Catcode update

Eric Williams

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Oct 4, 1993, 4:28:54 PM10/4/93

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CatCodes!
(for denizens of rec.pets.cats)

wd6...@netcom.com (Eric Williams)
October 1, 1993

======================================================================
= Physical Attributes =
= =
= These describe the physical appearance of the cat and must be =
= listed in the order shown here. =
======================================================================

Name:
Common or formal name followed by ':'.

Breed:

AB Abyssinian JB Japanese Bobtail
AC American Curl KT Korat
AL Americal Longhair MC Maine Coon
AS American Shorthair MX Manx
AW American Wirehair NB Nebelung
BA Balinese NF Norwegian Forest
BB American Bobtail OC Ocicat
BG Bengal OS Oriental Shorthair
BI Birman OL Oriental Longhair
BO Bombay PS Persian
BR Bristol RB Russian Blue
BS British Shorthair RD Ragdoll
BU Burmese SA Safari
CR Cornish Rex SF Scottish Fold
CX Chartreux SG Singapura
CY Cymric SI Siamese
DL Domestic longhair SN Snowshoe
DM Domestic mediumhair SO Somali
DR Devon Rex SP California Spangled
DS Domestic shorthair SR Selkirk Rex
EM Egyptian Mau SS Scottish Fold Longhair
ES Exotic Shorthair SX Sphynx
EU European Shorthair TA Turkish Angora
GR German Rex TF Tiffany
HB Havana Brown TO Tonkinese
HI Himalayan TV Turkish Van

Mixed breeds, if known, can be combined in descending order of
contribution (eg: MC+SI).

If a cat "looks like" a particular breed but parentage is unknown,
breed can be enclosed in quotation marks.

Color:
R Red (Orange)
W White
S Silver
B Black
O Brown
C Chocolate
L Lilac
D Ruddy
G Gold

Modifiers:
d Diluted (i.e.: Red->Cream, Black->Blue(Grey), etc.)
t Tabby (classic or mackeral pattern)
r Tortoiseshell
p Pointed
s Smoke
c Chinchilla
k Ticked
m Mink
o Spotted
h Shaded

Colors can be combined in descending order of area (eg: B+W)

Modifiers can be applied to individual colors by concatenation
(eg: W+Bd = white with grey patches), or groups of colors by use
of parenthesis (eg: (W+B+R)d = dilute calico,
(R+W)t+W = red tabby w/white).

Eye Color:
B Blue
A Aqua
G Green
H Hazel
C Copper
Y Gold (yellow)

Odd-eyed colors can be separated by '/', eg: B/G.
Colors can also be added for mixed colors, eg: G+Y = green-gold.

Age:
yy or yy.mm

Eg: 5 = five years old, 1.5 = 17 months, .10 = ten months.

Sex:
X Female, spayed, no interest.
X+ Female, spayed, but still interested.
X++ Female, intact, but not particularly excitable.
X+++ I am a kitten factory.
Y Male, neutered, no interest.
Y+ Male, neutered, but still interested.
Y++ Male, intact, but not particularly excitable.
Y+++ I would go through a burning building to get at a female in heat.

Size ("largeness"):
L--- I fit easily into your shirt pocket.
L-- I can curl up in two cupped hands.
L- I'm somewhere between kitten-sized and average.
L I'm average cat size, just right for your lap.
L+ I'm starting to slip off the side of your lap.
L++ I'm large enough to make a German Shepard think twice.
L+++ People sometimes mistake me for a mountain lion.

Weight:
W-- I'm so thin that you can count my bones.
W- I'm slim, but healthy.
W I'm an average cat, not too thin and not too fat.
W+ I'm a heavy cat, but it's all muscle.
W++ I need to go on a diet.

Claws:
C--- I've been declawed front and back
C-- I've been declawed in front
C- I have claws, but they're covered with "Soft Paws" (tm).
C+ I have claws, but they're clipped regularly.
C++ My claws are unclipped, but they're kindof dull.
C+++ I have ten razor-sharp implements of death.
(Comments about the "correct" number of claws to /dev/null.)

Note: "C*" can be substituted for "C" for a polydactyl.

======================================================================
= Behavioral Traits =
= =
= These are optional fields that describe behavioral, as opposed =
= to physical, traits. Consider omitting the corresponding code if =
= your cat is "normal" (whatever that means for a cat!) or near- =
= normal for the sake of brevity. =
======================================================================

I/O:
I+++ You mean there's a world *outside* of the house?!
I++ I live indoors most of the time, but will sneak out sometimes.
I+ I prefer to live indoors, but go outside when I feel like it.
I I drift between indoors and outdoors at will.
I- I come indoors to sleep and eat, but not much else.
I-- I'm allowed inside once in a while, but I eat and sleep outdoors.
I--- Why would anyone want to live inside those big ugly boxes?

Tempermant:
T+++ I am a furry ball of affection and love everybody.
T++ I like meeting new people and am affectionate with most.
T+ I'm shy about meeting new people, but am affectionate
with those that I know well.
T I have a few special humans I really like, the rest I tolerate.
T- People are OK for feeding and playing, but not much else
T-- I'm annoyed by human contact and will avoid it if possible.
T--- DON'T TOUCH ME OR I'LL SHRED YOU!!

Note: Many cats appear to be split-personalities, eg: T++/---

Activity level:
A+++ All the photos of me are blurred.
A++ I am always getting into, under or on top of things and am
hardly ever still.
A+ If you don't play with me, I'll find a way to play by myself.
A It's easy to get me to play, but I like to sleep, too.
A- I work very hard at sleeping, but like to chase the occasional toy.
A-- I may show signs of life in the presence of an excellent toy.
A--- They thought I was dead, until they started the can opener.

Eating:
E+++ Nothing even remotely edible is safe when I'm around.
E++ I'm always hungry. What are you having?
E+ I would rather eat than play with a toy.
E I enjoy good food, but sometimes the stuff I get is fit only
for my litter box.
E- I'll wait until the others have eaten.
E-- I would rather play with a toy than eat.
E--- I eat just enough to get by.

Hunting:
H Food comes in a box, right?
H+ I chase anything that moves, but am not quite sure what to
do with it if I catch it.
H++ I kill an occasional small rodent, bird or lizard, but
would never eat one. (Well, *hardly* ever.)
H+++ I regularly kill and eat small prey but expect to be fed, too.
H++++ If I didn't kill it then I don't want to eat it.

Smurgling:
S I wouldn't be caught dead doing it!
S+ I sneak an occasional smurgle.
S++ When I'm in the mood, I can smurgle with the best of them.
S+++ Everybody leaves my house moistened with kitty-drool.

Note: "smurgling" is defined as kneading some part of a person's body
or clothing while simultaneously nuzzling, licking or sucking.

Vocalization:
V+++ Everyone in the neighborhood deserves the benefit of hearing
my magnificent voice.
V++ I have long, meaningful conversations with people.
V+ I have a small but useful vocabulary of important words, like:
"Food!", "Play!", and: "Clean the box!"
V I'll let you know when it's dinner time, don't expect to
hear from me until then.
V- I know how to say "Feed me!", but must be very hungry to do so.
V-- Well, talking is a learned experience, I'm trying...
V--- If you are killing me, I might squeek a little.

Fetching:
F- Why did you throw that thing?
F I'll chase it if you throw it, but forget about bringing it back.
F+ I can be coaxed into fetching a favorite object when I'm in the mood.
F++ I like to fetch and will often ask my human to throw things for me.
F+++ I will fetch anything, anywhere, anytime. [Are you sure you don't
have a dog?]

Intelligence ("IQ"):
Q--- Every time I blink, I discover a whole new world.
Q-- The principals of gravity still escape me.
Q- I'm a little slow, but I'm trying!
Q I'm an average cat: cunning, but no real reasoning.
Q+ I'm pretty quick-witted for a cat.
Q++ I display near-human reasoning sometimes, such as double-takes
and abstract reasoning.
Q+++ I'm working on my PhD thesis.

Lap affinity:
P- I'd rather lie on a hard rock than in a person's lap.
P I'll use your lap if you're in the right room and I'm in the mood.
P+ I prefer laps to any other type of resting place, but they
have to belong to people I like.
P++ I am a total lap fungus. (Hurry up and sit down so
I can demonstrate!)

Belly sensitivity:
B-- Touching my belly is just cause for my taking your arm off
at the elbow.
B- I like to lay on my back and show my belly, but you'd better
not touch it.
B Well, OK, you can rub my belly...but not too much!
B+ Please rub my belly. Oh, yes! Do it some more!!
B++ I like to have my belly "drummed".
--
Eric Williams | Vincent: MC (B+S)t G+Y 1.0 Y L++ C+ T+ I+++ H+ S++ V+ F++
wd6...@netcom.com | Murphy: DS W+(B+R)t+R Y 1.1 Y L C+ T- I+++ H+ A+ F+
WD6CMU@WD6CMU.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA

Alison Rosenstengel

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Oct 4, 1993, 10:23:00 PM10/4/93

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> Q+++ I'm working on my PhD thesis.

This is hilarious! I was taking a lot of crap because my answering machine
message said "Hi! I can't come to the phone right now and Chessie the
Wonder Kitten hasn't yet learned how to answer the phone and take a
message..." So I changed it to "Hi! I can't come to the phone right now and
Chessie is too busy composing her Thesis to be bothered with such trivial
matters as answering the phone!"

Alison

p.s. Thanks for posting the codes! Maybe I'll make a nice .sig for myself
one of these days!

Alison Rosenstengel

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Oct 4, 1993, 11:17:08 PM10/4/93

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By the way, whose bright idea was it to use three plusses in a row in the cat
codes? Happens that three plusses is the HANG UP command for Hayes modems!
I wondered what the heck was going on! ;)

Alison

All of my cats have the three plusses somewhere.

Kurt A. Freiberger

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Oct 5, 1993, 4:15:34 PM10/5/93

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In article <28qovk...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, chec...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Alison Rosenstengel) writes:
>
> By the way, whose bright idea was it to use three plusses in a row in the cat
> codes? Happens that three plusses is the HANG UP command for Hayes modems!
> I wondered what the heck was going on! ;)

It shouldn't matter. The sequence is <pause>+++<pause> where pause is some
small time > several characters.

--
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Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University DoD #264: BMW R80/7 pilot
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Dave Ratcliffe

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Oct 7, 1993, 6:28:35 PM10/7/93

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In article <28qovk...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, chec...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Alison Rosenstengel) writes:

-
- By the way, whose bright idea was it to use three plusses in a row in the cat
- codes? Happens that three plusses is the HANG UP command for Hayes modems!

Sorry but it's not. It simply tosses the modem into COMMAND mode. The
offending plus signs followed by ATH would be the hang-up command.

- I wondered what the heck was going on! ;)

Hang around comp.dcom.modems long enough and you'll see the inevitable
mini-flame fest about this topic. Solution? Change the escape code your
modem uses to something else. Hopefully your modem supports that option?

Otherwise, when your modem appears to hang up, just type ATO and you
should be back.

--
Dave Ratcliffe - vogon1!compnect!frackit!da...@psuvax1.psu.edu
------------------------------------------------------------------
Pyewacket: "BO" B G 1 X L+ W C--- I+++ T A- E H+ S V+ F Q++ P-
T'pring: SI Cp B .8 X L- W- C--- I+++ T+ A++ E++ H+ S V++ F Q+ P+

Eric J. Storch

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Oct 13, 1993, 2:10:20 AM10/13/93

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Hey, how about adding the category of "dignity" to the cat code?

It would go something like this:

D+++ I am excruciatingly correct
D++ I am excruciatingly correct--most of the time
D I am well mannered, but I will embarrass myself once in awhile
D- I try to be well mannered, but it usually doesn't work out that way
D-- I lack a certain amount of class
D--- I lack class, and I really don't care

Eric Williams

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Oct 13, 1993, 4:26:17 AM10/13/93

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In a previous post, Eric J. Storch (er...@ma30.bull.com) wrote:

: Hey, how about adding the category of "dignity" to the cat code?

: It would go something like this:

: D+++ I am excruciatingly correct
: D++ I am excruciatingly correct--most of the time
: D I am well mannered, but I will embarrass myself once in awhile
: D- I try to be well mannered, but it usually doesn't work out that way
: D-- I lack a certain amount of class
: D--- I lack class, and I really don't care

I think Vincent must be D+++/---. He will act very dignified around
the house, and then I will take him to a cat show, the epitome of
genteel feline aristocracy, and he will embarass me by going to
sleep in his litter box or lying on his back to expose his tummy
for all to see.
--
Eric Williams | Vincent: MC (B+S)t G+Y 1.1 Y L++ C+ T+ I+++ H+ S++ V+ F++
wd6...@netcom.com | Murphy: DS W+(B+R)t+R Y 1.2 Y L C+ T- I+++ H+ A+ F+ B--
WD6CMU@WD6CMU.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA