> From: Peter Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


> >New concept: filenames where the human-readable name is a user
> >preference depending on the individual's PUA assignments.
> >
> Presumably these filenames are intended only for internal use...


> >There's progress for you.
> >
> It is progress when a system does what you want it to do rather than
> deciding for you what you ought to be doing. You may not think what
Dean
> and his colleagues were doing was very sensible, but it obviously made
> sense to them, so what was the point of banning it?

(sigh)

I was not deriding what Dean and his colleagues are doing; I was not
trying to ban it. I was just imagining potential implications of using
PUA characters for filenames and making a joke.

Might we possibly find a sense of humour now? Or is my sense of humour
too warped for others' tastes?


Peter
 
Peter Constable
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Microsoft Windows Division


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