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Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Fri, 15 June 2012 20:08 UTC

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On 6/15/2012 12:58 PM, John Levine wrote:
> It hardly seems worth the effort, since the only difference between
> ASCII and FoPSCII is that the ASCII # is replaced by the modern
> currency symbol, and, of course, they put the little gap back in the
> vertical bar to resolve the concerns about religious and cultural
> insensitivty.


The more important questions are: who invented FoPSCII and how old were 
they?

d/

ps. the less important question is how many folk don't get the reference?

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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
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