Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:36:02 -0400
> The ASCII character set was originally a 7 bit character set defined in
> the late 1950s when the input device was an ASR 33 teletype. ASCII
> started to replace the old baudot code which was (if I remember a 4 bit
> code).
Five bit code,
And I'll be in NYC nerding it up Drupal style.
On 7/8/07, kenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> Are people having problems with the sign-up form? Waiting for the
> weather forecast? Having problems getting their families to decide?
> Otherwise intimidated by
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> Are people having problems with the sign-up form? Waiting for the
> weather forecast? Having problems getting their families to decide?
> Otherwise intimidated by socializing with other geeks? Can't decide on a
> dish that goes well with Summer Pale Ale?
E
On 7/8/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On my mac I can hold option $
>
> On my ThinkPad under FC6, I can just type ¢ By selecting Menu, Character
> Map, View, by Unicode Block, Latin-1, finding the character, clicking
> Copy, clicking back into the message, selecting Paste.
As the Fr
On 7/8/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> http://www.noooxml.org/delegations
>
> ... right side is grayed out in Firefox.
A cursory glance makes me think it might be a sizing assumption
issue to me. As long as my browser window is at least 1180 pixels
wide, it looks fine; if I make i
On 7/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ISO should do better.
>
> ... I believe it would be a better use of Linux activists' time and
> resources to be petitioning the FCC ...
> ... Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB keyboard??
And the award for "Best Threadjacking" goes to
Shamelessly ripping off Bruce's message...
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From: Bruce Dawson
There's only 5 sign-ups for the BBQ, which is next weekend.
Are people having problems with the sign-up form? Waiting for the
weather forecast? Having problems getting their families to de
Travis Roy wrote:
>
> On my mac I can hold option $
>
> Just my 2¢
> ___
On my ThinkPad under FC6, I can just type ¢ By selecting Menu, Character
Map, View, by Unicode Block, Latin-1, finding the character, clicking
Copy, clicking back into the messag
Thomas Charron wrote:
>
> Looks fine under IE7 and FF 2.0.0.7 here.
>
And IE6 and FF 1.5.0.12 here...
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On 7/8/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For those of us in the US, ANSI [2] is the organization you'll want to
> > contact.
> > [1] http://www.noooxml.org/delegations
> Interesting... did anyone else notice that this site doesn't display the
> same in IE or Firefox? As a matter-of-f
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:36:02 -0400
Jason Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Now you have my $.02. (Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB keyboard??)
>
> The spot where most typewriters (even those from IBM) have the cent key
> is taken up by ^ on most comput
There's only 5 sign-ups for the BBQ, which is next weekend.
Are people having problems with the sign-up form? Waiting for the
weather forecast? Having problems getting their families to decide?
Otherwise intimidated by socializing with other geeks? Can't decide on a
dish that goes well with Summer
On Jul 8, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Jason Stephenson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Now you have my $.02. (Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB
>> keyboard??)
>
> The spot where most typewriters (even those from IBM) have the cent
> key
> is taken up by ^ on most computer keyboards. Intere
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now you have my $.02. (Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB keyboard??)
The spot where most typewriters (even those from IBM) have the cent key
is taken up by ^ on most computer keyboards. Interestingly, the cent
character is not a part of the basic ASCII character
Tech Writer wrote:
>
> Interesting... did anyone else notice that this site doesn't display
> the same in IE or Firefox? As a matter-of-fact, it looks a little goofy
> in each on my XP system! Top is goofy in IE and right side is grayed
> out in Firefox.
>
Peg:
Generally speaking, readers
>
> For those of us in the US, ANSI [2] is the organization you'll want to
> contact.
>
> [1] http://www.noooxml.org/delegations
>
Interesting... did anyone else notice that this site doesn't display the
same in IE or Firefox? As a matter-of-fact, it looks a little goofy in each
on my XP syste
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This may be true. However, I believe it would be a better use of
> Linux activists' time and resources to be petitioning the FCC to keep
> the OTA TV spectrum in the hands of the people.
I respect your right to your opinion. You are welcome to lay out your
arguments
>
> This may be true. However, I believe it would be a better use of
> Linux activists' time and resources to be petitioning the FCC to keep
> the OTA TV spectrum in the hands of the people. How much of an evil
> would a closed open document standard really be if we pass up the
> opportunity to
Tech Writer wrote:
> This web page also contains the note:
>
> IT IS URGENT THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR STANDARDISATION BODY IN YOUR COUNTRY
> AND EXPLAIN THEM WHY OOXML IS BROKEN; SENDING A NICE LETTER TO YOUR
> STANDARDISATION BODY IN YOUR COUNTRY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SIGNING THE
> PETITION
>
> Is
> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:43:54 -0400
> From: Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bill McGonigle blogged [1]:
> [1]
> http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/2007/06/25/sign-petition-against-ooxml
>
> [2] http://www.noooxml.org/petition
>
> The Microsoft document is no standard. It has blocks of pr
> I think online petitions are overrated as a tool for grassroots
> movement- first and foremost, because they can't be trusted due to
> the ease of astroturfing. Microsoft could easily build a "petition"
> and have millions of its "happy customers" "sign" it- a short macro
> running on their WG
I think online petitions are overrated as a tool for grassroots
movement- first and foremost, because they can't be trusted due to
the ease of astroturfing. Microsoft could easily build a "petition"
and have millions of its "happy customers" "sign" it- a short macro
running on their WGA database
This web page also contains the note:
IT IS URGENT THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR STANDARDISATION BODY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND
EXPLAIN THEM WHY OOXML IS BROKEN; SENDING A NICE LETTER TO YOUR
STANDARDISATION BODY IN YOUR COUNTRY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SIGNING THE
PETITION
Is this really useful? If so, does
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