[78-L] Shortest title^

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Thu May 7 19:26:35 PDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>  > The only possible tie would be the title "!" (if such a tune ever
>> existed?!)...!
>> 
>> ...stevenc 
> ===============
> I remember when I worked in overseas telegrams, on certain circuits long 
> telegrams (over 310 words) would be automatically split into two or more 
> parts. There was one occasion when a telegram came off the printer 
> apparently without any text. However, upon close examination it 
> consisted of a single full stop!
>      Julian Vein
> 
Except that particular "character" (which may be among the >32
"control characters" in digital "alphabets...?!) does NOT have a
printable version (as your telegram "displayed!!")...!

...stevenc



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