A bit of clearing up
Informant, on host 198.161.119.4
Wednesday, October 27, 1999, at 11:17:43
Re: Revealing an insidious plan by Byron posted by Stephen on Tuesday, October 26, 1999, at 22:49:31:
Just in case anyone who has not been following this message forum is confused, there is an eternal struggle for domination within this forum that stems from the quotations that people put inside of their names. The format that a person might use for this may be one of many:
Na"quote"me Na "quote" me Na - quote - me Na-quote-me
...for example. Further, some people capitalize words in the quotes, while others do not; some leave spaces while others do not; some use extremely long quotes while others prefer short quotes; some leave no quotes at all. Further, some people may refer to quotations in actual messeges, while others quietly ignore the quotations while reading them and putting them in nevertheless.
A person's quotation can be used to indicate his gender, sexual orientation, sexual appetites, race, color, political standing, culinary preferences, and average hair follicle length, to name of the few variables that are under contention. Through an intricate system of quotation naming, people send secret or subliminal messages to each other while simultaneously attacking opposing factions.
A message of much greater length would be needed to explain the exact symbolism used to communicate these ideas. By carefully examining messages, however, and comparing the quotation types with the personality and standing of the person writing the message, the systems used should become obvious.
I hope this helps. Stay out of trouble!
Infor > mANt
(Note that since I have not attempted to attach any semantic meaning to the quotation, this should be easier to figure out than most. However, also as a result of this loss of information, a relatively small amount of information is conveyed by the quote...hint, hint)
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