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From: alanp@netcom.ca (Alan Popow)
Subject: Re: Apology to people who don't like my post.
Date: 1996/09/01
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On 31 Aug 1996 15:18:55 GMT, cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) wrote:

>>And I have to add that I was not trying to diss Colin, just point out where
>>he erred. 
>
>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-)

That depends... are you an extended character?

Alan
Poet, philosopher, random sample.