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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: .signature line limit
Message-ID: <738@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 01:32:10 EST
Article-I.D.: mcgill-v.738
Posted: Thu Apr  9 01:32:10 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 10:18:29 EST
References: <1305@msudoc.UUCP> <186@cbstr1.att.com> <2623@phri.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
Lines: 32

In article <2623@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
> In article <186@cbstr1.att.com> Karl.Kleinpaste@cbstr1.att.com writes:
>> [2] Your title is not relevant to 30,000 Usenet readers - I prefer
>> to know you by the content of your postings, not the name of the
>> office you hold.

> I for one would like to know just who you are.

Ok.

> If you are purporting to give out useful information, it would be
> nice if I had some idea of how qualified you were to be giving this
> advice.

Surely you don't imagine that a fancy title makes someone qualified to
give advice?!  A good reputation is a much better indication of how
qualified someone is.  Let's look at a real live .signature:

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu

No title.  Nothing to make you think that he knows a structure pointer
from a bicycle tire - except that you've come to recognize his name
(which you *have*, haven't you?).  I really can't see that a title
makes any difference - people with fancy titles are just as likely to
spew ignorant blather all over the place as anyone else.

Down from 6 lines to 2 (I figure pathalias and similar programs have
spread widely enough that one line of address should be enough),

					der Mouse

				(mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)