Rob -- ...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said... % % On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:12:39PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with: % > % > Fair enough. Here ya go (with apologies to those who have seen this % > recently :-) % > % > It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before % > Linux had hit the scene (ca 1991, IIRC) and when the web was still a gleam % % _April_, 1991 ;)
Yes, thank you, Rob :-) I told you it was semi-canned; go away. % % > I've simply kept it since then, and it's relatively unique and still % > recognizable. % % Great, now all we need is a unique mail quote character for everybody Sure; why not? It would make sigs a lot shorter, in fact! % who uses email. And we need to devise a way so that when we quote email, % we quote it with _their_ quote character, not ours. That way we know who % wrote it, not who's replying to it ;) No, no, no... One doesn't quote oneself as one is initially speaking; someone else quotes you as he or she replies. The character-selection algorithm is correct as it stands. % % -- % Rob 'Feztaa' Park % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % -- % Energy is a precious joule. :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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