X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,c379eaa5f900b536 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-10 16:21:00 PST Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!nigel.msen.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!network.cc.jyu.fi!sirius!cs4bq From: cs4bq@herts.ac.uk (Corps) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation Subject: Re: videos Date: 11 Mar 1994 00:21:00 GMT Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Lines: 32 Message-ID: <16867-763345042@sirius> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.herts.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] In article , Winston Smith wrote: : On Saturday, March 5, 1994 at 20:04:30 GMT (3:04 pm EST ?) : ade@eniac.seas.upenn.edu () writes: : > : > [Yvette's post deleted- shame!] : > : Dear Ms. Hickman, : : Do you know what the computer terms "A.S.C.I.I." and "A.S.C.I.I. : Character Set" mean? No? If you did then you would be able to tell the : difference between "ascii-art" animation and regular video animation. : Perhaps you could view an instructional video from a company that bothers : to actually explain what the ASCII Character Set is... (just a thought). : I do applaud your entrepreneurial spirit, though -- however misplaced in : this NewsGroup it might be. : : P.S. You might also want to check out the difference between the USENET : NEWS NewsGroups' hierarchies "ALT." and "BIZ." while you are at it. Touchy, aren't we? This was obviously just a simple mistake, or perhaps an optimistic venture. There was no need to jump down her throat like that- its not like she was doing anything particularly annoying. You'd probably scare her off the net altogether like that... And the net is supposed to be so sociable :-). Duncan. (he was a first timer a few months ago, too) / / \ \ / \ \ / | | X X / / / X / \ / X / \ \ X \ X | | X X X \ X X X X X / X \ X / X / \ X \ X \ | | X \ X X X X X X / \ X X X \ _/ \ \_/ \ \_| |_ \ X / / X