On 2010.06.28, 20:48, Mark Crispin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have often been the victim of having my valid data transformed into > garbage by the attitude of standards-violators who think that I can't > possibly be following the standards, therefore my data must be "fixed". > When I protest that my data was "fixed" into garbage, I get told that > my complaint doesn't matter.
+1, Mark. I actually lost a job for being “cheeky” — insisting in doing things properly when creating a website version in Arabic. The company’s “wizard” was stuck in 8859 garbage and didn’t even want to hear about Unicode (because it allows for virus and phishing, he heard); his hacks to show "õ" and "ظ" on the same page with SPAN tags and piped fonts were painful to withstand. That company eventually lost that particular client (jjj.ppvnc.cg) to a better outfit, after I was already away in greener pastures. > If the EU can tell Britain that it can't sell eggs by the dozen any > more, Yesterday I bought a dozen eggs (2 racks of 6, set 2×3) here in Portugal. This must be an incredibly new regulation. > it can shut down a messaging service in Europe that does not comply > with published standards. I guess it is like the UK — you can get arrested for flying the Union Jack on afloat (even in a row boat on the Serpentine), least you be mistook for a RN Admiral or the Queen, but you can rob and steal and lie and still get (and keep) knighthood. -- António MARTINS-Tuválkin ____. <[email protected]> | ()| Não me invejo de quem tem |####| PT-1500-111 LISBOA carros, parelhas e montes | +351 934 821 700, +351 212 463 477 só me invejo de quem bebe | ICQ:193279138 http://tuvalkin.web.pt/ a água em todas as fontes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- De sable uma fonte e bordadura escaqueada de jalde e goles, por timbre a bandeira, por mote o 1º verso acima, e por grito de guerra "Mi rajtas!". -------------------------------------------------------------------------
