Re: I'm back (was: Re: Stupid fonts!!!)

In article <350...@spamfree.land>, Matthew Thomas
<mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote:
[snip]
> I'm back!
[snip]
> I have a few
> questions about things which have happened in my absence ...
> 
> 1   Who posts the FAQ, and how can I e-mail them? (I never actually saw
>     any posting happen, I don't think.)
> 
> 2   Who keeps a copy of the FAQ on their Web sites? As I said just
>     before I left last year, I'd like to set up a script so that
>     whenever I update the FAQ these people get e-mailed the HTML version
>     (with stuff like GeoCities advertisements and custom colours added
>     to particular copies).
> 
> 3   Is rec.arts.ascii up and running again, and if so, why? Just before
>     I left last year I noticed someone volunteering to be moderator, and
>     then when I arrived this year there were some messages in it, but
>     since then it seems to have died ...
> 
> 4   What happened to all the spammers? They seem to have disappeared.
>     Does this mean it's safe for me to start using my real e-mail
>     address in the header?
> 
> 5   Does anyone use alt.ascii-art.animation any more?
> 
> 6   Is this leave-sigs-on/take-sigs-off debate EVER going to end?
> 
> 7   Does `Miss Kitty' have a REALLY bad attitude, or what?
> 
> I would be interested in reading any suggestions for changes in the next
> version of the FAQ. At the moment I plan:
> *   updating (or not) the section explaining the demise of
>     rec.arts.ascii
> *   updating the list of Web versions of the FAQ
> *   checking all the URLs (of course).
> But I don't see anything else major which needs doing ...
> 
> And just to keep everything on-topic, here's an ascii-artwork hot off my
> keyboard:
> ----
>          .
>           '               Q.  What did people in Auckland use for
>         /(                    lighting before they had candles?
>        (())
>        ,`',               A.  Electricity!
>       (|"T|
>       `| ;|
>        | o|    ,-,--.     [Auckland, NZ, currently going through a
>   ..--_|  |_--!./  |:|    severe power shortage]
>  /.'"( |__| )"`.\ .'!'
>  \`.  `----'  .'/"""
>   `"-::::::::-"' mt-02
> ----
> 
> The candle's mine, the joke isn't.
> 
> That's all for know, folks!
> -- __
>   /_/\   Matthew Thomas, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
>  _\_\/_  http://kiwipages.co.nz/matthew.html
> /_/\/_/\ My real address is mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz
> \_\/\_\/ `Authors of great quotes are remembered forever' -- Unknown

Welcome back, oh ye of many questions! (I numbered them.)

I will answer what I consider to be the most imperative ones. (ie: to
which I know the answers)

4) Spammers are NOT gone. They are still diligently sending out huge
volumes of useless junk. I would not recommend that you use your real
address when posting to the newsgroup.

5) I think Colin, Krogg and I are the only ones who post ontopic
articles. There are occasionally ones from others but sadly it is mostly
the idiots who imagine that we are interested to hear about their sad
schemes.

6) No.

7) Poor thing. I think somebody forgot to feed her her daily portions of
miaow-mix. You know how cats get when they're hungry.

And in keeping with your excellent candle to keep things sort of on
topic, here is a drawing of how I torture my cat:

   _  _ |> |>[ [ |\ |/
  (  (_ |\ |\[ [ |-\|\                                   _
  _)                | \                                 //
       _|_,^%---  ha                                   //
   =#-(_X_)  \ ha                          /\_/\      //
       \/ >      ha                       (@.@ )_.-._//
       ___>,^                             > C < .-.  )
ejm97 //| |                                   |/   |/


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