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Ath:
I welcome our new 1-byte-character-set overlords.
-mouser (February 13, 2011, 05:41 AM)
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Assuming their bytes are sized 16 of our bits, all would be just fine ;)

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

f0dder:
I welcome our new 1-byte-character-set overlords.
-mouser (February 13, 2011, 05:41 AM)
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Assuming their bytes are sized 16 of our bits, all would be just fine ;)
-Ath (February 13, 2011, 08:42 AM)
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Actually, it wouldn't - the 16-bit UCS-2 (as opposed to Windows' UTF-16) unfortunately doesn't cover every possibly glyph. I've been considering whether it wouldn't be simpler if we just nuked every country with stuff that can't be represented in UCS-2, but there's probably mathematicians or physicists that disagree :) (and humanists, but who cares about them?)

mouser:
I think we should hold a planet-wide lottery -- everyone fills out a ballot writing in their choice of one written language and one spoken language.  then we pick one ticket out of a hat, and we all convert to that and ban the rest.

Renegade:
I think we should hold a planet-wide lottery -- everyone fills out a ballot writing in their choice of one written language and one spoken language.  then we pick one ticket out of a hat, and we all convert to that and ban the rest.

-mouser (February 13, 2011, 09:20 AM)
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So, I take it that you're up for learning Mandarin or Urdu? :D

Ath:
So, I take it that you're up for learning Mandarin or Urdu? :D
-Renegade (February 13, 2011, 10:01 AM)
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It's all Greek to me :tellme:

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