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From: David Wallis <wallis@surfplaza.com>
Subject: [TALK] Re: Sig Opinions Please
Date: 1996/07/24
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Miyuki Takahashi wrote:
> 
> dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw wrote:
> 
> : It looks like a dolphin leaping out of the water, and I think it is superb.
> : Six lines is OK for a sig, IMO, but if you must reduce it, work on the water
> : and not on the dolphin. The dolphin is great.
> 
> --
> Hi Dan (and everybody else who responded),
> 
> Thanks for the feedback on my dolphin!  I've got 2 versions of my sig now,
> one with slightly smaller waves.  I'm afraid, though, that the small waves
> look kinda like sharks.  There's only one line difference, but the shorter
> version is just a tad wider to position the dolphin correctly.  What do
> you think?
> 
> A (7 lines):
>  .---------------------------------------------------------------.
>  |  Miyuki                                   _../|_              |
>  |  takam@vcn.bc.ca        <==preferred    ='__   _~-.           |
>  |  midvale@infoserve.net  <--alternate         \'  ~-`\._       |
>  |  "midvale" on IRC                                   |/~`      |
>  |    ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..  |
>  |._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.`(._.|
> 
> B (6 lines):
>  .-----------------------------------------------------------------.
>  |  Miyuki                                     _../|_              |
>  |  takam@vcn.bc.ca        <==preferred      ='__   _~-.           |
>  |  midvale@infoserve.net  <--alternate           \'  ~-`\._       |
>  |  "midvale" on IRC                                     |/~`      |
>  |_./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(._./(.|

I think the two line waves would look better going the other way so
that the accent character flows better. And to save space, their tops 
can be overlayed by other stuff like this (6 lines):
.-----------------------------------------------------------------.
|  Miyuki                                     _../|_              |
|  takam@vcn.bc.ca        <==preferred      ='__   _~-.           |
|  midvale@infoserve.net  <--alternate           \'  ~-`\._       |
|.."midvale" on IRC  ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   |/~` ..   |
|.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._.)`._|
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