FWIW

[Mark Mandel]

> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Randy Alexander
> > <strangeguitars at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This has been discussed before on the list a few times.  In a
> >> technologically simplified nutshell, it happens because odd characters
> >> or formatting are being used in "rich formatting" mode, as opposed to
> >> "plain text" mode.

MM
> For certain values of "odd",* a calculation which unhappily reminds me
> of Mr. Z's characterization of non-ASCII fonts as "special".

RA
> I'm not quite sure how to take that. Â ;)

The characterization, not the characterizer! Possibly the characters...

> > * Evidently including whatever followed the first period in that
> > paragraph of yours, Randy -- I see a capital A with circumflex after
> > "times.".
>
> I smell another variation on Muphry's Law.

Doubled. Literally: in your requote, and my re-requote above, I see
two of them there now, separated by a space.

> FWIW, (so to speak,) I just intended on giving a quick and dirty
> solution, in no way supporting the idea that there should have to be a
> solution in the first place. Â If the list software were to be updated
> in some way, I would certainly be a fan of that.

Amen.

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Mark Mandel

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