Signatures (was: Re: [H-GEN] video card with tv out)

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Thu Feb 13 00:52:06 EST 2003


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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Anthony Towns wrote:

[example big .sig deleted]

> A signature should be short (ideally four lines or less), it should be
> preceeded by a line containing "-- ", and it should be unobtrusive. Cutesy
> ascii borders just make you look like a twit.

In my experience the size of one's .sig is inversely proportional to the
importance/fame one has online.  Thus, Linus Torvalds signs his messages
only as "Linus".  He has no sig at all (last time I looked).

Cheers,
	-Rob

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