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>To decipher this message refer to the Unicode . . . . . Unicode I wonder what the purpose of this cypher word is. So that if someone doesn't know about Unico

by gps0 6y ago

>To decipher this message refer to the Unicode . . . . . Unicode I wonder what the purpose of this cypher word is. So that if someone doesn't know about Unicode, they find out what it is by checking what each word means?

usrusr 6y ago
Remember all those little two-letter abbreviations when 140 character SMS were dominating all remote communication, and those messages were still expansive? "Code" like that quickly establishes itself in narrow text communication and apparently the desire to make a quick buck by selling a "reference manual" isn't new either. My guess (from looking no further than the title I have to admit) is that this is a legitimate predecessor to stuff like this https://www.amazon.com/Text-Message-Abbreviations-Reference-convenient-ebook/dp/B004L9L4LA https://www.amazon.com/Text-Message-Abbreviations-Reference-... or https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1467999466 https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1467999466 In this case, the author(s) sure had a hand for wording!
kristopolous 6y ago
Telegraphs charged by the word, a lot "In 1860, for example, a ten-word telegram sent from New York to New Orleans cost $2.70 (about $65 in 2012 currency). When the transcontinental telegraph opened, the cost was $7.40 for ten words (about $210), while a ten word transatlantic message to England cost $100 (about $2,600)." https://newatlas.com/last-telegraph-message/28314/ https://newatlas.com/last-telegraph-message/28314/ That's why in those old movies and plays everyone always looked dreadfully concerned about making sure someone got their telegraph message, that thing was pricey.
- dTal 6y ago
  Incredible that it's cheaper now to physically travel across the Atlantic and deliver your 10 word message in person, all expenses paid, than it was to send it by wire.

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>To decipher this message refer to the Unicode . . . . . Unicode I wonder what the purpose of this cypher word is. So that if someone doesn't know about Unico

by gps0 6y ago

usrusr 6y ago
Remember all those little two-letter abbreviations when 140 character SMS were dominating all remote communication, and those messages were still expansive? "Code" like that quickly establishes itself in narrow text communication and apparently the desire to make a quick buck by selling a "reference manual" isn't new either. My guess (from looking no further than the title I have to admit) is that this is a legitimate predecessor to stuff like this https://www.amazon.com/Text-Message-Abbreviations-Reference-convenient-ebook/dp/B004L9L4LA https://www.amazon.com/Text-Message-Abbreviations-Reference-... or https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1467999466 https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1467999466 In this case, the author(s) sure had a hand for wording!
kristopolous 6y ago
Telegraphs charged by the word, a lot "In 1860, for example, a ten-word telegram sent from New York to New Orleans cost $2.70 (about $65 in 2012 currency). When the transcontinental telegraph opened, the cost was $7.40 for ten words (about $210), while a ten word transatlantic message to England cost $100 (about $2,600)." https://newatlas.com/last-telegraph-message/28314/ https://newatlas.com/last-telegraph-message/28314/ That's why in those old movies and plays everyone always looked dreadfully concerned about making sure someone got their telegraph message, that thing was pricey.
- dTal 6y ago
  Incredible that it's cheaper now to physically travel across the Atlantic and deliver your 10 word message in person, all expenses paid, than it was to send it by wire.