X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,749a54616e5b2217 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: misc3608@csc.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Apology to people who don't like my post. Date: 1996/09/02 Message-ID: <1996Sep2.225003@cantva>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 177964648 references: <4ujhsp$fqj@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> <3212144F.61CC@midwest.net> <32142c90.59480017@news.paston.co.uk> <32149FF9.68A6@midwest.net> <1996Aug19.004813@cantva> <4vf558$8o4@orm.southern.co.nz> <321fad59.6119472@nntp.netcruiser> <1996Aug29.233034@cantva> <32279d57.6925268@nntp.netcruiser> <509l50$2qd@orm.southern.co.nz> organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <509l50$2qd@orm.southern.co.nz>, cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes: > Alan Popow (alanp@netcom.ca) wrote: >>On 29 Aug 96 23:30:34 +1200, misc3608@csc.canterbury.ac.nz wrote: >> >>>> Just so you know, Colin, you're dissing the wrong guy. He was pointing out >>>> sarcastically that the extended characters are NOT part of the standard >>>> ASCII character set and should not be posted in messages. >>> >>>> Alan >>> >>>Wow, Thanks Alan. >>>Glad to know -someone- understood what I was getting at. >> >>Well, let's face it, sometimes we all can lose track of who said what and >>what he/she meant by whatever it was we think he/she may have said he/she >>said in a previous post - even when we have it written down right in our >>faces. >> >>And I have to add that I was not trying to diss Colin, just point out where >>he erred. Yup, I could see you weren't trying to diss anyone there, Alan. Sorry if I took your comments out of their intended context. > Actually I think there were a number of misunderstandings in this > thread. > > I was genuinely concerned that computer science students do not > seem to receive information about the use of the extended character > set and the problems of posting those characters on the Net. > > Computer science graduates seem to be unaware of the problems that > their use on the Net can create. > > My response was not a flame of the individual student. > > Does that clear the confusion ? Or add to it ? 8-) > > Bye, No, that does clarify things somewhat, Colin. I didn't help by being so eager to fan the flames. I must admit fault there. (Being such a patronising asshole at the time probably didn't help, no?) And I must actually agree with you on this concern. With my current experience in Computer Science there has been very little done to draw attention to this (mis-)use of the extended ASCII-set. Well, there has been little coverage of the Internet itself at all. (explicit coverage, that is.) The problems of incompatibility of Internet protocols has only been discussed in any depth in one third-stage course, rather the focus is almost wholly on programming problems in a single-platrorm LAN (Local Area Network) environment. (Even then, the LAN is ignored most of the time.) Is this the sort of thing to be ignored with the current growth trends of the internet? Bearing in mind many of these students will be taking a hands-on role in its future. For a network that has its origins so closely intertwined with these institutions, surely it should be better acknowledged by them. But hey, that's just my opinion. Nathan. ''''' (O O) .-----------------oOO--------(_)----------------------------. | Nathan Wain n.wain@student.canterbury.ac.nz | | | | "Caffeine is one of the many substances that have been | | shown to cause laboratory experiments involving rats." | `--------------------------------------OOo------------------' |__|__| || || ooO Ooo