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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:58 am
by Elscire
I've noticed that the maximum allowed length for a signature is cited as being 25,000 characters <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>Isn't that just slightly excessive, or is there a reason for it?<br><br>(Not that I expect any member of these forums would wish to abuse it or anything, i'm simply a bit curious! )

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:27 am
by Tavis
Well, no one seems to be trying to abuse the ability to write huge sigs, so there hasn't been a pressing need to reduce it. I would think that adding long image tags, links, or a long quote might contribute significantly to the character limit.

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:41 pm
by simon
The members at this board are clever enough to know what is too much and what is un-needed, and if one member does abuse the freedom and wont co-operate, they won't ruin it for everyone else. I can remove sigs myself and suspend accounts, if it gets bad enough. But I'm confident it wont any time soon.

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:37 pm
by Dr. Doog
wazzabout frankenmuth?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:39 pm
by Henohenomoheji
It's educational. I didn't know the lyrics to that song. I don't know the tune, either, but i now know the lyrics. well, not really but...

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:36 pm
by hdofu
it's simply text and it's not really that long doog

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:01 am
by Sabre
Bah If you have enough time to make a 25,000 charecter sig, you have too much time on your hands.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:46 am
by Zylo
The scary part is that I think we've proved that everyone on this board has too much time. Just wait until someone gets bored, someone'll try it.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:09 am
by Elscire
Let me just stress the point that I wasn't bringing this issue up because I thought that people would abuse it.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:10 am
by Burning Sheep Productions
Oh! If you're going to make the limit smaller have it 300 or above because all that code in mine takes up 200+.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:13 am
by Foxchild
i don't see any need to change it. just think of it as a dragon conspiracy if you had wanted it changed before ,that should change your mind. Who knows, perhaps islode is off on one of her big plans again, giving us a massive abount of space that we will never use!

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:41 am
by Elscire
"The conspiracy to create argument and moral dilemma by provision of signature space which nobody will use."<br><br>Sounds half feasible <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:45 am
by norsenerd
<!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The scary part is that I think we've proved that everyone on this board has too much time. Just wait until someone gets bored, someone'll try it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>I have too much time on my hands? *is confused*

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:30 am
by Foxchild
hey, just bumping thisn up, reminding everyone to keep the sig length reasonable, alright?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:33 am
by Miles E Traysandor
Mine is currently 583 characters long, all tags included.