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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: It's time for news to get user-UNfriendly...
Message-ID: <309@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 05:30:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 05:30:57 1985
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Hey, great solution.  Even better: let USENET only be accessed by
special-purpose terminals which cost $10K apiece.  A randomizer built into
the unit could deliver a strong electric shock through the keyboard at
unpredictable intervals.  That'll keep the net load down!  (Better yet,
anyone posting to the net should immediately become liable for a tax audit.)

More seriously, long signatures have nothing to do with the .signature
feature.  I append my signature within the csh script I have my EDITOR
variable set to.  Much more flexible, and it doesn't cause the misbehavior I
have gotten from one mailer from the .signature file's presence.  As for the
weird names and organizations perpetrated by Chuq, Rich, et al., so what?  I
can't imagine anyone being bothered by them unless the person suffers
neurotic cravings for order.  They are no longer than the real names and
organizations most of us use.
-=-
Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking
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