X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,fa4f0e1502e45982 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-28 08:05:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!news-in-sanjose!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #3 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800 Message-ID: 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> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 50 NNTP-Posting-Host: i110-047.nv.iinet.net.au X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1006963328 24581 203.59.110.47 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11877 ____ On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 05:05:52 +0100 \__/___ joris bellenger ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ >Bateau wrote: >> >> ____ On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:50:12 +0100 >> \__/___ joris bellenger ran through the >> LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art >> | waving an axe and screaming: >> / \ >> >Veronica Karlsson wrote: >> >> alt.romath >> >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk >> >> alt.fan.karl-malden.nose >> >> >> >> (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always >> >> welcome!) >> >> >> >I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still >> >had no idea what these guys were talking about. >> >:-/ >> >> Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk. >> How do you like my new intro line? > >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth. This: ____ On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100 \__/___ Peter "lastfuture" Marquardt ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ Is only 4 characters more than this: On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100, in alt.ascii-art "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" , wrote in message id : 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. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net