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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 06:40:16 EDT
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>I can see why some (many) people might complain about fancy graphics in
>signatures;  I often get impatient on a 1200 baud line, so I can imagine
>what it must be like at 300 baud.  However, rather than stifling creativity
>entirely, I can see a better way to reduce the garbage-per-article rate:
>eliminate the "F" command from the news programs!  (For those not familiar
>with "rn", this submits a followup article and includes the parent article.)
>If the only way to include quotes from other articles in one's own article
>would be to type it all in by hand, character by character, I'm sure some
>people would think twice about including 50 extra lines in every followup!

This person would appear not to know how to use an editor...
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

I'll keep an eye on the old man, he seems to have a knack for getting
himself into trouble!

-who said it, what story?