[aklug] Re: Robert Crowe's emails

This email came through fine. Even with all of the crazy characters.=0A=0A=
=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Robert Crowe <crowe.robert@gmail.=
com>=0ACc: AKLUG <aklug@aklug.org>=0ASent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:14:52 A=
M=0ASubject: [aklug] Re: Robert Crowe's emails=0A=0AAh-ha! By jove I believ=
e you found the culprit(s)...=0A=CE=A8: "*Psi* (uppercase *=CE=A8*, lowerca=
se *=CF=88*) is the 23rd letter of the Greek=0Aalphabet <http://en.wikipedi=
a.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet> and has a=0Anumeric<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki=
/Greek_numerals>value of 700. In=0Aboth=0AClassical <http://en.wikipedia.or=
g/wiki/Classical_Greek> and Modern=0AGreek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod=
ern_Greek>,=0Athe letter indicates the combination /ps/ (like in English "l=
apse"). In=0AGreek, this consonant cluster can occur in the syllable initia=
l position, as=0Ain the Greek word "=CF=88=CE=AC=CF=81=CE=B9" [ps=C3=A1ri (=
=3Dfish)]. However, in some languages=0A(including English) this combinatio=
n is not possible at the beginning of a=0Asyllable."=0A=0A=CE=A6: "*Phi* (u=
ppercase *=CE=A6*, lowercase *=CF=86* or *=CF=95*), pronounced [fi] in mode=
rn=0AGreek <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek_language> and as [fa=
=C9=AA] in=0AEnglish, is the 21st letter of the Greek=0Aalphabet<http://en.=
wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet>.=0AIn modern Greek, it represents [f], a=
 voiceless labiodental=0Africative<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_l=
abiodental_fricative>.=0AIn Ancient Greek it represented [p=CA=B0], an=0Aas=
pirated<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_%28phonetics%29>=0Avoiceles=
s=0Abilabial plosive=0A<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plo=
sive>(from which=0AEnglish ultimately inherits the spelling "=0Aph <http://=
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph_%28digraph%29>" in words derived from=0AGreek). In=
 the system of Greek=0Anumerals<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals=
>it has a value of=0A500 (=CF=86=CA=B9) or 500,000 (=CD=B5=CF=86). The Cyri=
llic letter=0AEf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ef_%28Cyrillic%29> (=D0=A4, =
=D1=84) arose from phi."=0A=0A=CE=BC: *Mu* (uppercase *=CE=9C*, lowercase *=
=CE=BC*;=0AGreek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language>:=0A=CE=9C=CE=
=B9 or =CE=9C=CF=85 [mi]) is the 12th letter of the Greek=0Aalphabet<http:/=
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet>.=0AIn the system of Greek=0Anumerals=
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals>it has a value of=0A40. Mu was=
 derived from the Egyptian=0Ahieroglyphic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egy=
ptian_hieroglyph> symbol for=0Awater ([image: The hieroglyph=0An]<http://en=
..wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_hieroglyph.svg>)=0Awhich had been simplified=
 by the=0APhoenicians<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia>and named afte=
r=0Atheir word for water, to become=0AMem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem=
_%28letter%29> [image:=0AMem]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenician_=
mem.svg>.=0ALetters that arose from Mu include the Roman=0AM<http://en.wiki=
pedia.org/wiki/M>and the Cyrillic letter=0A=D0=9C <http://en.wikipedia.org/=
wiki/Em_%28Cyrillic%29>.=0A=0A~: The *tilde* (~) (pronounced=0A/=CB=88t=C9=
=AAld=C9=99/<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English>or=0A/=
=CB=88t=C9=AAlde=C9=AA/ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English>=
) is a=0Agrapheme<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapheme>with several uses. =
The=0Aname of the character comes from=0ASpanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/w=
iki/Spanish_language>, from the=0ALatin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin>=
=0A*titulus <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/titulus>* meaning a title or=0As=
uperscription, though the term =E2=80=9Ctilde=E2=80=9D has evolved in that =
language and now=0Ahas a different meaning in Linguistics.=0A=0A=0A=CF=80: =
*Pi* or *=CF=80* is a mathematical=0Aconstant<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/=
Mathematical_constant>whose=0Avalue is the=0Aratio <http://en.wikipedia.org=
/wiki/Ratio> of any=0Acircle<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle>'s=0Acircu=
mference to its diameter in Euclidean=0Aspace<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/=
Euclidean_geometry>;=0Athis is the same value as the ratio of a circle's ar=
ea to the square of its=0Aradius. It is approximately equal to 3.14159 in t=
he usual decimal notation=0A(see the table for its representation in some o=
ther bases). =CF=80 is one of the=0Amost important mathematical and physica=
l constants: many formulae from=0Amathematics, science <http://en.wikipedia=
..org/wiki/Science>, and=0Aengineering<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer=
ing>involve =CF=80.=0A=0AOver the years I slowly added these to my signatur=
e within gmail...and never=0Ahad any rendering issues. Crazy.=0A=0A=0A=0A=
=0A=0AOn Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> wr=
ote:=0A=0A> Robert Crowe wrote, on 3/26/2009 10:05 PM:=0A> > Crazy-I'm the =
error magnet this week???=0A>=0A> Hmm ... I see no odd encoding - just cont=
ent-type text/plain. But=0A> maybe the unusual characters in Robert's .sig=
 are causing Yahoo to burp.=0A>=0A> I just tried a traditional 'redirect' o=
f the message to my own Yahoo=0A> account, but it hasn't arrived - probably=
 unhappy about the sender=0A> and/or recip being unexpected, SPF mismatch, =
etc.=0A>=0A> I'll bcc: my Yahoo on this message, inserting the same charact=
ers:=0A>=0A> =C5=98=C3=96! =C4=9B~=C4=91=0A>=0A> Royce=0A>=0A> --=0A> Royce=
 D. Williams - http://royce.ws/=0A> Do=
n't recall, imagine, think, examine, control. Rest. ~ Tilopa=0A> ---------=
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Received on Fri Mar 27 08:25:21 2009