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ilovemydualg4 Highlie 
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posted July 24, 2002 18:10
   
i admit it, i use �smart� quotes, you know, the annoying ones that are shaped differently. These �smart� quotes look real �cool� though i'm told they drive people �insane� ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Jas Geek 
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posted July 24, 2002 18:13
holy shiz i'm going to go "insane" jon i'll post your "adress" and we'll pull a macaddict "troll-kill" on "you"! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 24, 2002 18:17
ahh... i know many �people� here (and there) who will be verry good at �trolling� ------------------ IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Highlie
Posts: 590 |
posted July 24, 2002 19:33
such as myself? lets stop these word games and get back to being as "normal" as you can possibly be ------------------ IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 25, 2002 03:20
actually �mike� you were on the �bottom� of my �list� there are other �people� out �there� ------------------ IP: Logged |
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uilleann Highlie
Posts: 644 |
posted July 25, 2002 04:38
One of my pet hates is seeing backquotes "`" (actually a grave accent, so says Character Map) passed off as opening quoation marks :) Correct quotation marks are single: � � and double: � and �. On the Web, the named entities are ‘, ’, “ and ”. Older Netscape doesn't like named entities, so it maybe that you'd have to use numerical entities, of ASCII codes 145, 146, 147 and 148 respectively. Those are the codes you type in the Alt+0nnn format in Windows to get the characters (Word has a better way), and this will work on Web pages but is not advisable. Mac users can use (shift-)opt-[ and (shift-)opt-] for those characters, which will not work on Web pages as Windows won't translate them, and Mac browsers will think they are Windows characters, and will incorrectly translate them. Now, something I read the other day says that you are not supposed to use numerical HTML entities for the range of characters missing from the ISO-8859-1 spec, which include typographers' quotes, and other useful characters that I always use numerical entities for. Named entities are no good, so one must hope that older Netscape likes Unicode named entities... Or else, just tell Netscape to stuff its and use named ones anyhow :) Heh, I've rambled on far too long here, but, like ilovemydualg4, love typographers' quotes. I just ain't gonna use HTML entities all through my posts to use them, just hitting the ' or " key is enough for me :) - uilleann Edit: What the hell...? Nyurgh... seems that, in Verdana (the font used for the Forum posts), opening quotation marks are drawn as backquotes... so it isn't you lot after all, it's the moronic font designer... ;) *shakes head* No end to it, no end... IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 25, 2002 09:22
well, i just like being �selfish� and say that everyone out there uses a mac, and if they don't they shouldnt be alive (jk).... the only reason i do it is because i've seen austin powers 1 and2 so much lately when dr evil goes.... �For I have devoloped a �LA-SER� and with this �LA-SER� I will....� and, �You see, I have developed what I call a �Time Machine� and with this so called �Time machine�.....� hahahahahah (please excuse my �paraphrasing�) ------------------ IP: Logged |
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uilleann Highlie
Posts: 644 |
posted July 25, 2002 14:08
o_O Um....yes, sure, just keep taking the medicine... ;) - uilleann IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Highlie
Posts: 590 |
posted July 25, 2002 16:50
jon... do you need a visit from the nice men in white coats? my treatment is almost done.. i could send them over to you.. it seems like you could use it  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 25, 2002 17:31
quote: BUT THEY WILL NEVER FIGURE OUT WHERE I AM! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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xobender Alpha Geek Posts: 307 |
posted July 25, 2002 20:40
what is it about qoutes that some people hate. i flew around abit on boards nut it seems that some seem to hate that way people fall back on stupid woutes and all so here i am posting a no relative qoute.. here.... "Some people may think you're cute, Babe. But to me you're one very large baked potato!" -- Sylvester Stallone in Death Race 2000 hehe.. it is pretty quick and to the point.. 
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 26, 2002 03:12
quote: fyi i mean hese �smart� quotes, not a quote like ------------------ IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Highlie
Posts: 590 |
posted July 26, 2002 14:31
quote: its a lil bit down the street.. im sure i could tell them during my painkiller induced stupor.. if i dont send them to the vineyard first ------------------ IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 26, 2002 15:29
quote: well, how do you know that i'm there? ha... that's what you �think� ------------------ IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Highlie
Posts: 590 |
posted July 26, 2002 19:17
no.. thats what THEY told me.. and THEY are all knowing so i "know" where you are  ------------------ Real funny scotty now beam down my clothes IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie
Posts: 551 |
posted July 26, 2002 19:23
They must have found my clone, for I do not �exist� ------------------ IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Highlie
Posts: 590 |
posted July 26, 2002 21:52
i think "they" have started giving "you" both you and your "clone" the necessary medication existense does not compute..... processor over loading.. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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chicgeek Mini-Geek 
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posted August 02, 2002 12:13
quote:  I would have a mac if I had the money to buy one. Right now, the only mac I can afford is the kind that comes with fries and a soda. IP: Logged |
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