Re: Call for Papers - 21st Unicode Conference - May 2002 - Dublin

From: James Kass (jameskass@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 21:51:16 EST


Doug Ewell wrote,

> In a message dated 2001-11-30 11:24:57 Pacific Standard Time,
> Misha.Wolf@reuters.com writes:
>
> > Submissions should be sent by e-mail to either of the following
> > addresses:
> ...
> > They should use ASCII, non-compressed text and the following subject
> > line:
>
> This ASCII-only requirement for submitting papers for a Unicode Conference
> continues to amuse me. I should think that UTF-8 at least would be
> acceptable.
>

From the announcement:

(Close to the beginning of the text...)

> > The Unicode Standard has become the foundation
> > for all modern text processing.

(...and at the bottom of the text...)

> > Unicode(r) and the Unicode logo are registered
> > trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Used with permission.

Irony can be a little bit funny and a little bit sad.

Best regards,

James Kass.



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