The Signature Contest

Every time I send an e-mail at work, I have a little signature line at the bottom. It reads:

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Kurt Schroeder -- kschroe@us.ibm.com -- IBM Rochester Supportline Print
Voice: 507-286-6177 (T/L 456); FAX: 507-253-2982
"Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between
success and failure." - Dijkstra

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I change it every so often. I manipulate the formatting, or change the quote. A while back I used periods instead of dashes because I thought it looked more European. Over the years I have had LOTS of e-mail signatures. In college they were called "dot-sig" files because you could edit a files in your Unix account called .sig and it would be appended to all the e-mails you send out. Here is the .sig file I had in college when I was into ASCII Art:

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o__ o__ University of Minnesota--Duluth |._o
.>/ _.>/ _ kschroe3@ub.d.umn.edu        |  |>
) \(_))\(_)                             |  4
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I have gone through a lot of quotations at IBM. I typically change it a couple times a year. Some of the more memorable ones have been:

• Linux: Faster, Better, Cheaper. Pick Three.
• There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary numbers, and those who do not.
• "I lead the league in 'Go get em next time.'" -- Bob Uecker
• "We didn't lose the game, we ran out of time." - Vince Lombardi
  

I am offering up my e-mail signature for you to modify. Send me your suggestions. This might not be as exciting as a banner design contest, but it is something that many people see each day, and perhaps you have a good idea I haven't thought of.

Let's see what you can do.