Brian Mury wrote:
Now you're just being silly.
Please use
(a) common sense
Perhaps you should use some?
communicate in English. Other
languages might be ignored merely because the users in these lists might
only know English or use it as their common language.
The point is that Joel shouldn't write his messages in Japanese because
most of us won't understand it and will ignore it. This is not the case
with a few Japanese characters in an attribution line, followed by an
English message - English speakers can understand that just fine (I can
even understand his attribution line - they're pretty standard, and I
can read the persons name/email address and the date & time).
And I'm not going on and on, either. I don't like it, but
he's explained that he's having problems getting rid of it.
If he has made a reasonable effort, then that's all that's
really being asked.
Mike
--
p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
