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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST)
- Message-ID: <BzIwvu.3BE@demon.co.uk>
- Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages
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- Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
- References: <1992Dec18.235809.15484@midway.uchicago.edu> <agp22+#@rpi.edu> <1gvpt0INN8s0@hrd769.brooks.af.mil>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:28:41 GMT
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- In article <1gvpt0INN8s0@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) writes:
- > Ignorance of local customs can make anyone look pretty dumb. Continuing with
- >stereotypes should be criminal (like it already is in the U.S. Military).
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- Is that the stereotypes about gays in the military you're referring to?
- (Oops, sorry, wrong newsgroup)
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- G
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- PS What's the general feeling on i18n here? I make my stuff (like my
- bsd spell clone) 8 bit clean, but haven't given any thought to > 8 bit
- alphabets. Is it chauvinistic to take the attitude that the extra work
- (if any) for 8 bit isn't much, for a significantly larger market but
- > 8 bit involves a lot of work for an insignificantly larger market?
- [by 'market' I mean the net; I don't _sell_ software...]
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