Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:16:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..." |
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I think ppl are recommending you BZ2 all your sigs...... Nick
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>: > > >From AFW FAQ: > > > > Q11. What is the McQuary limit? > > A11. "There once was a man from Nantucket, > > who lost his .sig in a bucket. > > Five lines was too long, > > columns 80 just strong, > > so he didn't know where to tuck it." > > A11. The limit on signature size: "4x80". > > I just added the following to the Jargon File masters: > > @hd{McQuary limit} @p{} 4 lines of at most 80 characters each, > sometimes still cited on Usenet as the maximum acceptable size of a > @es{sig block}. Before the great bandwidth explosion of the early > 1990s, long sigs actually cost people running Usenet servers > significant amounts of money. Nowadays social pressure against > long sigs is intended to avoid waste of human attention rather > than machine bandwidth. Accordingly, the McQuary limit should > be considered a rule of thumb rather than a hard limit; it's > best to avoid sigs that are large, repetitive, and distracting. > See also @es{warlording}. > -- > <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> > > What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of > the individual right to lawful defense." > -- Frederic Bastiat, "The Law" > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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