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From: Youtie Effaight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Unicode now has a serious competitor. Please read
about it at www.bytext.org. Everyone on this list
should find it extremely interesting.
Goll dang! Just what ah've bin waitin' fer!
Code points is gettin' way
--- Michael Everson [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev:
At 08:41 -0800 2002-01-27, James Kass wrote:
Seriously, the section in the bytext file about
emoticons was
most enjoyable. Do people exchange information
using emoticons?
Yes, but these are representable in plain text by
Unicode now.
Well, I've seen cases where chat engines have
converted ASCII into emoticon pictures at the wrong
places...
And sometimes you can't turn them off. Grumble. I couldn't give out sample
code in MSIM using foo(c) for a function call w/o getting a cup of coffee
after foo!
YA
At 17:54 -0500 2002-01-26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of my favorite parts of Bytext was the section on Emoticons. Certainly,
one thing that a serious competitor to Unicode must have is a rich set of
emoticons as single characters. I've always felt the UTC was badly out of
touch with the
Michael Everson wrote,
MISTER YUCK, actually, should be added to Unicode. Isn't it used on
some poisonous cleaning products to warn children?
If so, perhaps it is a glyph variant of skull and crossbones
at U+2620 (☠).
Best regards,
James Kass.
At 06:56 -0800 2002-01-27, James Kass wrote:
MISTER YUCK, actually, should be added to Unicode. Isn't it used on
some poisonous cleaning products to warn children?
If so, perhaps it is a glyph variant of skull and crossbones
at U+2620 (òÝ).
I don't think it is. Indeed it was introduced
Michael Everson wrote,
(MISTER YUCK)
If so, perhaps it is a glyph variant of skull and crossbones
at U+2620 ([Gratuitous UTF-8 Skull and Crossbones]).
I don't think it is. Indeed it was introduced precisely because
toddlers don't understand the skull and crossbones. They may both
James Kass wrote:
Seriously, the section in the bytext file about emoticons was
most enjoyable. Do people exchange information using emoticons?
MISTER YUCK: graphic or symbol?
Do people use exclamation marks to communicate ;-)
P. Andries
At 08:41 -0800 2002-01-27, James Kass wrote:
Seriously, the section in the bytext file about emoticons was
most enjoyable. Do people exchange information using emoticons?
Yes, but these are representable in plain text by Unicode now. ASCII!
MISTER YUCK: graphic or symbol?
Symbol.
--
At 06:56 AM 1/27/02, James Kass wrote:
If so, perhaps it is a glyph variant of skull and crossbones
at U+2620 (â ).
cheek contents=tongue amount=50%
I would argue against unification: the skull and crossed bones has
additional meanings beyond poison. Although the vision of Disney's
Pirates
Michael Everson wrote,
... graphic or symbol?
Symbol.
--
Because it signifies something specific while a graphic would be
subject to random interpretations.
Curtis Clark wrote,
I would argue against unification: the skull and crossed bones has
additional meanings beyond poison.
In a message dated 2002-01-26 5:46:37 Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm surprised you all went for it.
Well, I was curious, sort of like a passing motorist who slows down to see
the aftermath of a collision.
The same thing happened when someone announced that TRON was
Unicode now has a serious competitor. Please read
about it at www.bytext.org. Everyone on this list
should find it extremely interesting.
Goll dang! Just what ah've bin waitin' fer!
Code points is gettin' way too expensive in Unicode,
so I sure hope bytext is sellin' 'em cheaper.
Yer ol' pal,
From Bernard's personal site:
There are so many people smarter than me
Indeed.
But few who are so presumptuous to believe that they are a serious
competitor on such a basis? Though I can offer you a deal on personalized
tutorials to help you with your misconceptions on Unicode, though it may
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:33:15PM -0800, Bernard Miller wrote:
Unicode now has a serious competitor. Please read
about it at www.bytext.org. Everyone on this list
should find it extremely interesting.
Let's see. Bytext has no corporate supporters, nor is it supported by
any standards
In a message dated 2002-01-25 20:45:46 Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Unicode now has a serious competitor. Please read
about it at www.bytext.org. Everyone on this list
should find it extremely interesting.
I just downloaded the PDF file and spent about 10 minutes
So, is there a script -- something along the lines of the dialectizer
recently mentioned here -- that automatically generates 'Competitor to
Unicode' websites? I wonder, because they all make the same set of claims,
display the same confusion about or misrepresentation of Unicode, and offer
At 08:33 PM 2002-01-25 -0800, Bernard Miller wrote:
Hello Unicode list members,
Unicode now has a serious competitor. Please read
about it at www.bytext.org. Everyone on this list
should find it extremely interesting.
Juvenal said It is hard NOT to write satire.
But in future I suggest you
Unicode now has a serious competitor.
Kllhk!! Kllhk!! Kllhk! Whoa! Almost choked on my tofu burger!
Oh dewd, you have it so, like, all wrong... Universal character encoding
isn't about Competition and Marketing, it's about everybody doin' it in the
road, all together like, in love, peace,
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