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Re: console vs ^X
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep 30 14:13, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Sep 30 13:58, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 29 22:38, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sep 29 11:24, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:05:04PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Maybe beep+question mark is the best.
>>>>>>>> Maybe a beep+question mark+popup dialog would be best. We could call this
>>>>>>>> Unknown Alternate Character processing.
>>>>>>> We could also reboot the machine, just to be sure that no malicious
>>>>>>> invalid character gets away.
>>>>>> WWLD?
>>>>> INALI, IATI. EYMTLC, OC. ITC, IHNI. IDKHTSTLCTAC.
>>>> That's easy for you to say!
>>> It's never easy to admit ignorance.
>>>
>> Sure isn't. I nearly choked to death on my own tongue trying to pronounce
>> half those words!
>
> Huh? It's all plain English. For the acronym challenged
Acronyms!? WTF?! I thought that was Klingon! I could have died trying to
read that out loud! Where were the warning signs?
cheers,
DaveK