New & request help with SG

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:53:20 GMT, "Rossana Ganuza" <ros...@gte.net> wrote:

) Hi, guys.  I've been here off and on, and this is the first time I've come
) out of lurking.  I would love it if someone could help me do an ascii of
) SpaceGodzilla for my sig.  Just his head.  I've included a pic so you guys
) can see what he looks like.  Thanks
) 
) Des

Okay three things,

1. Here's my tries at a sig sized SpaceGodzilla for ya:

     <7/`=
 ,|, ;/`.;,
  ;`,; /\ 
   `--'\|,


|.  :.    __--=\\
| `.: `. _\, |(\'`--. 
J, '`.,`_\/  =,,,,,`/
 L \  `.-E'  =  /  

2. You shouldn't post binaries to a non-binary newsgroup.
It's better to post a URL or something.

3. I figure a kaiju fan like yourself might enjoy these 
piccies as well:

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                    ///  /|\                  

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HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.  Heh heh, I'm new to
'puters, and I know there's a  "rule" for sig size, but I don't play by the
rules, so if he'd look better bigger please someone let me know.  BTW, I
think there are problems trying to reach me.  My emails are
Des...@gte.net  or
rga...@luna.cas.usf.usf
That last one I currently have a large sig on.  Thanks
Des


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Rossana Ganuza wrote:
> 
> HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.  Heh heh, I'm new to
> 'puters, and I know there's a  "rule" for sig size,

The rule for sig size isn't nearly as strict as the one that says not to
post binaries in text-only newsgroups.

> but I don't play by the
> rules, so if he'd look better bigger please someone let me know. 

1. Find out what the rules are.
2. Find out why the rules are.
3. Consider the consequences of breaking them.
4. Decide wether or not to break them.

You haven't passed the first of those stages yet, so you shouldn't even
be thinking about breaking them.

Rule: Binaries to text groups.
1. Don't.
2. They take up much more space than text posts.
   Good alternatives exist:
   * Put the picture on the web and post the URL here.
   * Post the picture to alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
3. Some servers filter out such posts so many people won't see
   them at all. Some of them may even go to the trouble of
   sending an abuse complaint to your ISP, wich could eventually
   lead to you losing your account.
   Some servers don't filter out such posts, with the result that
   other posts get "pushed over the edge" too quickly.
4. This one you should decide not to break.

Rule: Sig size.
1. Most newsgroups: 4 lines x 80 columns.
   alt.ascii-art: a little bigger is OK if it contains ascii art.
   troll groups: the bigger the better (but use some common sense
                 e.g. use battle sigs less often than PC sigs or
                 you will end up annoying the good guys as well as
                 the idiots).
2. Smaller sigs take up less memory. There is also the "human
   factor" that says it's irritating to scroll past the same long
   sig again and again and again and again. Of course, you should
   use a correctly formed sig separator (yours isn't, btw) so that
   those people can set their news readers to not show the sigs.
3. You get flamed for wasting server space and for being generally
   loud and annoying.
4. Use bigger than Politically Correct sigs if you are a troll
   looking for a fight. The only known exception is alt.ascii-art
   where sigs bigger than 4x80 are on-topic if they contain pictures.

> BTW, I
> think there are problems trying to reach me.  My emails are
> Des...@gte.net  or
> rga...@luna.cas.usf.usf

Then I suggest you set up your newsreader to use one of those addresses
instead of the broken one you have now.


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Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote:
> 2. Smaller sigs take up less memory. There is also the "human
>    factor" that says it's irritating to scroll past the same long
>    sig again and again and again and again. Of course, you should
>    use a correctly formed sig separator (yours isn't, btw) so that
>    those people can set their news readers to not show the sigs.

 PMFJI, but your sig delimeters aren't either - they are also missing
the trailing space. If this is to blame on the editor you are using or
on the newsreader - I can't judge that...
 If you are up to picking one's nose do it right ;)  Sig delimeters
must be "\n-- \n" - with a trailing space after the two dashes. Most
editors cut that off, like netscape's html-editor - even if you are
posting only plain-text! You have to choose explicitly the plain-text
editor within netscapes messenger for not loosing that.

> 3. You get flamed for wasting server space and for being generally
>    loud and annoying.
> 4. Use bigger than Politically Correct sigs if you are a troll
>    looking for a fight. The only known exception is alt.ascii-art
>    where sigs bigger than 4x80 are on-topic if they contain pictures.

 IIRC there is the speech that the newsreaders SHOULD permit using sigs
longer than 4 lines, or something like that. That 4 lines limit is a
SHOULD that MUST be interpreted as stated in the rfc2119, just FYI  ;-))

 Have fun, anyway!

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Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote:
> > <snip> Of course, you should
> >    use a correctly formed sig separator (yours isn't, btw) so that
> >    those people can set their news readers to not show the sigs.
> 
>  PMFJI, but your sig delimeters aren't either - they are also missing
> the trailing space.'

Go back and check again!


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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:05:12 GMT, "Rossana Ganuza" <ros...@gte.net>
provoked the following text:

>HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.  

Is that the plural form of "Kaijin"?
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:47:07 GMT, e-d...@my.sig (Ultramarine Rain) provoked the
following text:

>) >HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.  
>) Is that the plural form of "Kaijin"?
>No, it's the plural form of "kaiju". It means 
>monster, e.g. Godzilla. 

I thought Godzilla was called "Gojira" in Japanese?

>What's "Kaijin"?

Dunno, i was just guessing. I think it's a combination of "gaijin" and "kanji"
:-)

>             _....._                         
>            /::::::.\                        
>           /xx::::::.\                       
>           |#xx|n|:xx|                       
>           \##x/xxxx#/  |                    
>     |\-.-.|\#/#####/   |    .  |.-,-/|      
>     /\__V_\'|B""""|\-.-||  :o. /_v_=\ \ \ /,
>    |0| o,o|/ /    /==o=|\   \ \|o.- |0|_.O--
>  |||\_|=_=/]/     ||o.o||    \[\_v_|.-'\.'  
> |(_)=)-===        \]=-=|/      | @  \-'     
> \ '=:  \V|       m|--e-+------ |=O==|       
>  '._|=._\|      |\_\_v_E)|     '/\ '/==..__ 
>    /  |//'.     | |=>o<=|       |-\"\       
>   /-=/ '. |     './-\_/-\       |_o| '.___.'
> _/._/   |-|_    _|._/ \_.|      \_/\        
>/:__o|   |o_:\  /:_o|   |o_:.   /:_o|  l42   

4,3,2,1. Pizza Cats are on the run!!! :-))
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:52:11 +0100, ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) wrote:

) On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:47:07 GMT, e-d...@my.sig (Ultramarine Rain) provoked the
) following text:
)
) >No, it's the plural form of "kaiju". It means 
) >monster, e.g. Godzilla. 
)
) I thought Godzilla was called "Gojira" in Japanese?

Yeah, that's right.  Kaiju is just a more general term that can
be applied to any monster.  If you wanted to be a bit more
specific you could say "daikaiju" which means "big monster."
 

) >             _....._                         
) >            /::::::.\                        
) >           /xx::::::.\                       
) >           |#xx|n|:xx|                       
) >           \##x/xxxx#/  |                    
) >     |\-.-.|\#/#####/   |    .  |.-,-/|      
) >     /\__V_\'|B""""|\-.-||  :o. /_v_=\ \ \ /,
) >    |0| o,o|/ /    /==o=|\   \ \|o.- |0|_.O--
) >  |||\_|=_=/]/     ||o.o||    \[\_v_|.-'\.'  
) > |(_)=)-===        \]=-=|/      | @  \-'     
) > \ '=:  \V|       m|--e-+------ |=O==|       
) >  '._|=._\|      |\_\_v_E)|     '/\ '/==..__ 
) >    /  |//'.     | |=>o<=|       |-\"\       
) >   /-=/ '. |     './-\_/-\       |_o| '.___.'
) > _/._/   |-|_    _|._/ \_.|      \_/\        
) >/:__o|   |o_:\  /:_o|   |o_:.   /:_o|  l42   
) 
) 4,3,2,1. Pizza Cats are on the run!!! :-))

     -UmRain
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Ben Norwood <bdn...@aber.ac.uk> wrote:
> Previously on a.a-a:
> 
> :> PMFJI, but your sig delimeters aren't either - they are also missing
> :> the trailing space.' : :Go back and check again!
> :
> :
> :-- |-.
>        `--- Veronica's right, there's definitely a space there!

 Yes, I've checked. Stranegly slrn doesn't colorize her signatures -
that's why I thought her was missing the space (that's in 99.9% of the
cases the reason!).

 Sorry, VK, I'll check where the problem might be, and maybe will get
back with you on that topic....

 Maybe someone else also want's to jump in and hit me on the forehead?
;-/

obSCII:
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Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> The rule for sig size isn't nearly as strict as the one that says not to
> post binaries in text-only newsgroups.
> 
[etc.rules.snippage]

>     (,         http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/
>     /|__--__                       .                        __--__
>     |\ '__                        /|\                        _{ _
>     `.' / `.,_ o_________          |          _________& _,.' (/ `.
>     /  ||``._.'@            ASCII ART CHAT!            @`---'|:||,/
>   .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
> .'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
>  ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
>    .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
>  ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
> - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -

Tnx for the rules.
P.S.  Correct sword stance is weight centered and both feet flat, but these
have the flair demanded by the big screen.  Using the underline makes the
guards difficult (could be --------(  or ----===={  ); the broken lines for
blades can't be objectionable when the rest of the figures are in broken
lines.  I don't really like my small o for the upper part (left), but couldn't
think of anything else quickly.  BTW, the right one's swash isn't buckled,
shame, shame.
  Sri for fiddling.
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Ultramarine Rain wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:40:18 +0100, ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) wrote:
> 
> ) On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:05:12 GMT, "Rossana Ganuza" <ros...@gte.net>
> ) provoked the following text:
> )
> ) >HI, hey thanks for the ascii of the other kaiju.
> )
> ) Is that the plural form of "Kaijin"?
> 
> No, it's the plural form of "kaiju". It means
> monster, e.g. Godzilla. What's "Kaijin"?
> 
"Foreign Monster," obviously.

> ObASCII:
>              _....._
>             /::::::.\
>            /xx::::::.\
>            |#xx|n|:xx|
>            \##x/xxxx#/  |
>      |\-.-.|\#/#####/   |    .  |.-,-/|
>      /\__V_\'|B""""|\-.-||  :o. /_v_=\ \ \ /,
>     |0| o,o|/ /    /==o=|\   \ \|o.- |0|_.O--
>   |||\_|=_=/]/     ||o.o||    \[\_v_|.-'\.'
>  |(_)=)-===        \]=-=|/      | @  \-'
>  \ '=:  \V|       m|--e-+------ |=O==|
>   '._|=._\|      |\_\_v_E)|     '/\ '/==..__
>     /  |//'.     | |=>o<=|       |-\"\
>    /-=/ '. |     './-\_/-\       |_o| '.___.'
>  _/._/   |-|_    _|._/ \_.|      \_/\
> /:__o|   |o_:\  /:_o|   |o_:.   /:_o|  l42
> 
>      -UmRain
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Even I know "Pizza Cats."  Cute.
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