Re: cyclists attack auto driver

On 8/15/2024 3:12 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:10:47 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 8/15/2024 11:57 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:38:35 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:03:42 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

Usenet changed my ALT-259 heart into a question mark.

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Usenet messages are all 7 bit characters.  Most (not all) of the alt
characters are 8 bit, which are replaced by a question mark
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I know how to use acii characters in computer code, but I've never
done it in regular text.

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See:
<https://www.alt-codes.net/how_to_use_alt_codes/>
<https://www.alt-codes.net>
When I cut-n-paste these 8 bit characters from a document into a text
editor or word processor, it appears correctly.  However, when I
pasted them into a newsreader (Forte Agent), it sometimes appears
correctly on my screen, but when I read the message as posted, it
produces a question mark or black square.
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Try some of the other hearts and see what happens:
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Heart alt-codes:
<https://www.alt-codes.net/heart_alt_code.php>
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Thanks.
Here's an ALT-3
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 It shows as a single question mark.  If you want, I can sniff the NNTP
traffic with Wireshark, between my computah and my service provider
and see what is actually sent to my ISP.  If it's a question mark,
then the change is being made in whatever program you're using for
reading Usenet news.  If it's something else, the change might happen
at the ISP (although I doubt it).
  

Not motivated enough to track it down.
I know a few common extended-character codes which are enough for document processors (Word) and text (Notepad).
Haven't had a problem with those in Thunderbird emails, only usenet, and I don't need to memorize a duplicate set.
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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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