hopes it's because you're finally > > getting some treatment. But then when you come back, > > you're even crazier than before. It doesn't look > > good for you, I'm afraid. > > > > (As it turns out, Barry didn't know what he was > > talking about anyway.) > > > > > > > > > But nooooo. Turns out, the author's friend declared "arch enemy" came > > > to the rescue on this one. Just sayin' Chalk one up for the Bar. > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, turq and I also want to apologize because coming back > > > from the hospital I realized that telling a man he made a mountain out > > > of a molehill is like when a man tells an upset woman that she's being > > > emotional. Kind of stupid on my part. Anyway, there, I only put one > > > space. Let's see what happens. How the heck am I gonna break that habit > > > that's so ingrained in my cells?! I'm trainable but this just might be > > > above and beyond my current level of neuroplastic development (-: > > > > > > > > My guess was correct. Most of the time I don't see these > > > > symbols when reading your posts directly on the Yahoo > > > > Web Viewer, but I almost always see them when I hit Reply, > > > > because they're embedded into the text there. I have > > > > gotten into the habit of editing them out to improve > > > > readability. > > > > > > > > But there are none above. Compare to the quoted text > > > > of your previous post below, where they are still there. > > > > So it looks as if my guess about what the cause and its > > > > solution might have been was correct. Cool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:09 AM > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: help again! > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Xeno, I don't have more than one email address.àThanks > > > > > > for helpful reply.àAs for other request, a solution I > > > > > > tried last night didn't work.àThis morning I was rushing > > > > > > as usual and hoping for a quick answer if one were > > > possible.à> > > > > > Ok, rushing again as doc wants fasting blood work which I'm > > > > > > off to do now.àOn a totally empty stomach!à> > > > > > > > > > > > PSàI know turq likes mountains but did he really have to > > > > > > make this molehill into one?!à> > > > > > > > > > BTW, above is what your text looks like when we try > > > > > to reply to it. The à marks are being inserted by > > > > > whatever program you're using to write to FFL. > > > > > > > > > > And to "be helpful," I think I know how you can stop > > > > > it from doing so. The problem is the program's not > > > > > yours per se, but you're causing it by typing two > > > > > spaces after a period. That's an old convention > > > > > from typewriters, something that is never used in > > > > > actual publication, or (more relevant) in HTML. > > > > > HTML will strip out double spaces and replace them > > > > > with single spaces. > > > > > > > > > > So, in a misguided attempt to keep it from doing > > > > > this, your program (probably Yahoo Mail) is, when > > > > > you type two spaces in a row, replacing the first > > > > > of them with a non-breaking space. This preserves > > > > > the double-spacing in HTML, but unfortunately > > > > > many browsers convert this non-breaking space to > > > > > the à symbol we see all over your posts. > > > > > > > > > > As a guess, I'll bet that if you stopped typing > > > > > double spaces after every period, the problem > > > > > would go away. > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:57 AM > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: help again! > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. If you send an email from an email client (not web mail), and > > > you have more than one email address one of which is not a yahoo address > > > and you mistakenly used that address, yahoo will send you that message. > > > If you don't use an email client, then it might be an indication someone > > > has hacked into your account and tried to send an email with a non yahoo > > > identified address in reply-to line. There might be other ways this > > > could happen that I have no clue about. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just got an email supposedly from yahoo saying to verify my > > > account!ïÿý Could this be real? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
