At 03:23 15/04/97 -0800, Andrew Warren wrote:
>If any of you feel that you MUST have a 10-line signature file, I
>guess there's nothing that the rest of us can do to change your mind
>(although I've never been able to figure out why anyone would post
>his cell-phone number to the internet), but PLEASE don't quote
>someone ELSE's 10-line sig in your responses... It just makes it
>harder for the rest of us to read them.

I just agree -- how about just switching off the signature for replies to
the piclist? With most mail clients this is pretty easily done. And
somebody who really wants to call one on his mobile phone always knows how
to ask for the number :-)


From Peter Baines:
>... I WILL continue to answer question as soon
>as I see them because I belive that my opinion is just as important as
>yours.

I think everybody answeres the questions once he sees them (and has an
answer and the time and desire to write it, of course) -- and not maybe a
couple of days later, when he sees the other answers that might have been
written. Where would you draw the line? Maybe someone was faster than _you_
-- so you would have to wait, too, as everybody would have to. And so we
all would sit around forever waiting for somebody else who maybe already
has answered that question... :-)

And even basic questions: either the answer is basic (and short) -- which
means not much bandwidth (except for the signature :-) --, or it is more
explanatory and therefore longer -- which means that it's not likely to be
the same as somebody else's, and therefore adding to the knowledge of many,
anyway.