A PUA list was recommended after the threads from hell about private use codes, chromatic fonts, and courtyard codes, but no one went forward with creating one.
Reminds me of a girl I went out with s few years ago who never wanted to order desert yet always wanted me to so she could "have a bite". No one seems to want a different list, they just want a "bite" of this one, :-) MichKa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Persson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:48 PM Subject: Re: There was this thing called Unicode... > Why doesn't someone create a different mailing list for discussing the > ConScript registry instead? Or a general nonsense mailing list? > > Stefan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Unicode List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:50 PM > Subject: Re: There was this thing called Unicode... > > > > I agree with you. The signal-to-noise ratio has dropped far below what > > I have time for. I took the less restrictive route of adding certain > > to/from/cc addresses and subject words to a filter list. I chance > > missing something interesting that has a filtered subject or address, > > but it's better than not seeing anything. > > > > Mark > > __________ > > http://www.macchiato.com > > ◄ “Eppur si muove” ► > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 06:23 > > Subject: There was this thing called Unicode... > > > > > > > ...not so you'd really notice it around *these* parts, though -- > > everyone is > > > much too busy discussing implementation of scripts in the ConScript > > registry > > > which they admit will probably never be encoded, getting remedial > > CSS > > > lessons, or trying to change the face of Unicode with new PUA > > extensions > > > that defy my previous belief that people could only run so far off > > course > > > before entering the state of what can only be called Bytextosis > > bordering on > > > Bytextitis. > > > > > > Could we please declare a moratorium on all of this nonsense --- er, > > > considered debate ---for a little while, and talk about Unicode, > > instead? I > > > can't be the only person who has gone up to > > > http://unicode.org/unicode/consortium/distlist.html#5 and considered > > > unsubscribing, in order to raise the average amount of useful > > thought per > > > mail item in his inbox. > > > > > > I could go on for another twelve paragraphs explaining how lame all > > of this > > > is, but I'd rather not be one of those posts I myself have been > > instantly > > > deleting (a not-so-subtle hint to the overly verbose). > > > > > > Think about it. > > > > > > Please. > > > > > > > > > MichKa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
