Talk: Newbies and Codgers symbols
Carl Grimes <gri...@habitats.com> wrote: >Internet Newbie is such a common term now that it ought to have a >universally recognized symbol, either .sig sized or perhaps single line, like >the smilies. Any ideas? How about :-? I think it's been used for a joke smiley, but it might be a good one for newbies. >As for Internet Codger, these are the old timers that grumpily defend the >nuances of the old ways and protest - sometimes even humorously - that the >rest of us don't know that you have to raise the left eyebrow, cross your toes >on the right foot while you enter the ctrl-X command in order to post to the >correct newsgroup; which, of course, you just failed at doing. Or, you >posted to the correct newsgroup but asked the wrong question. Or, asked >the right question but in the wrong format. Or, ... This term is new but >ought to have a symbol anyway. Hmmm ... that seems harder. Anybody? >Get the creative juices flowing and help start a new tradition! Be the first >on your favorite newsgroup (hopefully the right one!) to use an entirely new >ascii-art symbol. -- |####* :|####* :|||#* :||######* :#####* :####* :######* :|####* :#* :||||#* : #* :|#* #* :|#* :|###* :|#* :||#* #* :|||#* :|#* #* :||#* #* :|#* #* :#* :#* : #* :||||#* :|||||#* :#* :#* :||#* #* :|||#* :||||#* :||#* #* :|#* #* :#* :#* : |####* :#* :||||#* :||#* ######* :###* :|#* :||||######* :#* :|#* #* :#* :#* : |||||#* #* :||||#######* #* :#* :|#* :|||#* :||||#* :#* :|#* :|#* #* :#* :#* : #* :|#* #* :|#* #* :||#* #* :|#* :#* :|||#* :|#* #* :|#* :#* :|#* #* :#* :#* : |####* :|####* :#* :||#* #* :||#* #####* :####* :#* :||#* :####* :|##* :##* :| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,2b879be11bfc68b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,2b879be11bfc68b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,2b879be11bfc68b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-22 18:41:15 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Newbies and Codgers symbols Date: 22 Sep 1994 10:05:30 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 34 Approved: bob...@wwa.com Message-ID: <35s6fq$1r...@gagme.wwa.com> References: <gri...@habitats.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1738 alt.ascii-art:12225 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1165
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