So, see this symbol? ҉
Copy and paste it into your reply, then reply... 8)
...Why? :?
҉ Ok, I'll bite. Here it is.
Aaaaaaand, nothing.
Ok, take note at title on first post, and how many times this has been read...
And if you're not seeing it when you type it in yourself, you're doing it wrong.
backwards? so?
Quote from: mian tiao noodle on August 28, 2007, 05:33:02 PM
backwards? so?
҉FINE SHOW ME OTHER CHARACTERS THAT FUCK WITH YOUR TEXT AND MAKE EVERYTHING GO BACKWARDS.
҉
҉ theres extensions for most php and smf probably has it built in to do this.
҉ Test.
Blow me, Lys. :evilmad:
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2152/blowmesuuev7.jpg)
NOT SHOPPED
ALSO PLEASE TO NOTE:
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Lol, can't see pix at werk.
it's the unicode character for switching text direction from LTR to RTL.
if you look at the html source, you can see that the characters are in fact in the normal order.
i read about it before, but here the symbol looks like a little explosion/sun kind of thingy, i always thought it was an invisible character. but, as with anything in unicode, there's probably more than one of these symbols.
let's see.
one two three ҉four five six҉seven eight nine
(the symbol is between three/four, and six/seven)
.. but it's not working in my post!
but i to see it in yours
Using Unix I'd be guessing maybe?
no i think what you're playing with are actually two characters. one is the "reverse" character, which is invisible. the other is the "sun" character that gives people something to click and select. maybe.
it should be one of these unicode chars ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉ (this is what appears in your sourcecode)
edit: fixed because it was supposed to look like html entities, not like the actual ... damn this is confusing, i hate messing with character-encodings. it's the webdeveloper's nightmare
(i can type these chars under linux by holding ctrl-shift)
8235 = empty
8236 = also empty
8237 = does something weird reversing shit but i'm not sure how
no wait all these 823x ones do something with the delimiting of the LTR and RTL stuff
then 1161 = ҉
this sun symbol which is placed slightly to the left of where the character be, for some reason. but afaics the symbol itself doesn't reverse anything.
Actually, the title of the page in my IE window shows correctly, but the actual thread is backwards.
Nifty.
fuck that shit
i'm gonna play with SMF encodings ITT
& = ampersand
& = not ampersand
& = also ampersand
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
just because i know you are all desperately wondering where unicode came from and why anybody is bothering with it.
It's what I've been waiting on all my life, Trip, thanks.
its effecting smf
(http://hairisonfire.com/Picture%202.png)
Quote from: triple zero on August 28, 2007, 06:02:49 PM
.. but it's not working in my post!
but i to see it in yours
Wonder if your browser is using a different character set....
faust: no it's not, it's just that the appearance of that special character in the thread title reverses everything in that particular table cell.
rat: no i just did it wrong.
yes but it will do that in everything it is put to, I am just thinking could it be possible to hurt ad db when database parsing, or its probably just a visual thing.
I dont get it on mine, I get a question mark.
it's just a visual thing, affecting the way a text/font is rendered on the screen. the database will just store the characters, including the reversing character, but it will have no problems or no effect from it, since inside the database, it's just numbers.
Quote from: triple zero on August 28, 2007, 06:44:20 PM
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
just because i know you are all desperately wondering where unicode came from and why anybody is bothering with it.
Actually, that was really freaking interesting.
I'm not sure that I really understood all of it--I'm really good with coding concepts, but really only when I sit down with someone face to face and have it explained; I just don't do a good job of grasping it through reading for some reason--but it was really interesting. And relevant. Good stuff. :)
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 28, 2007, 07:04:38 PM
Quote from: triple zero on August 28, 2007, 06:44:20 PM
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
just because i know you are all desperately wondering where unicode came from and why anybody is bothering with it.
Actually, that was really freaking interesting.
was??
i'm still ploughing through it :)
I read really fast, even for a native speaker. :p
I'm so glad I missed this thread the first time around
:roll:҉
THIS thread is still unlocked?
FUCK
Did it work? ҉
This is how the internet looks in Australia.
Quote from: Nast on October 01, 2010, 07:51:19 PM
This is how the internet looks in Australia.
Which is why they shouldn't be allowed to have computers.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 01, 2010, 07:52:32 PM
Quote from: Nast on October 01, 2010, 07:51:19 PM
This is how the internet looks in Australia.
Which is why they shouldn't be allowed to have computers.
I never understood what was actually supposed to happen with the little star thing.
Just in case you see pd.com coming up behind you in your rearview mirror, you'll know it is pd.com and not moc.pd
҉ Woot woot. Fail.
I don't know why this shit don't work no more.
Obviously the first post still works, just trying to use it nowa days doesn't seem to have the same effect. I think it must be due to browser updates or sommink.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 01, 2010, 10:57:18 PM
Just in case you see pd.com coming up behind you in your rearview mirror, you'll know it is pd.com and not moc.pd
Err, that would be dp.com
Quote from: Kiaransalee on October 01, 2010, 10:39:17 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 01, 2010, 07:52:32 PM
Quote from: Nast on October 01, 2010, 07:51:19 PM
This is how the internet looks in Australia.
Which is why they shouldn't be allowed to have computers.
I never understood what was actually supposed to happen with the little star thing.
Look at the first post and look at it in the main apple talk forum... ITS FUckiNG BACkWARDS