From: António MARTINS-Tuválkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Tue Jun 29 2010 - 02:52:32 CDT
On 2010.06.28, 20:48, Mark Crispin <mrc+unicode@panda.com> 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.
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