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On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:54:21 +0100 "maceion@xxxxxxxxx" <maceion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15/09/2019 11:08, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Sep 2019, maceion@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> However I would not have seen any 'emojie' [nor understood it] as I > >> download only in pure text. > > > > It's Emoji. > > > > An it's nothing more than the modern, 2000's update on the Emiticon. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji > > > > They are expressed in Unicode framework using the utf-8 character > > set. That is effectively "pure text" in todays parlance as the > > first 127 characters in utf-8 are the same as the first 127 > > characters in ASCII. The days of 7-bit character sets left us with > > the introduction of "Code page 437 " or 8-bit ASCII then CP819 then > > ISO 8859-x round about the time the IBM PC came on the scene. It's > > an 8-bit character set with extensions - which is much easier to > > represent, store and manipulate than wide, 16 or 24 bit characters > > that the boffins tried for while... > > > > Pass me the 820Ω resistor please, paired with the 0.1µF capacitor, > > it'll make a nice little filter. It's a nice day. 18°C today. > > > > And the difference between an Ω and a 😁 not a lot in a modern > > Linux, really. Some are harder to type than others, but my > > relatively old Xterm seems to work just fine for them. > > > > Yes, it was ugly with varying "standards" in the early days, but now > > it's generally accepted. Even if it's a 💩 > > > > (And if you see that as a box with 01 F4 A9, then you need an > > update ;-) > > > > https://emojipedia.org/pile-of-poo/ > > > > PETSCII, anyone? > > > > Gordon > > > Much appreciated. Sorry for spelling. > It seems we are developing back to pictographic communication like the > Chinese. > Umn! 10,000 characters for a learned professor known as a vocabulary > and about1800 characters for a student to go to university. > We get a lot more understood words by using an alphabet, but > pictograms can help. > Look up the Pictish V and crescent, now known to covey the growing > season at that latitude. (Angle between the V arms). > Japanese 'emoji' *Kaomoji*(顔文字) can run into many thousands as > their imagination has been sparked greatly from the base of Kanji. > We need more words! > Eionmac > Yes, I read that the increasing use of technologies in young people might be a factor in the increase of dislexya. Because their brains are so used to processing pictorial information, and the mind is hardwired to always work using the easiest/shortest route, so writing is seen as obsolite for them. It's just a theory right now AFAIK. -- (sent using CLAWS mail) All the best, as always, Jon Davey -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq