Guest guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. Cheers, Trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read Herman's characters. -Jason On Behalf Of trevor_erikson Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM Chinese Characters Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. Cheers, Trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 me, too, unintelligible characters most of the time, but not always. I have Snow Leopard RA On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:33 PM, trevor_erikson <trevor_eriksonwrote: > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > Cheers, > Trevor > > > > --- > > Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including a > practitioner's directory and a moderated discussion forum. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 have never seen Chinese posted to as anything other than nonsense. My Mac types them fine and they show up perfectly on my site in the discussions at nourishingdestiny.com----but never here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Jason, Trevor, Is there anything I can do from here? I work on a PC nowadays because my laptop died, and am using Windows 2000 as OS. If I select Unicode as encoding I can see Jason's characters... I am about to send another mail with characters in it and will wait a bit now... Herman , " " wrote: > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read > Herman's characters. > > > > -Jason > > > > > On Behalf Of trevor_erikson > Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM > > Chinese Characters > > > > > > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > Cheers, > Trevor > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Herman, I have no problem reading Jason's characters, but yours aren't coming through. Perhaps it is the very old Windows 2000 OS you are using, is there a Unicode UTF-8 option? perhaps try a Chinese simplified or traditional code, or even Big5, not sure, but if you change it, mention it in the post so we can try to calibrate. Frankly, I didn't know anyone still used that.... In Good Health, Thomas , " aowenherman " <aowenherman wrote: > > Jason, Trevor, > > Is there anything I can do from here? I work on a PC nowadays because my laptop died, and am using Windows 2000 as OS. If I select Unicode as encoding I can see Jason's characters... > > I am about to send another mail with characters in it and will wait a bit now... > > Herman > > , " " <@> wrote: > > > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until > > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read > > Herman's characters. > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > On Behalf Of trevor_erikson > > Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM > > > > Chinese Characters > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are > > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. > > > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > > > Cheers, > > Trevor > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Thomas, Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP on it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not that old!) for emergencies and I don't have problems sending characters in mails etc. to my students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is what I use (right now as well) but apparently it didn't work on this listserv. Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, and my response to Jason's answer to it later today. Can you see the following characters? 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ Again, thanks for your help, Herman , " Thomas " wrote: > > Herman, > > I have no problem reading Jason's characters, but yours aren't coming through. Perhaps it is the very old Windows 2000 OS you are using, is there a Unicode UTF-8 option? perhaps try a Chinese simplified or traditional code, or even Big5, not sure, but if you change it, mention it in the post so we can try to calibrate. Frankly, I didn't know anyone still used that.... > > In Good Health, > Thomas > > , " aowenherman " <aowenherman@> wrote: > > > > Jason, Trevor, > > > > Is there anything I can do from here? I work on a PC nowadays because my laptop died, and am using Windows 2000 as OS. If I select Unicode as encoding I can see Jason's characters... > > > > I am about to send another mail with characters in it and will wait a bit now... > > > > Herman > > > > , " " <@> wrote: > > > > > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until > > > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read > > > Herman's characters. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Behalf Of trevor_erikson > > > Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM > > > > > > Chinese Characters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are > > > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. > > > > > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 The characters are coming through loud and clear On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:07 AM, aowenherman wrote: > Thomas, > > Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP on it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not that old!) for emergencies and I don't have problems sending characters in mails etc. to my students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is what I use (right now as well) but apparently it didn't work on this listserv. > > Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, and my response to Jason's answer to it later today. > > Can you see the following characters? > > 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ > > Again, thanks for your help, > > Herman Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 All, I just re-turned on the ability to have posts emailed to me, and I have noticed that I can see the characters fine through email, but that they are still garbage on the actual page. I am curious if the people who can read the characters receive posts through email as well? (Herman your characters were clear through email, but on the actual page) Trevor --- On Wed, 3/3/10, aowenherman <aowenherman wrote: aowenherman <aowenherman Re: Chinese Characters Received: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 12:07 PM  Thomas, Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP on it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not that old!) for emergencies and I don't have problems sending characters in mails etc. to my students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is what I use (right now as well) but apparently it didn't work on this listserv. Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, and my response to Jason's answer to it later today. Can you see the following characters? 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ Again, thanks for your help, Herman , " Thomas " <tag.plantgeek@ ...> wrote: > > Herman, > > I have no problem reading Jason's characters, but yours aren't coming through. Perhaps it is the very old Windows 2000 OS you are using, is there a Unicode UTF-8 option? perhaps try a Chinese simplified or traditional code, or even Big5, not sure, but if you change it, mention it in the post so we can try to calibrate. Frankly, I didn't know anyone still used that.... > > In Good Health, > Thomas > > , " aowenherman " <aowenherman@ > wrote: > > > > Jason, Trevor, > > > > Is there anything I can do from here? I work on a PC nowadays because my laptop died, and am using Windows 2000 as OS. If I select Unicode as encoding I can see Jason's characters.. . > > > > I am about to send another mail with characters in it and will wait a bit now... > > > > Herman > > > > , " " <@> wrote: > > > > > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until > > > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read > > > Herman's characters. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [] On Behalf Of trevor_erikson > > > Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM > > > > > > Chinese Characters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that members are > > > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and unintelligible. > > > > > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 That's very strange because when aowenherman wrote this initially, I got the wacky symbols, but no characters, however when Z'ev quotes aowenherman's post, they come through as characters. Different email programs display things differently. I think that Z'evs put the characters into a format that I can read on gmail. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, <zrosenbe wrote: > > > The characters are coming through loud and clear > > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:07 AM, aowenherman wrote: > > > Thomas, > > > > Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP on > it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not that old!) for > emergencies and I don't have problems sending characters in mails etc. to my > students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is what I use (right now as well) but > apparently it didn't work on this listserv. > > > > Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to > resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, and my > response to Jason's answer to it later today. > > > > Can you see the following characters? > > > > 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ > > > > Again, thanks for your help, > > > > Herman > > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > San Diego, Ca. 92122 > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Me too, exactly the same as Al. Steve On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Al Stone <al wrote: > > > That's very strange because when aowenherman wrote this initially, I got > the > wacky symbols, but no characters, however when Z'ev quotes aowenherman's > post, they come through as characters. > > Different email programs display things differently. I think that Z'evs put > the characters into a format that I can read on gmail. > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, <zrosenbe<zrosenbe%40san.rr.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > The characters are coming through loud and clear > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:07 AM, aowenherman wrote: > > > > > Thomas, > > > > > > Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP on > > it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not that old!) > for > > emergencies and I don't have problems sending characters in mails etc. to > my > > students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is what I use (right now as well) but > > apparently it didn't work on this listserv. > > > > > > Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to > > resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, and > my > > response to Jason's answer to it later today. > > > > > > Can you see the following characters? > > > > > > 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ > > > > > > Again, thanks for your help, > > > > > > Herman > > > > > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine > > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > > San Diego, Ca. 92122 > > > > -- > , DAOM > Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. > http://twitter.com/algancao > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 yes, the characters below come thru on individual emails. This is the first from you, Herman, where the characters appear. I can these days see characters on emails from some others. ann On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:07 PM, aowenherman wrote: > Thomas, > > Thanks for your mail. I am writing this from another machine with XP > on it. I use that PC with Windows 2000 (Anno Domini, so it's not > that old!) for emergencies and I don't have problems sending > characters in mails etc. to my students with it. Unicode UTF-8 is > what I use (right now as well) but apparently it didn't work on this > listserv. > > Anyway, I can use my beloved's laptop once in a while an will try to > resend the mail with characters in it, about the Neijing dictionary, > and my response to Jason's answer to it later today. > > Can you see the following characters? > > 心者å›ä¸»ä¹‹å®˜ç¥žæ˜Žå‡ºç„‰ > > Again, thanks for your help, > > Herman > > , " Thomas " > wrote: > > > > Herman, > > > > I have no problem reading Jason's characters, but yours aren't > coming through. Perhaps it is the very old Windows 2000 OS you are > using, is there a Unicode UTF-8 option? perhaps try a Chinese > simplified or traditional code, or even Big5, not sure, but if you > change it, mention it in the post so we can try to calibrate. > Frankly, I didn't know anyone still used that.... > > > > In Good Health, > > Thomas > > > > , " aowenherman " > <aowenherman@> wrote: > > > > > > Jason, Trevor, > > > > > > Is there anything I can do from here? I work on a PC nowadays > because my laptop died, and am using Windows 2000 as OS. If I select > Unicode as encoding I can see Jason's characters... > > > > > > I am about to send another mail with characters in it and will > wait a bit now... > > > > > > Herman > > > > > > , " " > <@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try > different ones until > > > > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been > unable to read > > > > Herman's characters. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Behalf Of > trevor_erikson > > > > Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:34 PM > > > > > > > > Chinese Characters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know why I cannot see the Chinese characters that > members are > > > > posting? They just come across as mumbo jumbo and > unintelligible. > > > > > > > > If it means anything, I use a fairly brand new Mac book. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 We talked about this a couple years ago - it seems that if you install the microsoft Chinese language pack, the characters should show up (depending on your email program / browser etc). If you use office, that should be on the installation CD, or you might have to download it off of their site directly. Geoff , " " wrote: > > This usually has to do with encoding (you must just try different ones until > it works). I usually have no problem, however I have been unable to read > Herman's characters. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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