X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ffde,9caf003b450c4de0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ffde,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,9caf003b450c4de0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 10b271,9caf003b450c4de0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-02 05:22:21 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!waikato!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!Colin_Douthwaite Subject: Re: TALK: Re: Venusian R. comedy,REQUEST ASCII-ART ELECTRON CLOUD DOT Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.plutonium,alt.ascii-art,sci.physics References: <2tv2ll$gei@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <2udhld$ilu@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL3] From: Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 17:49:53 +1200 Organization: Equinox Networks Lines: 92 Xref: bga.com alt.ascii-art:9884 sci.physics:18260 Paul Foerster (paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de) wrote: : In article <2udhld$ilu@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Ludwig.Plutonium@dartmouth.edu (Ludwig Plutonium) writes: : [big INTRODUCTION TO ATOMIC SPECTRA thread deleted] : > Sorry but I no longer have access to a scanner. But I must say what I : >feel towards computer art. That if I can make a picture in 1 minute by : >free hand, then I will not spend 2 hours with a computer to try to get : >a better picture thereof. And I feel that a computer program which : >requires a long time to learn versus how often that program is used : >must be decided before time is wasted. People say "hey have you seen : >the new blah blah art program, sit down and let me show you how it : >works". I refuse to sit down because I feel I will never use it. I find : >computers great for word processing, but horrible wasters of time for : >computer games and even worse than TV on that point. I believe the : >trade-off of time spent versus better picture by hand is not sound. My : >history of computer art is a dismal record of time wasted. : > As for the INTERNET, there is no freehand drawing, we are all at the : >mercy of computer keyboard art. : [electron cloud dot picture deleted] : ... so if this is your opinion on what computers can be used for then please : do me the favor and tell me what you're doing here. You can draw letters much : faster by hand. So there is no use for figlet. You can draw everything much : better, faster and more accurate with a pen on a paper. So there is no use : for a computer anyway. And you even have no problems with the loss of data by : a hard disk crash or things like that. I don't think Ludwig Plutonium will be able to reply to your posting. Apparently his account has been terminated or suspended after complaints against something he wrote about the " New York Times ". What both you and Ludwig fail to acknowledge is that pen & paperwork cannot be propagated with the ease of Internet material. /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX\ [XXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] [XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] [XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX Here lies XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX The Account XXX] [XXX of XXX] [XXX Ludwig Plutonium XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX Chemical Physicist XXX] [XXX Most Extraordinorium XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX Who incurred the displeasure XXX] [XXX of His local Systorium XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX And may not post Messages XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX Ad Infinitorium XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXX XXX] [XXXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXX] \|/ \/|/ \/ [XXX XXX] \|/ \/|/ [XXX 94th ELECTRON OF 231PU XXX/| [XXX 5f6 XXX/ / [XXX XXX/ / [XXX \ ::| :./. XXX/ / [XXX .\::|::/.: XXX/ / [XXX _ _ XXX/ / [XXX (:Y:) XXX/ / [XXX - - XXX/ / [XXX ::/.|.\.: XXX/ / [XXX :: /.:| :\.: XXX/ / [XXX / | \. XXX/ / [XXX LP XXX/ / [XXX XXX/ / -cfbd- [~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~] / \// [_________________________________________] \|/ \/|/ \/ \||/ \/|/ \/ \|/ \/|/ \/ \|/ \/|/ Bye,