Re: New & request help with SG

Rossana Ganuza wrote:
> 
> HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.  Heh heh, I'm new to
> 'puters, and I know there's a  "rule" for sig size,

The rule for sig size isn't nearly as strict as the one that says not to
post binaries in text-only newsgroups.

> but I don't play by the
> rules, so if he'd look better bigger please someone let me know. 

1. Find out what the rules are.
2. Find out why the rules are.
3. Consider the consequences of breaking them.
4. Decide wether or not to break them.

You haven't passed the first of those stages yet, so you shouldn't even
be thinking about breaking them.

Rule: Binaries to text groups.
1. Don't.
2. They take up much more space than text posts.
   Good alternatives exist:
   * Put the picture on the web and post the URL here.
   * Post the picture to alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
3. Some servers filter out such posts so many people won't see
   them at all. Some of them may even go to the trouble of
   sending an abuse complaint to your ISP, wich could eventually
   lead to you losing your account.
   Some servers don't filter out such posts, with the result that
   other posts get "pushed over the edge" too quickly.
4. This one you should decide not to break.

Rule: Sig size.
1. Most newsgroups: 4 lines x 80 columns.
   alt.ascii-art: a little bigger is OK if it contains ascii art.
   troll groups: the bigger the better (but use some common sense
                 e.g. use battle sigs less often than PC sigs or
                 you will end up annoying the good guys as well as
                 the idiots).
2. Smaller sigs take up less memory. There is also the "human
   factor" that says it's irritating to scroll past the same long
   sig again and again and again and again. Of course, you should
   use a correctly formed sig separator (yours isn't, btw) so that
   those people can set their news readers to not show the sigs.
3. You get flamed for wasting server space and for being generally
   loud and annoying.
4. Use bigger than Politically Correct sigs if you are a troll
   looking for a fight. The only known exception is alt.ascii-art
   where sigs bigger than 4x80 are on-topic if they contain pictures.

> BTW, I
> think there are problems trying to reach me.  My emails are
> Des...@gte.net  or
> rga...@luna.cas.usf.usf

Then I suggest you set up your newsreader to use one of those addresses
instead of the broken one you have now.


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