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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 4 Feb 1995.
Re: dead cow don't work

Re: dead cow don't work

Robert C Rich (rri...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: howdy,

:   i tried to use the exploding cow in my .plan, but when i finger it, it
: just scrolls up all the control characters and everything, but when i
: cat my .plan, it works fine...

:   any suggestions?

:   bob   <---- like my .sig?  it could probably use a little work ;)
Well, it's a textfile that only the cat command understands.
If you want it to work whne you finger the account, you have to do this
finger rri...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | cat
This will hopefully show the file properly.
However, it's kind of hard to get everyone to remember to do this.
I just put the file in my public directory, along with the file named
CAT_THESE_FILES_TO_SEE_THE_ANIMATION
Self explanitory.

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Notice:  The above statements are not the opinions of Frederic William Scott IV
Green Death, or anyone else, so don't even try to flame or sue me, because
I will deny that I ever said anything.  In fact, I didn't say this either. 

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Subject: Re: dead cow don't work
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