On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 04:57:48PM -0500, SteveW wrote:
> There are some days where I suspect the term "Microsoft Smart Quote" is an 
> oxymoron of the highest order....sort of like "Government Intelligence"....

"...is an oxymoron" was the standard catch-phrase when I was at 204th
OPFOR, Fort Lewis. It was a Military Intelligence unit. :)

Yeah, "stupid quotes" have been a problem since the day they were first
conceived. But, y'know. Microsoft. I've got nothing against turning a
profit, but turning your customers' brains into vegetable mush while
you're taking their money is just a bit graceless, don't you think?


Ben
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