I’m trying out a new sig, I wanna know if you think it’s too long.
I like to leave the ad for my little company because I need the business, And Ithought those two quotes just worked so nicely together.
Thoughts?
“The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.” --Karl Barth
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.”
–Howard Aiken
If you need a graphic solution, http:\ alk.to\Piglet
Sorry, but I find it a little long- just cut out one quote and It will likely be fine.
Getting rid of one or two spaces between the quote and the link may help too 
Zette
Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high.
Not enough and you’re gonna die…
Click here for some GOOD news for a change Zettecity
BRG, I don’t think it’s too long, but from what I’ve seen in the past, the powers-that-be don’t like people advertising in sig lines. You might want to get an OK from a moderator before keeping it.
Nah, it’s been there since I started here…
I guess they don’t mind. Plus, it’s not Like I’m advertising for a huge company or anything… it’s just my little side project.
How abought cycling the quotes. And I second the idea to nix the extra lines. Granted, it was a short post, but the sig took up 50% of the post.
BigRoryG,
i think it’s too long - cut one of the quotes.
and, I was curious to see what your business was, and clicked, and got the message “The specified server could not be found.” do you need a www or something?
and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe
I can’t just cut one of the quotes, it’s how they work together… does nobody get that?
Hmm, it hought it was kinda clear.
And As far as I can tell, the link works…
The word is quotation!
quote: verb
quotation: noun
yes, yes, I know Zulu or somebody is going to actually look in a dictionary to prove me wrong . . . maybe Maelro will come to my aid at the end of the weekend, but I am in the middle of an ongoing forensics tournament and the speechies here get very agitated if you use the word quote as a noun.
I gotta say though, Simmons (the tournament’s host) is an awesome college. They have these snazzy iMacs just sitting in the hallways for us to use for email or the SDMB or any other purpose, plus their cafeteria serves sushi!
where’s that transfer application . . .
lunch break’s almost over; gotta go back to competing; bye all!
Mayor of Snerdville, the home of Mortimer Snerd
“I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.”
–Wayne Knight
quote [2] (noun)
First appeared 1888
1 : QUOTATION
Sue from El Paso
Siamese Attack Puppet - Texas
Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
Oops - hit send by mistake.
Looks like “quote” is an acceptable substitute. Or should taht be substitution. Cite is extremely widely used on this and other MBs for citation.
The point you’re missing, Daniel, is that what is acceptable usage in informal discussions on a MB may not be appropriate for a formal competition. The way I discuss medical & scientific issues with colleagues at work is different from the way I discuss the same issues with patients, and how & discuss them here.
Anyway, good luck in your tourney, I mean tournament…
Actually the URL doesn’t work for me. It works when I type in http://www.talk.to/Piglet
I clicked on it because it looked strange because of the backslashes.
IIRC, the Standard Sig Length is no more than four lines of 70 characters each. Granted, this guideline was formed in a time when the Internet in general and the Usenet in particular were much smaller, and data speeds were slower, but I think it shows some class and some understanding of where it’s all at to abide by the rules anyway.
I’d crop it. Drop one of the quotes, or find another one that stands on its own, and eliminat excess empty space.
A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain.
heres a quote for you
“Why dont you make up your own fucking quote?”— Original bastard
I found this site today. It has a lot of really cool quotes. I found a new one for me on this site.
http://www.sleepwalker.net/quotes/
Shadowfox
Flee at once, all is discovered!
Try that
“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
Just some side comments on the web page, Rory. I, too, had to use the WWW to access your page. You may want to lose the Angelfire pop-ups if you can, I think it is an option available to you. I detest browsing with those things. Under your logo in the upper left hand corner it says “Piglet Enterpris” instead of “Enterprises” was this intentional? Also, there is a heading “Employes” that I think should read “Employees”? No? Your customers may be a little more comfortable with the traditional “Thanks” instead of “Thanx”, which is a little too familiar to use with clients…probably. I also noted that you added profiles of your partner and you. It’s great to show your clients a little bit about yourself, but "Intresets: Outdoor Activites, Graphic Design, Hot Girls(or boys) may be a little more than they wanted to know. Just a little constructive criticism.
-Demo
“I’ve got a DungeonMaster’s guide, I’ve got a twelve-sided die, I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me, yes I do.”
Weezer-In the Garage
I have a pretty big sig line too, which I have no inclination to cut. What I do is I use it on my first post in a thread, and subsequently post without it.
Chaim Mattis Keller
ckeller@kozmo.com
“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective