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Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:39:48 GMT
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Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote:
Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> writes:
And another part of the terms should be for him to use a signature.
That's another one of the things I've pushed for a long time that he's
FLAT OUT IGNORED and therefore REFUSED to change (rather arrogantly).

Because of the way I access the internet I am unable to use a
signature.

That shouldn't keep you from signing your messages.  When posting from
the web interface, I sign by adding "--Bram" to the end.  If I'm
emailing, I use a complete signature.  There's nothing stopping you from
typing your name at then end of a message the same way you would sign a
letter.

There is also no reason to even think about requiring that, is there?

Nobody really thinks typing a few extra characters manually at the end
of a post or e-mail makes the thing any more or less personal, do
they?  It really ISN'T like signing a letter.

When I write a letter, well, no, when I print out a letter I usually
sign it at the bottom in a fairly interesting way.  That's unique,
that's a signature.  I don't manually type my name at the end of an
e-mail message (my reader inserts my name and e-mail address for me)
normally.  I don't feel like I'm leaving anthing out, either.

This whole signature business is one of the most silly things I've
seen people try to pin on JW.  Pin the legitimate things on him if you
want (and I do) but this is really pointless.  Even if it weren't
totally pointless, the typical geek-oriented "hey, even if it's a lab
and it's locked down you could bring your bookmarks in on a floppy if
they're using 4.0x or higher" is downright hillarious.

He said it wasn't his machine and he said the owner (maybe the school
- maybe a roommate, who knows) doesn't want him to or has made it
impossible for him to do something that, in reality, is meaningless.
We know the posts are from JW without a little --JW at the end.

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(...) That shouldn't keep you from signing your messages. When posting from the web interface, I sign by adding "--Bram" to the end. If I'm emailing, I use a complete signature. There's nothing stopping you from typing your name at then end of a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)

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