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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Aug 1996.
A name is not a .sig

A name is not a .sig

>Sven <----What the fuck is that if it's not a signature?
 
By definition, this isn't a .sig.  A .sig is a file that you append to the
end of a post or a letter.  If I just sign like this:
DLW
which I sometimes do, that's not a .sig.
If I put my .sig file like this: (requires appending a file-not just typing)
 
--         __                        '--'
   '      |__) (__| |"' |"' |_/ | /| | /|   iampara
' ' ' '   |    .__| |__ |__ | | |/ | |/ |    graph    <DARWIN><
  ' '     -Donnie Lee Waters  UofL            175      ^    ^
 '   '    -dlw...@homer.louisville.edu       !
 
then that's a .sig
I'm not defending his anality (is that a word?).  I'm just saying that in my
opinion he's technically correct.
I'm also under the impression that this whole disagreement is over not what
you think it is.  ;)
For instance, in the "four line and sigdashes" thread, Sven isn't saying
"Never have more than four lines."  He's saying "If you have more than four
lines, it's not a .sig--it's an appendix."  Which, I think, is true by
the definition of .sig.
 
--         __                        '--'
   '      |__) (__| |"' |"' |_/ | /| | /|   iampara
' ' ' '   |    .__| |__ |__ | | |/ | |/ |    graph    <DARWIN><
  ' '     -Donnie Lee Waters  UofL            175      ^    ^
 '   '    -dlw...@homer.louisville.edu       !
 
PS--I personally don't need more than four lines, so I guess I'm biased!
I don't mind long a long appendix at the end of a post, though, either.  :)
 

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From: DLW...@ulkyvm.louisville.edu (Donnie Lee Waters)
Subject: A name is not a .sig
Date: 1996/08/14
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references: <4tpah2$39...@herald.concentric.net> <slr...@gopher.math.fu-berlin.de> <4u3a2l$n8...@ran.zipnet.com> <slr...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de> <Dvw...@news.hawaii.edu> <slr...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de> <320fbb67.9791864@news>
organization: University of Louisville
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