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  • M Martin Hart Turner

    Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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    Michael Bookatz
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    sometime it is and other times it can be witty. It depends on the sig and who's doing it.

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    • M Martin Hart Turner

      Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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      smcnulty2000
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      Of course. The answer is yes. It is an art form of its own. I generally find them interesting and they tend to remind me who the person is before I see their name. You aren't suggesting a Signature Limiting Universal Treaty are you? We can't allow there to be a Sig gap, can we?

      _____________________________ Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day Teach a man to mug... -Scott M.

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      • C Caslen

        and no that wasn't a misspelling of Greek

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        realJSOP
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        I was about to correct you - I'm glad you cleared it up...

        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          I was about to correct you - I'm glad you cleared it up...

          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          Caslen
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          Anytime! :)

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            Keep it KSS - #goat# #mother# #chest#


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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            Gary Wheeler
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            <Ferret><Cheetah><Gonads>

            Software Zen: delete this;

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              Of course. The answer is yes. It is an art form of its own. I generally find them interesting and they tend to remind me who the person is before I see their name. You aren't suggesting a Signature Limiting Universal Treaty are you? We can't allow there to be a Sig gap, can we?

              _____________________________ Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day Teach a man to mug... -Scott M.

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              Gary Wheeler
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              smcnulty2000 wrote:

              Signature Limiting Universal Treaty

              I believe he's in favor of the Joint Active Network Enterprise Universal ('ignorant misguided') version of the treaty.

              Software Zen: delete this;

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              • G Gary Wheeler

                <Ferret><Cheetah><Gonads>

                Software Zen: delete this;

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                :omg: You are *so* lucky the hamsters can't read Ancient Egyptian!


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                • M Martin Hart Turner

                  Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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                  0x3c0
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                  Probably not. I just put a quote I like from one of my bookmarks in there every now and again if it seems interesting

                  Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow

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                  • M Martin Hart Turner

                    Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    Bumper-stickers for forum posts.

                    Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                    Is all this stuffing necessary?

                    Necessary? Who cares? You're overthinking something into a problem. Marc

                    Will work for food. Interacx

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                    • M Martin Hart Turner

                      Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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                      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                      yes

                      Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane Signatures are like certain parts of the anatomy, the bigger it is the more important you are. I am of course talking about the brain ... not that brain, you dolt, the other brain the one on your shoulders.

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                      • C Caslen

                        It's a geek/nerd thing going on - its the only way most of these guys have of trying to impress - usually failing miserably especially when they start quoting each other, mentioning hamsters, Chuck Norris or praying to the geek god JSOP

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                        Caslen
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                        Thanks for the votes guys - nice to know I'm appreciated, if you're that upset though I'll take out the hamster remark...

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                        • C Caslen

                          It's a geek/nerd thing going on - its the only way most of these guys have of trying to impress - usually failing miserably especially when they start quoting each other, mentioning hamsters, Chuck Norris or praying to the geek god JSOP

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          If you're no geek, you have no place in the Lounge. We don't need on stinkin' normals in here.

                          "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                          As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                          • M Marc Clifton

                            Bumper-stickers for forum posts.

                            Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                            Is all this stuffing necessary?

                            Necessary? Who cares? You're overthinking something into a problem. Marc

                            Will work for food. Interacx

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                            Martin Hart Turner
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                            Marc: Yes, you're probably right, I just got out of bed the wrong side :) I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant!

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                            • M Martin Hart Turner

                              Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?

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                              Chris Austin
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                              Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                              Is all this stuffing necessary?

                              No more necessary than an web forum.

                              Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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                              • M Martin Hart Turner

                                Marc: Yes, you're probably right, I just got out of bed the wrong side :) I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant!

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                                Marc Clifton
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                                :-D [edit]Hmm. It seems to take a few minutes for the CP servers to update one's sig. Well, check back later for that great line:

                                Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                                I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant!

                                Marc

                                Will work for food. Interacx

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                                • P Pete OHanlon

                                  If you're no geek, you have no place in the Lounge. We don't need on stinkin' normals in here.

                                  "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                  As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                  Caslen
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                                  Normalist

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                                  • C Caslen

                                    Normalist

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Hey, I wear my bigotry with pride. I'm not sexist, ageist or racist, so that doesn't leave me with much room to play with. I had to have something to hang an ism on (and having been overweight, I wasn't going to be fatist).

                                    "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                    As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                                      Mine is unchanged for nearly 4 millenia and has been handed down through the male line since 1188 BC.. In it's original form, granted as a Cartouche to me ancestors by the Pharaoh Setnakhte, it consisted of the three pictograms for panic, chaos and destruction under the outstretched wings of, what appears to be, an african swallow.


                                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                                      molesworth
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                                      I think he lied to you - those pictograms actually give the air speed of an african swallow... :D

                                      There are three kinds of people in the world - those who can count and those who can't...

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                                      • P Pete OHanlon

                                        Hey, I wear my bigotry with pride. I'm not sexist, ageist or racist, so that doesn't leave me with much room to play with. I had to have something to hang an ism on (and having been overweight, I wasn't going to be fatist).

                                        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                        Caslen
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                                        I suppose you're a member of the BNP too (British Normalist Party)

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                                        • C Christian Graus

                                          Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                                          Is it a sort of male dominance thing? You know, who can be the most witty? Who considers themselves the clown at the party?

                                          No. Well, it's not a contest, I just add stuff that makes me laugh, or, in the case of the OSX comment, that reflects my overall state of mind.

                                          Martin Hart Turner wrote:

                                          Is it a follow the leader thing? One can't be seen not to have an elaborate signature, it's just no right, after all, all the other people have one.

                                          I dunno, I've been here 10+ years, and I've had quotes in my sig for as long as the site has supported them.

                                          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp

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                                          Lost User
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                                          Christian Graus wrote:

                                          I dunno, I've been here 10+ years...

                                          Oi! 148 or 149 days (depending which side of the planet you're on) until the 10th birthday celebrations begin.

                                          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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