From pokey@well.UUCP Sat Apr 16 18:19:15 1988 From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) Subject: stupid .signatures Date: 17 Apr 88 00:19:15 GMT Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
In the referenced message, stowe@silver.UUCP (holly) wrote:
In article 5680@well.UUCP pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
Heavens, no! Not while we have brilliant .signature files like the one
seen above!
Hey, I never claimed it was brilliant. I know it's stupid. It's SUPPOSED to be stupid. The whole idea of .signatures is STUPID! We never used them in the old days when ARPANET was getting started and netnews hadn't been invented. That's because back then, just using the reply command worked about 99% of the time. Then uucp came along with its non-compliant, header- munging, message-dropping, and generally brain-dead mailers. It's been downhill ever since.
The first time I went to work for a place with uucp connections but no direct Internet access, I held off on using a .signature for a long time. But eventually, some bozo followed up to one of my postings in a technical group, saying "I tried to e-mail this to Jeff Postkanser, but it didn't work." Sigh.
So .signatures are a necessary evil. But we should never forget that they *are* evil. My stupid quotes are my way of reminding people of this. Of course, as another of my stupid quotes said, "Most people on this network wouldn't recognize subtlety if it hit them on the head."
Anyway, at least I do the net the courtesy of changing my stupid quote every time I post. With most people, you see the same stupid quote or graphic over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. I've appended a list of stupid .signatures currently appearing in soc.singles, sorted by number of appearances. If this kind of shit bores and disgusts you as much as it does me, please join me in expressing disapproval. — Jef
Jef Poskanzer jef@lbl-rtsg.arpa ...well!pokey
"If a man chooses to do evil... it becomes my sacred duty to
bash him to a pulp."
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