Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 May 1999.
Question on Sigs...
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· 36 messages · 18 May 1999 - 6 Jun 1999
>Message-id: <374...@earthling.net> > > >a large sig is tacky if it is >> larger than your total post... >> > >Hmmmmm... > > >-- > (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ > /|__--__ . __--__ > |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ > `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. > / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ > .' /| /|:| \ >.' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' > ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ > .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. > ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, >- `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' - unless, of course, you're posting in an ASCII art newsgroup! or mailing list! ;0 -joan -- ,,._ / a_)--. \._ `;--.) , joan stark .' ) \ ` /) /-' spu...@juno.com / / | _)-'/ | / /_.-' .'` |_.; _.'` _.-') ASCII Art Gallery _.--" _..)))-"` (\ http://www.ascii-art.com jgs/__.-'`| | ` | | \_/
Spunk1111 wrote: > > >Message-id: <374...@earthling.net> > > > > > > >a large sig is tacky if it is > >> larger than your total post... > >> > > > >Hmmmmm... > > > > > > >-- > > (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ > > /|__--__ . __--__ > > |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ > > `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. > > / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ > > .' /| /|:| \ > >.' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' > > ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ > > .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. > > ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, > >- `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' - > > unless, of course, you're posting in an ASCII art newsgroup! or mailing list! > ;0 > > -joan > -- > ,,._ > / a_)--. > \._ `;--.) , joan stark > .' ) \ ` /) /-' spu...@juno.com > / / | _)-'/ > | / /_.-' .'` > |_.; _.'` _.-') ASCII Art Gallery > _.--" _..)))-"` (\ http://www.ascii-art.com > jgs/__.-'`| | ` > | | > \_/ Im sorry,what were ya'll talking about? -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I
thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know...
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>Message-id: <374...@news.inxpress.net> > >I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I >thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... well, hardcore netters will say 4 lines max... some now say 5-6 lines... Personally, I've yet to have a complaint with any of the larger sigs... However, I agree with the fact that a large sig is tacky if it is larger than your total post... -joan -- _ _ (q\_/p) .-. |. .| joan stark \ =\,/= spu...@juno.com )/ _ \ |\ (/\):(/\ )\ ASCII Art Gallery jgs \_ _/ |Oo\ http://www.ascii-art.com `""^""` `"""`
Spunk1111 wrote: > >Message-id: <374...@news.inxpress.net> > >I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I > >thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... > > well, hardcore netters will say 4 lines max... > some now say 5-6 lines... > Personally, I've yet to have a complaint with > any of the larger sigs... However, I agree > with the fact that a large sig is tacky if it is > larger than your total post... > Hmmmmm... -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
>Subject: Re: Question on Sigs... >From: Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> >Date: 5/18/99 3:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: <374...@gtcom.net> >Im sorry,what were ya'll talking about? >-- > > >|"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| >| `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | >|SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | >| FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | >| / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | >| ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | >| ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | >|____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____| Huh? -- () () || ,:::, || | (245trio3) () () || po op || | -L-e-s-t-e-r- ____()___()_____|| p,",p - "Brains!" ||__________________| -A-M-C- ====()===()======' .i~o. `===================| -9-8- () ". .dgfhfgh.. .-~~-. .-~~-. | - () `..' ...sdlesterghsdf..~.-~~-..-~~-.~~| | () .sdfgdf(`dgamchdd`(dgfh.~.-~~-.~~| | | () .ofg') ( ) dfghfgf )( `fg|~~~~| | |_____ | ____()_______.dd( ( )( dgfhfgh ( ) (g| | |--'___.'|____| () ```) ) ( ) fhgjfgh ) ( )`| |--'____.'|.' '. () ( ( )( ghjhgkp( )(--`----'------'|.' '. () ) ) ( ) fjp (qpk )( )____________[.' '. () ( ( ) ( kp( )(kp( )( '. () ) ( )pk)( )pkp ( .TERs s. .sSs. .s.s. s. '.s. .s () ) ( kp( )( pk )sLES' `AM. S. .S S`S`S SS. .SS. S' () ( pk)( )kp `S. .S`C `SSSS .S S .S`S. S'`S.S () ()()() .kp( ( pk `S SSSS' .S`S' S' .S SSSSS .S SS' ()() () kp/ ) kp .S .S' .S S' S. S S' S' .S S' `S ()()()() .::;"' (";:. S' S' S' S `S S S S S' S S
Kam...@rotfl.com (Vice Admiral Acker) wrote: > I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I > thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... Eudora Lite refuses to accept a sig file longer than 4 lines. . . (I use the included sig for Usenet, using my offline reader to import it with just a couple keystrokes. . . :) (It's longer than 4, but I don't feel it's excessive(I could be wrong, O/C!) Your friend, <+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope") (email: gap...@vcn.bc.ca) homepage: http://www.canadawired.com/~gapope ICQ me at: 32617950 (Please cc my mailbox and/or quote with "Cyberpope wrote...") -=- In essentials, unity; In non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. -- Baxter quoting Augustine
Cyberpope wrote >Eudora Lite refuses to accept a sig file longer than 4 lines. . . (I use the >included sig for Usenet, using my offline reader to import it with just a >couple keystrokes. . . :) (It's longer than 4, but I don't feel it's >excessive(I could be wrong, O/C!) > >Your friend, > ><+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope") >(email: gap...@vcn.bc.ca) >homepage: http://www.canadawired.com/~gapope >ICQ me at: 32617950 > > (Please cc my mailbox and/or quote with "Cyberpope wrote...") >-=- >In essentials, unity; >In non-essentials, liberty; >in all things, charity. -- Baxter quoting Augustine Well here's a reworked version of your sig keeping it in the 4 line and 72 wide guidelines while retaining all the information. Hope this helps. <+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope") Please quote and cc me with "Cyberpope wrote..." ICQ:32617950 email:gap...@vcn.bc.ca http://www.canadawired.com/~gapope In essentials, unity; In non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity -- Baxter quoting Augustine 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
In article <199...@ng-cq1.aol.com>, les...@aol.com.Tony.C. (Lester5374) wrote: > > >Subject: Re: Question on Sigs... > >From: Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> > >Date: 5/18/99 3:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time > >Message-id: <374...@gtcom.net> > > >Im sorry,what were ya'll talking about? > >-- > > > > > >|"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| > >| `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | > >|SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | > >| FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | > >| / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | > >| ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | > >| ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | > >|____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____| > > Huh? > > -- > () () || ,:::, || | (245trio3) > () () || po op || | -L-e-s-t-e-r- > ____()___()_____|| p,",p - "Brains!" ||__________________| -A-M-C- > ====()===()======' .i~o. `===================| -9-8- > () ". .dgfhfgh.. .-~~-. .-~~-. | - > () `..' ...sdlesterghsdf..~.-~~-..-~~-.~~| | > () .sdfgdf(`dgamchdd`(dgfh.~.-~~-.~~| | | > () .ofg') ( ) dfghfgf )( `fg|~~~~| | |_____ | > ____()_______.dd( ( )( dgfhfgh ( ) (g| | |--'___.'|____| > () ```) ) ( ) fhgjfgh ) ( )`| |--'____.'|.' '. > () ( ( )( ghjhgkp( )(--`----'------'|.' '. > () ) ) ( ) fjp (qpk )( )____________[.' '. > () ( ( ) ( kp( )(kp( )( '. > () ) ( )pk)( )pkp ( .TERs s. .sSs. .s.s. s. '.s. .s > () ) ( kp( )( pk )sLES' `AM. S. .S S`S`S SS. .SS. S' > () ( pk)( )kp `S. .S`C `SSSS .S S .S`S. S'`S.S > () ()()() .kp( ( pk `S SSSS' .S`S' S' .S SSSSS .S SS' > ()() () kp/ ) kp .S .S' .S S' S. S S' S' .S S' `S > ()()()() .::;"' (";:. S' S' S' S `S S S S S' S S . .___ | ) /--/| | (_) /__/ |_ | | | /_/| , | |P-Z||**||[| | ____| ||()||[|_,__ | / |___||__|/[|( )/| .+. ,^^%--- /___________________/ | +.+ < __\_((/ Were we |__________ ______ | | .+.<_/- // talking | ||______|| | +.+))__ // about something? ] ||______|| | .+.+.+.)_// | ||______|| | +.+.+.+|_\__ |__________|________|/ ejm+.+| | NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- .___ | ) /--/| | (_) /__/ |_ | | | /_/| , | ha |P-Z||**||[| | ha ____| ||()||[|_,__ | ha / |___||__|/[|( )/| .+. ,^^%--- /___________________/ | +.+ < __\_((/ Just as I |__________ ______ | | .+.<_/- // thought... | ||______|| | +.+))__ // | ] ||______|| | .+.+.+.)_// | ||______|| | +.+.+.+|_\__ |__________|________|/ ejm+.+| | ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca |_ |_ | 7_ /\ |2 |) /\ |< /\ [ _| ||| (I believe it's 5 lines maximum unless it's in alt.ascii-art)
llizard wrote: > > In article <199...@ng-cq1.aol.com>, > les...@aol.com.Tony.C. (Lester5374) wrote: > > > > >Subject: Re: Question on Sigs... > > >From: Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> > > >Date: 5/18/99 3:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time > > >Message-id: <374...@gtcom.net> > > > > >Im sorry,what were ya'll talking about? > > >-- > > > > > > > > >|"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| > > >| `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | > > >|SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | > > >| FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | > > >| / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | > > >| ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | > > >| ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | > > >|____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____| > > > > Huh? > > > > -- > > () () || ,:::, || | (245trio3) > > () () || po op || | -L-e-s-t-e-r- > > ____()___()_____|| p,",p - "Brains!" ||__________________| -A-M-C- > > ====()===()======' .i~o. `===================| -9-8- > > () ". .dgfhfgh.. .-~~-. .-~~-. | - > > () `..' ...sdlesterghsdf..~.-~~-..-~~-.~~| | > > () .sdfgdf(`dgamchdd`(dgfh.~.-~~-.~~| | | > > () .ofg') ( ) dfghfgf )( `fg|~~~~| | |_____ | > > ____()_______.dd( ( )( dgfhfgh ( ) (g| | |--'___.'|____| > > () ```) ) ( ) fhgjfgh ) ( )`| |--'____.'|.' '. > > () ( ( )( ghjhgkp( )(--`----'------'|.' '. > > () ) ) ( ) fjp (qpk )( )____________[.' '. > > () ( ( ) ( kp( )(kp( )( '. > > () ) ( )pk)( )pkp ( .TERs s. .sSs. .s.s. s. '.s. .s > > () ) ( kp( )( pk )sLES' `AM. S. .S S`S`S SS. .SS. S' > > () ( pk)( )kp `S. .S`C `SSSS .S S .S`S. S'`S.S > > () ()()() .kp( ( pk `S SSSS' .S`S' S' .S SSSSS .S SS' > > ()() () kp/ ) kp .S .S' .S S' S. S S' S' .S S' `S > > ()()()() .::;"' (";:. S' S' S' S `S S S S S' S S > . > .___ > | ) /--/| > | (_) /__/ |_ > | | | /_/| , > | |P-Z||**||[| > | ____| ||()||[|_,__ > | / |___||__|/[|( )/| > .+. ,^^%--- /___________________/ | > +.+ < __\_((/ Were we |__________ ______ | | > .+.<_/- // talking | ||______|| | > +.+))__ // about something? ] ||______|| | > .+.+.+.)_// | ||______|| | > +.+.+.+|_\__ |__________|________|/ > ejm+.+| | > > NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you > are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; > its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. > -- > .___ > | ) /--/| > | (_) /__/ |_ > | | | /_/| , > | ha |P-Z||**||[| > | ha ____| ||()||[|_,__ > | ha / |___||__|/[|( )/| > .+. ,^^%--- /___________________/ | > +.+ < __\_((/ Just as I |__________ ______ | | > .+.<_/- // thought... | ||______|| | > +.+))__ // | ] ||______|| | > .+.+.+.)_// | ||______|| | > +.+.+.+|_\__ |__________|________|/ > ejm+.+| | ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions > www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ > cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca > |_ |_ | 7_ /\ |2 |) /\ |< /\ [ _| ||| > > (I believe it's 5 lines maximum unless it's in alt.ascii-art) Hi Llizard..:) -- dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. dHHHHHF "HHHHF" "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. dHHHHHH HHHF dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. dHHHHHHF dHHF dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. dHHHHHHH HHF dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. HHHHHHHF dHF dHHHHHHHHF" "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. HHHHHHH HF dHHHHHHHF .db `HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. HHHHHHF dF dHHHHHHHF .dHHHb "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. HHHHHH .dHHHHHHHF HHHHHF dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb. HHHHHF HHHHHHHHH HHHHF .dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb HHHHH db "HHHHHHHH "HF" .dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHF" .dHHHHHHHHHHF" .dHHb HHHHF dHHb "HHHHHHF HHHHHHHHF" "HHHHHHHF" .dHHHHHHHHF" .dHHHHHH HHHH HHHHb "HHHHH dHHb "HHHHHF" dHb "HHHF" .dHHHHHHHHHHF" .dHHHHHHHHHHH HHHF dHHHHHb "HHHH HHHHb "HHHH dHHHb. "HH HHHHHHF" "H HHHHHF" "HHH HHH HHHHHHHb "HHF dHHHHF HHHH HHHHHH HH HHF" .dHH HHF" .dHHHH HHF dHHHHHHHH HH HHHHH dHHHH HHHHF" .HH HHHb dHHHH HHHb HHHHHH HHb dHHHHHHHHI dHH HHHHF HHHHHb. "HHF .dHHHb. "HHF dHHHHHb. "HHF dHHHHHH "HHh4HHHHHHHHHHh4HHF .dHHF .dHHHHHHHb. .dHHHHHHHb. .dHHHHHHHHb. .dHHHHHHF "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh4HHHHhoo4HHHHHHHHHHHh4HHHHHHHHHHHho4HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHF" "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHF" "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHKrogg98HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHF""""
On Tue, 18 May 1999 15:45:00 -0400, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> wrote: >Spunk1111 wrote: >> >> >Message-id: <374...@earthling.net> >> > >> > >> >> >a large sig is tacky if it is >> >> larger than your total post... >> >> >> > >> >Hmmmmm... >> > >> > >> >> >-- >> > (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ >> > /|__--__ . __--__ >> > |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ >> > `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. >> > / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ >> > .' /| /|:| \ >> >.' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' >> > ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ >> > .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. >> > ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, >> >- `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' - >> >> unless, of course, you're posting in an ASCII art newsgroup! or mailing list! >> ;0 >> >> -joan >> -- >> ,,._ >> / a_)--. >> \._ `;--.) , joan stark >> .' ) \ ` /) /-' spu...@juno.com >> / / | _)-'/ >> | / /_.-' .'` >> |_.; _.'` _.-') ASCII Art Gallery >> _.--" _..)))-"` (\ http://www.ascii-art.com >> jgs/__.-'`| | ` >> | | >> \_/ > >Im sorry,what were ya'll talking about? >-- > > >|"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| >| `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | >|SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | >| FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | >| / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | >| ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | >| ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | >|____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____| I have a small signature file for newsgroups. This (not this group of course) seems to be where the most anal, humourless bunch of uptight, rule afflicted people hang out. :) ||| _/T\_ ||| mailto:ldb...@midwest.net ||| \\|// ||| Freelance Writer and homesick Canadian ldb ||| '-|-' ||| http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm
.----- On Tue, 18 May 1999 01:07:05 GMT, Vice Admiral Acker posted: |I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I |thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... '---------------------------------- The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line .. I ask you! They rekoned that unless it was dash-dash-space it counted as part of the sig meaning that you were only allowed 3 lines... how stupid. Most newsgroup regulars aren't this bad, though. Of course in alt.ascii-art you can have larger sigs. When I'm only subscribed to a.a-a I use my large sigs but after an unfortunate incident where I accidently used a 15-line sig in a different newsgroup Iusually keep to my generic one (featured below) when I'm reading lots of newsgroups. -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Martin Atkins wrote >The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a >group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they >were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line >.. I ask you! There is a good reason for this. If the seperator line is --<cr> then it is not an official sig seperator -- <cr> If you have a good news reader you can tell it to remove the sig from whatever message you're reading. This is why the "standard". >They rekoned that unless it was dash-dash-space it counted as part of >the sig meaning that you were only allowed 3 lines... how stupid. As far as this is concerned, it leaves me confused too. Basically, a valid sig seperator is dash dash space enter Anything else is not a "valid sig seperator" so what is below the supposed sig seperator is considered to be a part of the message, as far as software for interpreting the message is concerned. Paul Wilkins
Thanx for the -- tip, I didn't know that much about sigs. I'm kinda new, in
case you didn't know.
.----> VAA noticed that Paul Wilkins posted:
| Martin Atkins wrote
| >The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a
| >group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they
| >were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line
| >.. I ask you!
|
| There is a good reason for this.
| If the seperator line is --<cr> then it is not an official sig
| seperator -- <cr>
| If you have a good news reader you can tell it to remove the sig from
| whatever message you're reading. This is why the "standard".
|
| >They rekoned that unless it was dash-dash-space it counted as part of
| >the sig meaning that you were only allowed 3 lines... how stupid.
|
| As far as this is concerned, it leaves me confused too.
| Basically, a valid sig seperator is dash dash space enter
| Anything else is not a "valid sig seperator" so what is below the
| supposed sig seperator is considered to be a part of the message, as far
| as software for interpreting the message is concerned.
|
| Paul Wilkins
|
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In article <7i95ml$jbr$2...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz>, Paul Wilkins <pmw...@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> writes >Martin Atkins wrote >>The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a >>group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they >>were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line >>.. I ask you! > >There is a good reason for this. >If the seperator line is --<cr> then it is not an official sig >seperator -- <cr> >If you have a good news reader you can tell it to remove the sig from >whatever message you're reading. This is why the "standard". This is a sorta half-way proposal that never really got finally agreed. However, many people stick by it; and my newsreader will cut after "-- " in generating replies. -- (__) (__) (@@) XEMoo.moo.moo (@@) _____(oo) #--(oo)_____ /( / \ # <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> / \ )\ * /_x \ / | \ / x_\ * '''''''''''ww'''''''''www.xemu.demon.co.uk/''''''''''ww''''''''''' beat overpopulation - eat a vegetarian today.
On Sun, 23 May 1999 13:07:46 GMT, Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> wrote: >.----- On Tue, 18 May 1999 01:07:05 GMT, Vice Admiral Acker posted: >|I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I >|thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... >'---------------------------------- > >The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a group >once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they were getting >techy about putting a space after your -- separator line .. I ask you! > >They rekoned that unless it was dash-dash-space it counted as part of the >sig meaning that you were only allowed 3 lines... how stupid. Well to me sthe space after the -- is important not for the size of your sig, but because with that space the newsreader will know it is a sig; and will be able to treat it in an other way than the rest of the text. For example my newsreader (slrn) will colorize the sig in red, every line with a > in violet, the header in green ,etc. It's really more easy to read this way. But of course this is not a sufficient reason to agress every person who has no space after -- or that uses } instead of >. ;-) -- << SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM saussages and SPAM I DON'T LIKE SPAM! don't you have something without spam in it ? well the eggs with bacon and SPAM does not contains much spam. >>
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:In article <7i95ml$jbr$2...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz>, Paul Wilkins
:<pmw...@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> writes
:>Martin Atkins wrote
:>>The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a
:>>group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they
:>>were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line
:>>.. I ask you!
:>
:>There is a good reason for this.
:>If the seperator line is --<cr> then it is not an official sig
:>seperator -- <cr>
:>If you have a good news reader you can tell it to remove the sig from
:>whatever message you're reading. This is why the "standard".
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: This is a sorta half-way proposal that never really got finally
: agreed. However, many people stick by it; and my newsreader
: will cut after "-- " in generating replies.
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Can I do that with FreeAgent?
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In article <374...@news.clara.net>, Sara (VSM) <sar...@fiendmail.net> writes >:>>The generally accepted size is, as you say, 4 or 5 lines. I was in a >:>>group once (though I stopped reading after a few days) where they >:>>were getting techy about putting a space after your -- separator line >:>>.. I ask you! >:> >:>There is a good reason for this. >:>If the seperator line is --<cr> then it is not an official sig >:>seperator -- <cr> >:>If you have a good news reader you can tell it to remove the sig from >:>whatever message you're reading. This is why the "standard". >: >: >: This is a sorta half-way proposal that never really got finally >: agreed. However, many people stick by it; and my newsreader >: will cut after "-- " in generating replies. >:.................. > >Can I do that with FreeAgent? Either it's built in or it isn't. TURNPIKE (www.turnpike.com) cuts signs before replying using that separator. _ ' ' _ --( '.".' ) __ :--H--: _\_'./"\.' You'll never get me up in one of those things. _/_.-' / . . ( ( ( ( ( @) (" ) ) ) ) . ...." " " " "...... " " " " ...http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/
On 19 May 1999 16:08:06 -0700, gap...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: >Kam...@rotfl.com (Vice Admiral Acker) wrote: >> I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I >> thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... > >Eudora Lite refuses to accept a sig file longer than 4 lines. . . (I use the >included sig for Usenet, using my offline reader to import it with just a >couple keystrokes. . . :) (It's longer than 4, but I don't feel it's >excessive(I could be wrong, O/C!) I've been using Eudora Light for a couple of years and never had this problem. My current sig is 5 lines and it doesn't get chopped when I send it or when I save it to the file. .-. _ |`\ Enjoy ascii art? Come join the sig-list \_\_(")_|__) \ / http://www.eGroups.com/list/sig-list '(^)-(^)' ldb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm ~~~ This is the one I am using now. Laura ||| _/T\_ ||| mailto:ldb...@midwest.net ||| \\|// ||| Freelance Writer and homesick Canadian ldb ||| '-|-' ||| http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm
In article <374...@news.midwest.net>, LDB <She...@excite.com> writes > > .-. _ |`\ Enjoy ascii art? Come join the sig-list > \_\_(")_|__) > \ / http://www.eGroups.com/list/sig-list > '(^)-(^)' > ldb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm ~~~ Nice sig, again looks a bit like llizard's sheep; I tried the sig-list thing, I'm waiting for it to mail me back. @@@ @@@ @("} {")@ @(.(.)\__ __/(.).)@ @@@) ( """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ) (@@@ ( . ) dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk ( . ) \ ) / http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk \ ( / \\.-' ,' /index.html ', `-_// // ~-~ """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" '~ \\ / \ "Consciousness is a product of the brain no more & no less than earwax is a product of the ear"-Martin Hunt on a.r.s
.----- On Sun, 23 May 1999 22:39:10 +0100, Dave Bird posted: | | This is a sorta half-way proposal that never really got finally | agreed. However, many people stick by it; and my newsreader | will cut after "-- " in generating replies. | '-------------------------- Well, I just chop of the sig myself when replying, as I did here, without even thinking about it - It's a kind of "reflex action" :o) -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Martin Atkins wrote: > > .----- On Sun, 23 May 1999 22:39:10 +0100, Dave Bird posted: > | > | This is a sorta half-way proposal that never really got finally > | agreed. However, many people stick by it; and my newsreader > | will cut after "-- " in generating replies. > | > '-------------------------- > > Well, I just chop of the sig myself when replying, as I did here, without > even thinking about it - It's a kind of "reflex action" :o) > It could also be used to show the sig in a different colour, or a different font... (e.g. you could have the message body in a proportional font that is easy to read and the sig in a monospaced font which would display any ascii art in the sig correctly). -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
Samuel Tribehou wrote: > <snip> > But of course this is not a sufficient reason to agress every person who > has no space after -- or that uses } instead of >. ;-) > Well, that just _looks bad_ in long threads. Also it is a bit confusing. For example, if I know that one specific person uses one specific character or character combination (other than ">" or "> ") for quoting then I tend to associate that combination with that person. The confusing thing about this is that the quoted text is specifically _not_ written by that person. A plain ">" (or "> ") is much easier to read, IMO (also, my news reader uses a different colour for lines beginning with a '>', but not for lines beginning with, e.g. ":" or "++"). -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
.----- On 24 May 1999 09:35:43 GMT, Samuel Tribehou posted: |On Sun, 23 May 1999 13:07:46 GMT, Martin Atkins wrote: |>.----- On Tue, 18 May 1999 01:07:05 GMT, Vice Admiral Acker posted: |>|I have just one quick question, what is the maximum a sig should be? I |>|thought it should never be above 4 or 5 lines, but I don't know... |>'---------------------------------- |> |For example my newsreader (slrn) will colorize the sig in red, every line with |a > in violet, the header in green ,etc. It's really more easy to read this |way. '----------------------------- I used to have a newsreader that coloured in reply-lines, and it annoyed me when I was posting ASCII Arts with | or > down the sides. Ahh well, if it helps you to read it that's ok I suppose - It got on my nerves when it got it wrong though. In fact, I've just noticed that I'm still using that newsreader -- with the option turned off! I love it when programs actually let you turn things off - maybe Microsoft should learn :o) -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
In article <CHw...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, "Dave Bird---ARS HakeMonger ,,,,><_'>.,,,<_\",,,," <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <374...@news.midwest.net>, LDB > <She...@excite.com> writes > > > > .-. _ |`\ Enjoy ascii art? Come join the sig-list > > \_\_(")_|__) > > \ / http://www.eGroups.com/list/sig-list > > '(^)-(^)' > > ldb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm ~~~ > > Nice sig, again looks a bit like llizard's sheep; . ___ ???/\ _/ |===%^, It does??!!!!?? |_____| \/> --- == > [_____] __>,^ ejm | | //| | It looks like a baby in a carriage (or pram, if you prefer) to me. Even if I HAD a sheep, it wouldn't look like that. '\ ' \ ,^%--- ' \@ > \ It's fun to go fishing, isn't it, Dave? ' `\/> _ ' ______>,^____\ ' \-=-=-=-=-=-/{} 'ejm~--~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- |_ |_ | 7_ /\ |2 |) /\ |< /\ [ _| ||| cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ha ,^ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions ha / " "
In article <374...@iNOdirect.ca>, llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> writes >In article <CHw...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, "Dave Bird---ARS >HakeMonger ,,,,><_'>.,,,<_\",,,," <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> In article <374...@news.midwest.net>, LDB >> <She...@excite.com> writes >> > >> > .-. _ |`\ Enjoy ascii art? Come join the sig-list >> > \_\_(")_|__) >> > \ / http://www.eGroups.com/list/sig-list >> > '(^)-(^)' >> > ldb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm ~~~ >> >> Nice sig, again looks a bit like llizard's sheep; >. > ___ ???/\ > _/ |===%^, It does??!!!!?? > |_____| \/> > --- == > > [_____] __>,^ > ejm | | //| | > >It looks like a baby in a carriage (or pram, if you prefer) to me. Even >if I HAD a sheep, it wouldn't look like that. _ I think you did some sheep -- or Joan did? -- with (") heads. [to be fair (") is a fairly obvious move]. _ (") -- __`__ ___________________________________________________________ < > "Hollywood celebs? they're either alcoholics, drug-addicts | or $cientologists!" : / \ _____________________Madonna Luisa Ciccione________________ / \ art by Al Tinsley.
.----- On Wed, 26 May 1999 04:10:56 +0200, Veronica Karlsson posted: | |Well, that just _looks bad_ in long threads. Also it is a bit confusing. |For example, if I know that one specific person uses one specific |character or character combination (other than ">" or "> ") for quoting |then I tend to associate that combination with that person. The |confusing thing about this is that the quoted text is specifically _not_ |written by that person. A plain ">" (or "> ") is much easier to read, |IMO (also, my news reader uses a different colour for lines beginning |with a '>', but not for lines beginning with, e.g. ":" or "++"). | '--------------------------- Or |, ' and . I assume ? Hmm... -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
In article <Gl8...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, "Dave Bird---ARS HakeMonger ,,,,><_'>.,,,<_\",,,," <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <374...@iNOdirect.ca>, llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> > writes > >In article <CHw...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, "Dave Bird---ARS > >HakeMonger ,,,,><_'>.,,,<_\",,,," <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> In article <374...@news.midwest.net>, LDB > >> <She...@excite.com> writes > >> > > >> > .-. _ |`\ Enjoy ascii art? Come join the sig-list > >> > \_\_(")_|__) > >> > \ / http://www.eGroups.com/list/sig-list > >> > '(^)-(^)' > >> > ldb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.xoom.com/ldb/ldbascii.htm ~~~ > >> > >> Nice sig, again looks a bit like llizard's sheep; > >. > > ___ ???/\ > > _/ |===%^, It does??!!!!?? [snip] > > > >It looks like a baby in a carriage (or pram, if you prefer) to me. Even > >if I HAD a sheep, it wouldn't look like that. > _ > I think you did some sheep -- or Joan did? -- with (") heads. > [to be fair (") is a fairly obvious move]. Oh!!! I thought you were saying that the whole baby carriage looked like a sheep. You must be remembering this little scene: _ _-(_)- `(___) _ _ // \\ _-(_)- _-(_)- `(___) `(___) _ // \\ // \\ _-(_)- `(_ __) _ ,^%--- _-(_)-\ _-(")- _.__< \ oh, oh `(___) `%%%%% (_.-- > // \\ // \\ - __>,^- I'll never get ejm97 _ ( * ) \ ( * ) past here! _-(")- - ~ - `%%%%% _ _ // \\ _-(_)- _-(_)- `(___) `(___) // \\ // \\ thanks to jgs for the sheep As Joan has indicated before, the smaller the drawing gets, the more common the permutations. I think that Andreas has used this for a head too. (") I personally think it looks like a balloon. _ (") ^; : ` (or maybe a jelly fish now?) NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ,^%--- ha ...whatever! _.__< \ ha (_.-- > ha llizard aka ejm - __>,^- cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca * ) \ ( * ) ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions - ~ - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
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I use the smallest possible character still visible, the cedilla, as my
attribution mark. Whenever I see it in a thread, I know that I've chosen
to quote someone. The only problem with it is that there are some character
sets that do no display the cedilla, and when it's quoted by someone using
a non latin-1 charset it ends up as some ugly hexidecimal notation.
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as quote markers, and the freeware NewsXpress that I'm using at the moment
(the linux box went down with a bang) highlights the "|" symbol automatically.
When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I
can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers.
It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of
nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by
line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple
of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat
and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some
research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why...
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the_mighty_balloo wrote: > I use the smallest possible character still visible, the cedilla, as my > attribution mark. Whenever I see it in a thread, I know that I've chosen > to quote someone. Mhmmm... and if I'm aware of that you quote text like that my mind says "balloo wrote this", and then I get the wrong idea of what your opinion about something is... I _know_ that you _quoted_ the text, but it's still confusing. I've often had to re-read posts because of this!!! > The only problem with it is that there are some character > sets that do no display the cedilla, and when it's quoted by someone using > a non latin-1 charset it ends up as some ugly hexidecimal notation. So, you have discovered why the ascii art FAQ recommends a very strict format for anything to qualify as "ascii art": ================================================================= | | | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | | | | | No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart! | | | ================================================================= By this definition Martin's quote marks are ascii art, and so is the "standard" use of > for quote marks, but not your � characters... > When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I > can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. > It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of > nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by > line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple > of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat > and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some > research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... Of course you care about this! You don't want to send out ugly-looking posts! I do it too! (and I suspect most people in alt.ascii-art have the same attitude on this point...) I use the news reader in Netscape 3 (unix) and it doesn't wrap text that I quote. Of course, if somebody else has already damaged the look I'll still end up either doing a major snip or "repairing" things, one line at a time.... :-/ -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
bal...@REMOVE.penis.dot.com.dot.net.com (the_mighty_balloo) wrote: >When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I >can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. >It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of >nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by >line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple >of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat >and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some >research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... Please foward the results of any such research to me. I do that, too. Peter -- {Peter 'Pet' Miller IRC:Darkyoung <*> DestyNova(at)wgp(dot)org} { "yes, Lewis, sometimes i remember i'm lucky to have a cookie } { addiction. and not be messed up on crack like yourself." --Minou } {AAVF3/AFKM-N AIM:LordMiller http://www.deliverance.mcmail.com/}
Peter 'Pet' Miller wrote: >bal...@REMOVE.penis.dot.com.dot.net.com (the_mighty_balloo) wrote: > >>When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I >>can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. >>It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of >>nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by >>line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple >>of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat >>and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some >>research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... Hmm. Neither do I. I reformat every damn cascade I join in on, even going so far as to make the attribs look neat and tidy wherever I can. >Please foward the results of any such research to me. I do that, too. Nutter. -- Flamer to the Gentry -- Prof. IACW -- mhm 20x8 -- "ludus non nisi sanguineus" http://members.xoom.com/fgentry/ (updated 14th May 99) www.freespeech.org/dungheap (Timbo "Fuckup" Thorne's Dungheap) "There is nothing worse than having a spare couple of hours and you can't find an open server to abuse." -FySH "my time is precious" Thorne talking about how he spent Boxing Day, during his three weeks (THREE FUCKING WEEKS!!! bweehaha!) holiday on the HipCrime Mailing List "I was on three weeks holiday at the time." -Tim Thorne, one of the saddest little arseholes in the direst need of a fucking life in the entire history of UseNet. <372...@alpha.news.global.net.uk>
"Menjy" pumped this hot load of text into alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk: >Peter 'Pet' Miller wrote: > >>bal...@REMOVE.penis.dot.com.dot.net.com (the_mighty_balloo) wrote: >> >>>When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I >>>can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. >>>It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of >>>nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by >>>line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple >>>of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat >>>and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some >>>research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... > >Hmm. Neither do I. I reformat every damn cascade I join in on, even going so >far as to make the attribs look neat and tidy wherever I can. Heh. Take a look at some of the cascades on the WebCenter; some of them have been painstakingly reconstructed and restored to their full non-line-break glory. The BARNEY RAPED MY FAMILY!!!n! cascade, for example, took me forty minutes to reformat. The Meow 2nd Anniversary Cascade, also, was a real bitch. -- The 2-Belo: EMPEROR OF MEOW news:alt.fan.karl-malden.nose the2belo(at)eist(dot)co(dot)jp news:alt.flame meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmewmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the afk-mn WebCenter: http://afk-mn.eist.co.jp/ Visit the DungHeaP: http://www.freespeech.org/dungheap/ ======================================================================= "The strangest thing about LA is that this city mysterious in ways that possibly no city has ever been mysterious." -Biil Palmjob, with his mysterious syntax, in <7iaq4l$pk...@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> "I've freely admitted to knowing little about the matters we are dis- cussing..." - Jules <376...@news.demon.co.uk>
The 2-Belo escribi� en art�culo: � Menjy pumped this hot load of text: � > Peter 'Pet' Miller wrote: � >> balloo (the_mighty_balloo) wrote: � >>> When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll � >>> see if I can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the � >>> common quote markers. It's not really ascii art, but I love the � >>> look of a long cascade of nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and � >>> I hate to see the pattern ruined by line breaks. I'll take a few � >>> moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple of minutes reformatting � >>> the previous responses so that the cascade is neat and all the attributes � >>> are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some research into � >>> "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... � > � > Hmm. Neither do I. I reformat every damn cascade I join in on, even � > going so far as to make the attribs look neat and tidy wherever I can. � � Heh. Take a look at some of the cascades on the WebCenter; some of them have � been painstakingly reconstructed and restored to their full non-line-break � glory. The BARNEY RAPED MY FAMILY!!!n! cascade, for example, took me forty � minutes to reformat. The Meow 2nd Anniversary Cascade, also, was a real � � � � � bitch. � � � � There's something fundamentally wrong with you people. -- mhm15x1 Benjamin D. Capoeman b...@lloo.at.REMOVE.penis.dot.com "Yep, that filter experiment failed. On to the next. What I'd like to see you answer is, Why do you continue to abuse usenet, other than your admitted sickness (http://jbrenner.ne.mediaone.net/netkooks/balloon.html)" -Jerry Brenner, net terrorist, missing the point entirely, in <374...@news.ne.mediaone.net>
emp...@alt.fan.karl-malden.nose.jp (The 2-Belo) wrote: >"Menjy" pumped this hot load of text into alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk: >>Peter 'Pet' Miller wrote: >>>bal...@REMOVE.penis.dot.com.dot.net.com (the_mighty_balloo) wrote: >>> >>>>When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I >>>>can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. >>>>It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of >>>>nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by >>>>line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple >>>>of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat >>>>and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some >>>>research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... >> >>Hmm. Neither do I. I reformat every damn cascade I join in on, even going so >>far as to make the attribs look neat and tidy wherever I can. > >Heh. Take a look at some of the cascades on the WebCenter; some of them have >been painstakingly reconstructed and restored to their full non-line-break >glory. The BARNEY RAPED MY FAMILY!!!n! cascade, for example, took me forty >minutes to reformat. The Meow 2nd Anniversary Cascade, also, was a real > >bitch. newgroup alt.support.obsessive-compulsive.cascade-disorder Peter -- {Peter 'Pet' Miller IRC:Darkyoung <*> DestyNova(at)wgp(dot)org} { "yes, Lewis, sometimes i remember i'm lucky to have a cookie } { addiction. and not be messed up on crack like yourself." --Minou } {AAVF3/AFKM-N AIM:LordMiller http://www.deliverance.mcmail.com/}
Peter 'Pet' Miller wrote
>newgroup alt.support.obsessive-compulsive.cascade-disorder
You'll be pleased to know that there's an alt.support.ocd group, so
presumably that's the obsessive compulsive disorder one :)
Paul Wilkins
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