__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 12 July 2006 23:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
> <spam@xxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:38:10 +0100
> <2mvfo3-1v8.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:02:08
>>> +0100 <1759498.YpjdLmvPC4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>>> Yen, not US dollars! *wink*
>>>>
>>>> e-System Signs $100-million Yen Reseller Deal With Linux Vendor
>>>> Levanta
>>
>>> Whoever wrote the quote should try ¥105-million, character
>>> U+00A5. ;-) Makes a *lot* more sense, unless one wants to
>>> contemplate square and cube dollars.
>>
>> He'd also need to add something like:
>>
>> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
My news reader actually struggles with this symbol. Euro sign is no
exception, which is why I sometimes change it before posting. More oddly,
under KNode 0.7.5, type compatibility differs between compose mode and
viewing mode.
> Crap. I knew I forgot something. :-) The character actually
> vanished in SLRN, along with the rest of the line.
>
> *grumble grumble mumble grumble*
Vanishing is probably worse. In my case, I see a coarse symbol that resembles
the real thing, but truly stands out because it's ugly.
>> To the head of the page, otherwise it just shows up as junk. The
>> Webmaster seems more interested in advertising scripts than standards
>> compliance, however.
So I hear. Maybe you can set up more defences. I never perceived that site
(or network of Web sites) as one which is too obtrusive. Then again, I
(over-)kill some genuine content, too. It's a trade-off; like with SPAM.
Best wishes,
Roy
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