Posted by NRen2k5 on 02/08/07 22:18

Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2007-02-08 09:19:54 -0600, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@null.org> said:
>
>> On 2007-02-08 02:27:07 -0600, NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> said:
>>
>>> TaliesinSoft wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> In my case, Thunderbird is turning the curly quotes into superscript
>>> numbers.
>>
>> Same for Unison. ...yet somehow I wasn't compelled to bitch and moan
>> to the rest of CSMS about it! : )
>
> For that matter, Google Groups does the same thing:
>
> <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.system/browse_thread/thread/e7eca97d9c42dd2c/f153b81a0bebab53>

More proof that the problem is on Michelle's end and not anybody else's.

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