[Cialug] Test

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Thu Feb 28 09:29:21 CST 2008


On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> I think we should go back to the old dos 8.3 filenaming conventions.
>
>  On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 09:17 -0600, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>  > 2008/2/28 Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>:
>  > > Filenames should be able to contain anything except null and '/', and i
>  > > sometimes wish there was a way to include '/'.  :)
>  > >
>  > > I regularly create filenames that if viewed with a hex editor would
>  > > appear to be complete gibberish. But if interpreted as a UTF-8 string
>  > > suddenly make a lot more sense. Fortunately, if i *really* need '/' i
>  > > can always use '/' which is functionally similar, though twice as wide
>  > > if rendered correctly.
>  >
>  > That is sick. And I mean that in the old fashioned, sick == bad, way.
>  > ☠

FTR, I meant this in a light hearted way. It's not obvious from the
message but I was smiling when I hit the send button.

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Matthew Nuzum
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