hourglasses.

mel...@oberon.buford.net (Melody Lee) wrote:

>I'm looking for one, sig-sized. It sounds simple, but, here's
>all my attempts...there've been some problems. ;)
(snips)
>still one line too long for most .signatures. So......
(more snips)
>Oops. Back to five lines again. ....Okay, one more option...
(more snips)
>Okay! Four lines!! ....Kinda looks like a sideways mardi gras mask, to me.
>Ah well. I did my best. ;)

>                                 -Melody Lee



>   ____________  ______    __  _________
>  / / /__//__ /_/ / / /\  /\ \/\  __\ __\
> /   /_///___/~_ / __/ /  \ \ \_\ _\_\ _\_
>//_//__/___//___/_/\__/    \ \___\ __\\___\
>\\_\\__\___\\___\_\/        \/___/___/____/
>                mel...@sware.com


Now, I realize that this is alt.ascii.art and not
alt.stupid.questions but this is as good a place as any for
this one because it has to do with sigs.  What's this about
a four line limit.  Is this a restriction imposed by some
servers? News reader programs?  I don't seem to have any
limits or restrictions of any kind (except 1 meg e-mail and
1-meg home page) and I'm curious about this.

Sorry to post without the obasciiart, but I'm not an artist,
just a great admirer of all the artists that post here.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Snappy(?) signature file finally under construction

                                        Chuck Cartia
                                        Boston, PA
                                        cha...@nb.net

(BTW this is not an actual posting, but merely a test in disguise, so don't read it.)

So, why are you wasting you time reading my sig file, anyway?

Those little ones are nice. This is much bigger, but was one of the first 
I ever made. Quite simple...

_________________________
  |                   |
  \                   /
   \                 /
    \::.         .::/
     \:::.......:::/
      \:::.....:::/
       \:::...:::/
        \:::.:::/
         \:::::/
          \:::/
           \:/
           }:{
           /:\
          / : \
         /  :  \
        /   :   \
       /    :    \
      /     :     \
     /     .:.     \
    /    .:::::.    \
   /  ..:::::::::..  \
  / ..:::::::::::::.. \
  |:::::::::::::::::::|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Melody Lee (mel...@oberon.buford.net) wrote:
: I'm looking for one, sig-sized. It sounds simple, but, here's
: all my attempts...there've been some problems. ;)


: Attempt number one:
: ________
:  (    )              
:   \../                   
:    )(
:   /  \
:  (::::)
: ~~~~~~~~
: Not bad, but a little too big. So......

: Attempt number two:
: ______
:  \  /
:   )(
:  /  \
: ~~~~~~
: Thought it kinda looked like a party dress. *giggle* And it was still
: one line too long for most .signatures. So......

: Attempt number three:
: ______
:  (  ) 
:   )(
: _(__)_

: Closer! Just needs some details added to make it more obviously what it is. ;)


: Attempt number four:
: ________
:  |(  )|
:  | )( |
:  |(  )| 
: ~~~~~~~~
: Kewl! Oops. Back to five lines again. ....Okay, one more option...


: Attempt number five:

: ______
:  |()|   
:  |()|
: ~~~~~~

: Okay! Four lines!! ....Kinda looks like a sideways mardi gras mask, to me.
: =P
: Ah well. I did my best. ;)
: Anyone have one of these? 

:                                  -Melody Lee



:    ____________  ______    __  _________
:   / / /__//__ /_/ / / /\  /\ \/\  __\ __\
:  /   /_///___/~_ / __/ /  \ \ \_\ _\_\ _\_
: //_//__/___//___/_/\__/    \ \___\ __\\___\
: \\_\\__\___\\___\_\/        \/___/___/____/
:                 mel...@sware.com

cha...@nb.net (Chuck Cartia) writes:
>Now, I realize that this is alt.ascii.art and not
>alt.stupid.questions but this is as good a place as any for
>this one because it has to do with sigs.  What's this about
>a four line limit.  Is this a restriction imposed by some
>servers? News reader programs?  I don't seem to have any
>limits or restrictions of any kind (except 1 meg e-mail and
>1-meg home page) and I'm curious about this.

At one time we did quite a lot of collecting data about what various
servers did and didn't allow.  I used to work at a site where all
.signatures under elm were automatically clipped to 4 lines, and
e-mails were limited to about 60K.  More than 80 characters per line
and your image may wrap.  ANSI escape codes seem to cause some people no
end of trouble (though I have never seen this).  VT100-type terminals 
and emulations only have 24 lines.

It also ain't considered netiquette to blast honkin' great .sigs to most
people.  I don't really see this one, but then I don't read my newsgroups
over a modem.  However I aree it can look a little egoistical to have a 
2-line posting followed by a 40-line stereo portrait.

There's nothin magic about 4 lines anymore.  If you can send more than 4 
lines of .sig then I expect the others can read them.  But it is still a
good guideline.  You can stuff a lot into 4 lines if you try...

 adBBba. Ba.   A             ~VgooodB   ,B B.    B       
  b  ,B" _ S"b B.Bb .dBb .B dBBB.   B.aP"  _"B. JB.aPb   
  BaP"  .B B .JB? B B. B.BBV B  B   BK.    B  BP'BCaP'   
  B `YaaP' VBP B  B? VB?' B  `bd'   B "YaaBP  B  B "Vbaa 

(this actually looks like my signature too)

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