Re: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy

From: Michael D'Errico (mike-list@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Jan 09 2009 - 11:11:10 CST

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    >> With just three code points:
    >> BINARY NUMBER START
    >> COMBINING BINARY DIGIT ZERO
    >> COMBINING BINARY DIGIT ONE
    >> you could unambigously encode arbitrary numbers
    >
    > Brilliant! Not just encode arbitrary numbers, but embed any arbitrary binary
    > data into plain text! Imagine the benefit for millions of users [SARCASM
    > MARK]

    This is known as "reductio ad absurdum" so don't be swayed by it. I'm not at
    all proposing that we embed arbitrary binary data in text. If you read my
    original post, you would know that.

    Mike

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