Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3
From Timofei Shatrov <gru...@mail.ru>
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· 29 Nov 2001 10:31 · View full thread
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:47:05 GMT, joris bellenger <jor...@xs4all.nl> tried to confuse everyone with this message: >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! > I like it. It's a great innovation that now people would use ascii-art not only in sigs but in attrib-lines too. It's a major breakthrough in the world of ascii-art. -- GRUE@|And to auoide tediouse repetition of these woordes: is equalle to: MAIL|I will sette as I doe often in woorke use, a paire of paralleles of RU|one lengthe, thus ===, bicause noe .2. thynges, can be moare equalle. GRUE.FREESERVERS.COM|Robert Recorde,"The Whetstone of Witte',1557.[4*72]
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