How about the telephone? Jony
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [idn] A question... > > > In a message dated 2002-02-08 12:15:08 Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >>> VERBATIM means "word for word". LITERATIM is "letter by letter". > >>> This > >>> is precisely the essence of the problem - you hear a > domain name, and > >>> spell it exactly as you hear it, and it should be found. > >> > >> www.color.com and www.colour.com are not ever going to match. > > > > So we don't mean VERBATIM. > > Right, OK, I made a mistake. So let's try again and see if I > can avoid > obscuring the point this time: > > "The same, exact thing will happen with Han logographs. If # > and & are TC > and SC characters (respectively) that have the same meaning, > and the user > types # when he should have typed & (or vice versa), under > the proposed IDN > system the name will not match. The user will get a 404, mutter "aw, > shucks," and type it again, LITERATIM, and the page will > appear. And the > user will learn that it is important to type the EXACT > characters that appear > on the business card, or billboard, or wherever the name came from." > > -Doug Ewell > Fullerton, California > (address will soon change to dewell at adelphia dot net) > > >
