On 2018 Jun 04 14:29:54, you wrote to me:   
      
    RM>>> But maybe you can forward a request to Mikey. Why does he think it   
    RM>>> is a good idea to post poems in a language that most participants do   
    RM>>> not understand in this echo? I am genuinely wondering.   
    ml>> he's testing UTF-8 to see how it traverses fidonet and to see if it   
    ml>> is properly displayed on the other end...   
      
    RM> That is all great.   
    RM> There are just 3 points I do not understand:   
    RM> 1) why does testing frequency depend on the frequency of mails generated   
   by   
    RM> a script that went haywire from a different node   
      
   why does the frequency of hearing a fire engine's siren depend on the   
   frequency of fires?   
      
    RM> 2) there is a UTF-8 echo where such testing would fit much better than   
    RM> here why not post it there   
      
   that echo has a limited horizon... it is not the ones that have and can do   
   UTF-8 that are being tested...   
      
    RM> 3) why was the test not prepanded by an explanation detailing what the   
    RM> test is all about   
      
   why is there not a huge radio and TV broadcast about fire engines before they   
   leave the fire station to go deal with fires?   
      
    RM> Also I would assume that such a test will not deliver much news.   
      
   that's up to the one running the test and collecting the results...   
      
    RM> All sane tossers will push the mail text unmodified.   
      
   the tosser are not in question...   
      
    RM> Very view editors will display the extended characters correctly.   
      
   it isn't just editors in question... apparently you haven't been following   
   maurice and mikey for very long... some of us have been following them for   
   decades ;)   
      
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