Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 23:04:55 -0400
Subject: Re: My Signature
Status: RO

In alt.religion.kibology, kibo@world.std.com wrote:

David DeLaney (dbd@gatekeeper.vic.com) wrote:
>
>  Seth Goldin (sethgoldin@cox.net) wrote:
>  >
>  >  Is my signature cool?
>  
>  Not yet.

Do you think someday we should tell him that .signatures are inherently uncool?

>  >  Should I get a better signature?
>  
>  You're Allowed.

Yes, but only as long as he ends it with "This disclaimer is not
required by Leader Kibo."

>  >  Give me some feedback on cool stuff to put in my signature,
>  
>  Mine stabilized a long time ago, plus I lost my file of cool .signatures back
>  when I moved from panacea to vic, because of a brainfart-related deleting
>  incident. So I have no feedback at this time.

I was going to comment on yours, but it's 80 columns wide so I can't quote
it (and also, somehow, it appears to pack at least 96 columns worth of
stuff into those 80 columns.)  Here's how badly it would get mangled if 
I tried to quote it with my usual "greater-than, space, space" indentogon:

>  -- 
>  \/David DeLaney posting from dbd@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the
>  flower
>  It's not the clock that slows the hour  The definition's plain for anyone to
>  see
>  Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET
>  VRbeable<BLINK>
>  http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! 
>  --K.

...and that's like an Indent-O-Meter stuck on "oops".

But let's see what happens if I try to affect one like yours just to
foil people who want to quote me.  Preparing for massive textcramming:

--
+--------------------------+James "Kibo" Parry posting from a computer "Hey you"
|==========================|Science has yet to disprove all DollyMadison Zingers
|--( \---------------------|My pirate baloney has a first name,it's O-S-C-A-ARRR
|=(___\====================|Comcast analog cable just dropped CNN Headline News.
|                          |A white stripe stands for a cloud of tapioca pudding
|==========================|The heart is falling over so you can still recognize
|--------------------------|the flag while you're asleep. VISUALIZE A NEW POTSIE
|==========================|<EJECT>http://www.kibo.com/ - not updated since 1997
+--------------------------+Eat more bees / I am typing FILLER in ALLLL CAAAAAPS

I think the problem is that it's hard to do a pride symbol with nine stripes
of three different colors in just one and a half lines like you did.  I hate
you in mostly lowercase for being a member of community which can be
represented by four keystrokes instead of 252.

                                        -- K.

                                           Still, it's easier to draw than
                                           the Brookline town seal, which is
                                           complex to draw even if you don't
                                           stop for an hour to wait for the
                                           migraine to go away after trying
                                           to figure out what the waffle-like
                                           things are supposed to be.