Re: [OT] Funny Sig

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:43:23 GMT, Alan Connor wrote:

>>> There are newsgroups devoted to different languages, and each
>>> of them use their own character sets.
>>
>> So ypu're already modifying your original statement, which
>> shows you didn't think very hard before posting it.
>>
>
> I further qualified it in response to your post.
>
> Most people would regard that to be an intelligent course
> of action.

Ofcourse, correcting the error is better than sticking to it. But you made
the error already. In your first statement, you only mentioned text groups
in general.

>>> This is an English newsgroup and it uses U.S. ascii.
>>
>> Give me one 'official' document (like an RFC) that states
>> us-ascii should be used in english groups. Ofcourse, we're not
>> going to follow your personal rules.
>>
>
> Just look around. Look at what the vast majority of people
> on English language newsgroups are doing.

The us-ascii charset is the most used charset in english groups. In fact,
it's the most used charset in dutch groups as well. But that doesn't mean
it's the best charset; it only means that most messages don't contain any
special characters. For example: Dialog automatically selects the simplest
possible charset. As soon as I insert a special character, Dialog switches
to a bigger charset (like iso-8859-1 for an é, or iso-8859-15 for a €).

> You shouldn't need anything more than that, but if you do,
> websearch this string:
>
> usenet netiquette

'The' usenet netiquette (RFC 1855) doesn't say anything about using us-ascii
in english groups.

> Note: I don't read "SINNER's" posts, nor any responses to
> them, and he knows that perfectly well.
>
> Or rather, he _should_ know that, because I've tald him
> enough times. Maybe he's losing his memory due to drug
> abuse...

Maybe he, like me, doesn't bother to keep track of other people's killfiles.

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