Re: Why are all the ASCII's in my newsreader BAD???

Shanaka Dias wrote:
> But will people actually read the mini-faq?
> I remember when I first started posting to rec.ascii-art
> I read the faq and lurked for a while before posting.
> Even when I just lurked on rec.puzzles, I read the faq
> totally, espescially because people were continually
> being told to refer to it. I guess people are braver to
> ask stupid now-a-days.

I read the FAQ 3 years ago, then I took a 3 year break from ASCII,
and before I came back, I read them all again!!  Unfortunatly, the
faq hadn't changed much....

> aaaah the impetuous youth of today! ;)
> 
> Perhaps whenever some newbie asks a faq question,
> we should,
> 
> a) point them to the faq.

Good.
 
> b) send them a copy of the faq.

Good.
 
> c) tell the students of the Wright State University's
>    CP2 class to mail them. Or tell Patrick Craig that
>    the newbie is a CP2 hater.

Slightly overkill...
 
> d) get them to use llizards ISP's news server
>    to keep up-to-date with the newsgroup

Very good idea....
 
> e) scar them for life by flaming them,
>    then visit their house, kidnap their
>    cat, tattoo our signatures onto it
>    and dispute whose very own cat it is,
>    then send them the faq!

Massively overkill.  C:

An email cat might do.....
 
> e) all of the above.
> 
> Any other suggestions are welcome, but nothing silly! ;)
> These could even apply to people that have the nerve to
> claim other peoples ascii art as their own (ie Sho Magasuki
> to name one!).

C:

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