Posted by TaliesinSoft on 02/07/07 20:52

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:28:28 -0600, NRen2k5 wrote
(in article <vLpyh.46229$3D6.1945537@weber.videotron.net>):

> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> In article <Topyh.46212$3D6.1944022@weber.videotron.net>,
>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Please don't try to use curly quotes on Usenet. They don't always work.
>>> Stick with pure ASCII.
>>
>> I copied and pasted the article without attempting to edit it. I did
>> not notice that they had used curly quotes.
>
> It's very noticeable when your newsreader doesn't specify the character
> encoding its posting in and the wrong characters are shown on the
> receiving end.

Interestingly my newsreader, Hogwasher, converted the slanted quotes in
Michelle's posting of the Steve Jobs DRM article to upright quotes, the
result being that the article was perfectly readable.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

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