"Standards" or "Can't we all just get along?"

Jan 22, 2007 10:31

In trying to move a text file from a Linux box to a Windows box over ftp (actually from a Linux box to another Linux box to a Windows box :P), I found that the formatting did not convert correctly in places. Sections of the file had boxes where a new line should be. Obviously I turned to google as the internets know all. In doing so, I learned ( Read more... )

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pyreflysden January 22 2007, 18:27:24 UTC
Learn something new everyday.

Text files are written in ASCII (american standard code for information exchange).

Is it just me or does "exchange" begin with an "e" not an "i"?

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drmatt2020 January 22 2007, 19:28:51 UTC
wasn't paying attention. i fixed it. supposed to be interchange.

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pyreflysden January 23 2007, 00:02:00 UTC
Ok XD, I though that whoever had named it had screwed up.

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