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From: merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: A great way of hosing the 4-line signature limit.
Message-ID: <408@hqda-ai.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Jul-87 09:14:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: hqda-ai.408
Posted: Fri Jul 31 09:14:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 21:40:39 EDT
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Organization: Army AI Center, Pentagon
Lines: 39
Summary: sad and pathetic news posters.   People who live in glass houses.

(setf *flame-level* :medium)
(send self :asbestos-suit t)

After telling us how sad and pathetic it is that people don't put
in any effort to cure the problems of included text and bozo
signatures, Jef then includes his own 5-line signature.  What's in
it?

     Line 1:   "Jef"
     	  Very informative.  I suppose he thinks the rest of the
     	  world is too dumb to read the header lines?

     Line 2:   NULL
     	  Just as informative as line 1.  Better, though, 'cause
     	  he takes up fewer characters with it.

     Line 3:   Addressing information
     	  The only useful line in the whole mess.

     Line 4:   Stupid quote of the day.
     	  You really needed to waste my time, money, and net
     	  bandwidth to send this, didn't you?

     Line 5:   Stupid disclaimer.
     	  Does your employer know you leave your brains in 
     	  the parking lot?  See line 4.

Insert some quote about people living in glass houses.  Why don't
*you*, Jef, do something?  I haven't seen you posting any patches
to inews to correct the problems you lament.  Nor have I heard
any suggestions for better solutions than the current plan.

These rules (50% and 4-line sig) are necessary.  Inews/Postnews
are an enforcement mechanism, but the rules will not go away.
Perhaps you would find them less obnoxious if you inserted some
consideration into your postings.
-- 
David S. Hayes, The Merlin of Avalon	PhoneNet:  (202) 694-6900
UUCP:  *!seismo!sundc!hqda-ai!merlin	ARPA:  merlin%hqda-ai@seismo.css.gov