TALK - .Signature files

Sometimes, somewhere, in article <2p7grm$hg...@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
Glenn W. Bernasek <dd3...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> scribed:
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>Isn't it amazing?  Ascii art files can be greater than 180 lines,
>and some articles seem to be as long as the "Great American Novel".
>And yet there is quibbling over .sigs that are over 4 lines long!
>Am I missing something here?  I don't really see the difference
>between an ascii text article or drawing and an ascii text .sig.
>So long as it ends in "###" its a single posting --- isn't it?

   Well Glenn, just remember that some people see articles and sigs as 
two separate things.  I don't see such a big difference.  Eitther one has 
an equal opportunity to be entertaining and informative, or a big waste 
of bandwidth.

   I've seen some sigs that are better than the content of the average 
post.  And I've seen the opposite.  I just think that rules like sigs 
shouldn't be over four lines long are a bit arbitrary.  There have been some 
posts that would have benefitted from such a rule.

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