X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,fa4f0e1502e45982 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 00:47:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!transit.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail From: joris bellenger Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:47:05 GMT Organization: XS4ALL Internet BV Lines: 27 Message-ID: <1103_1007023625@news.xs4all.nl> References: <5EcKYPA4Fq$7Ewro@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> <3BFEC7C0.C7A07FC8@xs4all.nl> <3BFED862.9EA4B52@hotmail.com> <3C0264B4.7BCFCED@xs4all.nl> <1uQCPHUmlHz+fAl1PFlOJbeiia0f@4ax.com> <3C0462A0.F1BFD3D7@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: a194-109-236-5.adsl.xs4all.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: news1.xs4all.nl 1007023660 2213 194.109.236.5 (29 Nov 2001 08:47:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Nov 2001 08:47:40 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98) Opera 6.0 [en] Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11908 On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800, Bateau wrote: > >> How do you like my new intro line? > > > >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth. [snip] > People have this insane notion that more lines = more bandwidth when > it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much shorter. Much shorter than what? your intro line is: 181 bytes the default intro text is (in this case): 175 bytes your sig is: 175 bytes Anyway, you asked (!) what we were thinking of your intro line. Don't complain if you don't like the answer. Mine was obviously too suttle for you. I actually meant: Your intro line sucks! joris