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B1FF or BIFF was the most famous pseudonym and the prototypical newbie on Usenet. A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...
A newbie (written in 1337 as: n00b) is a newcomer to a particular field, the term being commonly used on the Internet, where it might refer to new, inexperienced, or ignorant users of a game, a newsgroup, an operating system or the Internet itself. ...
Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ...
Articles from BIFF were characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings, use (and often misuse) of fragments of chat abbreviations, a long signature block, sometimes even a doubled sig (signature), and unbounded naïveté. an exclamation mark An exclamation mark, exclamation point or bang, !, is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feeling. ...
A typographical error, or typo, is a mistake made during the typing process. ...
A signature block (often abbreviated as signature, sig block, sig file, or just sig) is a block of text automatically appended at the bottom of an e-mail message, Usenet article, or forum post. ...
A sentence describing BIFF is
- EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!
BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's Commodore VIC-20. BIFF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address: <BIFF@BIT.NET>. VIC-20 with accessories. ...
BITNET was a cooperative U.S. university network founded in 1981 under the aegis of Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Greydon Freeman at Yale University. ...
Electronic mail, abbreviated e-mail or email, is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ...
Origin
Later information indicates that BIFF was originally created by Joe Talmadge, also the author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the net at large.
An example B1ffism This was posted on the Usenet Oracle mailing list digest 775-06: The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh great oracle, > > what do you do with a supplicant who leaves his .sig at > the end of his questions? > -- > -- And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } WHAT R U TALK1N' ABOUT MAN? SIGZ ROOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! } } LATER MAN. } } BIFF. } } -- } BBBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF } BBBBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBBBBBBBBBBBB III FFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFF } BBBBBBBBBBBBBB III FFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBB BBB III FFF FFF } BBBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII FFF FFF } BIFF@BIT.NET BBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII FFF FFF BIFF@PSUVM.PSU.EDU } BIFF@BIFFVM.BIT.NET BIFF+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU } B1FF@AOL.COM B1FF@DELPHI.COM B1FF@PRODIGY.COM B1FF@COMU$ERVE.COM } B1FF@NETCOM.COM B1FF@WORLD.STD.COM B1FF@MCS.COM } B1FF@B1FFNET.FIDONET.ORG B1FF@WELL.SF.CA.US } B1FF@ATHENA.MIT.EDU B1FF@CYBER.SELL.COM } BIFF@MSN.COM } } MY SIG /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WAITING } CAN BEAT !@@@@@@NUKULAR@@@@@@@@! 4 } UP YOUR ------------------------- ARMAGEDIN } SIG !@@@@@@@@BIFF@@@@@@@@@! IT"LL B } !!! --------! !--------/ AWESOME!!!! } ! ! } --------- THIS SPACE 4 RENT CALL BIFF } / ! ! HA HA FOOLED YOU!!! } ||| / } /- } /----/------------------------------------------------------------- } | BIFF|@|AOL.DELPHI.PRODIGY.COMPU$ERVE.NETCOM.WORLD.MSN.B1FF.EDU DUDE!> } -----/------------------------------------------------------------/ } -/ } |-| BANG THE FALSE METAL HEAD THAT DUZZN"T DRINK BEER!!! } /// HOT METAL TUBS RULE IN A MAJOR WAY DUDEZ!!! } } __________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ } / / / /| / /| / /| / / } / / / // / // / // / /| } ********** / **********/ ***********/ ***********/ ** | } ** |____** / ** ** |______ ** |______ ** | } ** / ** ** ** / /| ** / /| ** | } **/ **/ ** ** / // ** / // ** | } **********/ / ** *********/ *********/ ** / } ** |____** // __**______ ** | ** | **/ } ** / **/ / ** /| ** | ** | / /| } **/ **/ / ** // ** / ** / ** / } **********/ **********/ **/ **/ **/ } } BIFF@BIT.NET BIFF@PSUVM.PSU.EDU BIFF@BIFFVM.BIT.NET BIFF+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU } B1FF@AOL.COM B1FF@DELPHI.COM B1FF@PRODIGY.COM B1FF@COMU$ERVE.COM } B1FF@NETCOM.COM B1FF@WORLD.STD.COM B1FF@MCS.COM } B1FF@B1FFNET.FIDONET.ORG B1FF@WELL.SF.CA.US } B1FF@ATHENA.MIT.EDU B1FF@CYBER.SELL.COM } BIFF@MSN.COM } } K0M1NG S00N T0 THEATREZ NEER U!!!!!! } _______ _______*_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ __ __ } +. /____ //______//______//______/ /______/ /____ / /______//_/ /_/ } ` _____/ / __ _____ . _____ , __ _____/ / ______ ____ } , / ___ _/. / / . / ___/ '/ ___/ +. / / / _ __/ / ___/ / / } / /__/ | __/ /__ / / . , / / , . / / / / / /___ / / } /______/ /______//_/ * + /_/ *, ` ,/_/ /_/ _ /______//_/ _ } } FEETUR1NG THE GRATE B1FF1NSK1 AS C4PTA1N B1FF!!!!!! } } B1FF 4RUOND TH4 W3RLD!!!!! } . } _--_| } P3RTH--> / <--SIND3Y } _.--._/ } v<---B1FFSM4NIA!!!!!!! } } ___ (_) } _/XXX } /XXXXXX_ <-- MT. B1FF1NGT0N __ } __ __ /X XXXX XX MT. K1BO (SHORT3R _ /XX__ ___ } __/ _/__ TH4N B1FF'Z) ----> _/X__ /XX XXX____/XXX } ___ / _ __ _/ _/ _/ - __ - } __/ __/ __ __ / _// _ _ __ / ____ } __ / _ _//____ _/ // ___/ / __/ } /__________________/_________ _/_____/_____________/___________/___ } /| } / | _____ ____ } / | V / } THE RO4D T0 B1FFN3SS!!!! / | | R00T | } / | | 666 | +---------+ } ALL MUST TR4V3L 1T / | ___ ___/ | B1FF | } / | V | R00LZ!! | } SUMD4Y!!!!!!!! / | | o +---------+ } / | | o } / | | |__/| .~ ~. } / | | /o=o'`./ .' } / | | {o__, { } / | / . . ) } / | `-` '-' } } | .( _( )_.' } | '---.~_ _ _|
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