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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 29 Nov 2001.
Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3

Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800, Bateau <ItsFAKE@Not-A-Real-
Address.com> wrote:
> >> How do you like my new intro line?
> >
> >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

[snip]

> People have this insane notion that more lines = more 
bandwidth when
> it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much 
shorter.

Much shorter than what?

your intro line is: 181 bytes
the default intro text is (in this case): 175 bytes
your sig is: 175 bytes

Anyway, you asked (!) what we were thinking of your intro line.
Don't complain if you don't like the answer. Mine was obviously
too suttle for you. I actually meant: Your intro line sucks!

joris

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