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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 28 Nov 2001.
Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3

Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3

From "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <lastfuture@lastfuture.de> · alt.ascii-art · 28 Nov 2001 16:33 · View full thread · report
>>> Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk.
>>> How do you like my new intro line?
>>
>>To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

i find it nice :)

>This:
>____     On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100
>\__/___  Peter "lastfuture" Marquardt ran through the
> LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>     |   waving an axe and screaming:
>    / \
>
>Is only 4 characters more than this:
>On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100, in alt.ascii-art "Peter
>\"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de>, wrote in message
>id <C=0DP...@4ax.com>:

hope you have counted the returns (new line) as extra characters

>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.

well joris.. quoting an entire text to reply to only one question is..
uh.. i think you get my point ;)

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From: "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de>
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Subject: Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3
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