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My quotes.txt file

I have often been asked about the quotes I use when writing to the newsgroups. These come from a file called quotes.txt, and are placed under my messages by my news client, XanaNews, by some kind of random process. Although, sometimes the quotes are so appropriate, that I still suspect that Colin Wilson (the author of XanaNews) has secretly put a small, hidden artificial intelligence machine into the sources.

Anyway, many people have asked me for the quotes file. That is why I decided to publish it on my website. I will attempt to update it regularly.

The format is simple: quotes are free form, and are separated by a lines with a single . character on them. If you enhance the quote file with many new and nice quotes, I’d like you to notify me.

Have fun with it.

Rudy Velthuis

{ 3 } Comments

  1. BradP | July 30, 2006 at 3:09 am | Permalink

    How do you get XanaNews to use your quote file?

  2. Rudy Velthuis | July 31, 2006 at 5:06 am | Permalink

    You can specify the signature in the identity. In your signature, use the %sigfile% variable. My signature for my TeamB identity looks like:

    —————————————————————-8<——

    Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://rvelthuis.de/

    %sigfile%

    —————————————————————-8<——

  3. Bill Mogk | August 2, 2006 at 8:53 am | Permalink

    Seeing the quote by PhR (about dentists) brought back memories of other Non-Tech "characters" from past years.

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