keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) (05/02/89)
Forgive me for flaming Tim Stark's signature.
rap@rap.ardent.com (Rob Peck) (05/02/89)
In article <3785@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes: >Forgive me for flaming Tim Stark's signature. Given the early (and continuing) high volume of bytes posted to comp.sys.amiga, most everyone who has a large .signature file has at one time or another received most-likely-polite direct email suggestions that the .sig be reduced to a manageable size, thereby reducing (albeit a small amount) the volume of material overall handled by comp.sys.amiga et al. Perhaps the most famous case of this is our fabulously famous Leo Schwab (the guy in the cape) whose recombinant (I spell lousy today, don't I) bicycle was reduced in size by popular demand. I figure that the best use for a .sig is to make it possible for interested parties to get back to you with followups, likely by EMAIL since we all seem to have that capability. Thus a .sig with the smallest possible number of bytes would seem to be the most appropriate, thereby reducing net traffic and making it better for those of us who have limited net news file space. Judging from the physical size of Tim's .sig, nobody has, as yet, sent him this polite request to reduce it a bit, giving the explanation as posted above. I'm sure that now that he's seen the explanation, he'll understand and perhaps take the hint. Rob Peck
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (05/03/89)
In article <3785@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes: >Forgive me for flaming Tim Stark's signature. In article <3785@sugar.hackercorp.com> you write: >Forgive me for flaming Tim Stark's signature. Did you apologize because you found out that you flamed a deaf person? If so, then maybe you should rethink your apology. Just because Tim is deaf is no reason to handle him with kid gloves. Hearing has nothing to do with Usenet. I am sure he wants to be treated just like anyone else. I got flamed for having too long a signature, nobody apologized to me. I shortened mine. I can take a hint. So if you wanted to flame Tim for having too long a signature, do so. But don't let his deafness cause to treat him preferentially. Matter of fact, there is no reason to treat any handicapped person as 'special'. Sure your can treat them with courtesy, but you should do that with everybody. To me, one of the great things about usenet is the fact that everyone is equal. All you have to do is to be able to type. There is no white, black, yellow, deaf, or crippled in a usenet message (unless that is the topic :-) ) and a note to Tim: your signature *is* a bit longish. But so are quite a few other's. Now I guess I will be flamed. Oh well. -- John Sparks | {rutgers|uunet}!ukma!corpane!sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps [not for RHF] | sparks@corpane.UUCP | 502/968-5401 thru -5406 As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.
gregmarq@pnet02.cts.com (Greg Marquez) (05/06/89)
Hoo boy, I think I agree with you, Rob. I know I'm just adding more
traffic to the net with my reply, but I do have a large .signature, and this
thread has made me aware of some of the pitfalls this entails (or entrails,
take your pick!).
I guess we all want to be creative (read 'flashy'), but we should also
take other things into consideration. . .time to compactify the 'ol .sigature!
Greg M
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