X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7d269ac3e65c8da4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-16 22:52:22 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!nathan From: nathan@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu (Nathan Pearson) Subject: Re: TALK - Let's start a Flag Project Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <1994May10.133632.3593@crosfield.co.uk> Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 20:49:09 GMT Lines: 64 Normand Veilleux (Nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca) wrote: : >From: emc@m-net.arbornet.org (Evan M Corcoran) : >Richard Kirk's superb UK flag got me thinking that we ought to start : >a concerted effort to do national flags with a common palette and in : >standard sizes, much like the Ascii Atlas. : Well, if I recall correctly my very first post to alt.ascii-art was : precisely the Canadian flag. Since it has been over four months now I guess : it's OK to repost it: [first flag deleted] : I also fooled around with the characters and replaced them by a sequence of : CANADA both horizontally and vertically which led to: : DACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANAD : ACANADACANADACAN NADACANADACANADA : CANADACANADACANA A ADACANADACANADAC : ANADACANADACANAD ADA DACANADACANADACA : NADACANADACANADA AC ADACA DA ACANADACANADACAN : ADACANADACANADAC ANADACANADA CANADACANADACANA : DACANADACANADACA DA ADACANADA AD ANADACANADACANAD : ACANADACANADACAN ANADACAN ACANADA NADACANA NADACANADACANADA : CANADACANADACANA ADACANADACANADACANADACANA ADACANADACANADAC : ANADACANADACANAD NADACANADACANADACANADACANADAC DACANADACANADACA : NADACANADACANADA CANADACANA* *ANADACANAD ACANADACANADACAN : ADACANADACANADAC DACANAD*C*NADACAN CANADACANADACANA : DACANADACANADACA ANADA*A*ADACA ANADACANADACANAD : ACANADACANADACAN CANADAC*N*DACANAD NADACANADACANADA : CANADACANADACANA *A* ADACANADACANADAC : ANADACANADACANAD *D* DACANADACANADACA : NADACANADACANADA *A* ACANADACANADACAN : ADACANADACANADAC * * CANADACANADACANA : DACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANADACANAD : Normand Veilleux : Quiz: Can anyone find out why the flag starts with "DACANA" instead of : "CANADA"? (Hint: there is a CANADA somewhere in the flag that : dictates where all the other CANADA's go. Which one is it?) Easy quiz (see hilighted[sorta] stem)... : -- : Normand Veilleux As a "long term" contributing artist to : nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca alt.ascii-art, I hereby declare that : ---------------------------- rec.arts.ascii (MODERATED) has my support. -- .. .-. .. .-. .. .-. .' `' ; .-''-. .' `' ; .-''-. .' `' ; `-..,-' : ; `-..,-' : ; `-..,-' `--/\ `--/\ /\ /WW;:\ /\ /WW;:\ /\ /WW;:\ /\/WW;::' /WW;:\ /\ /WW;::'/WW;:\ /WWW;;:. \;:\;::'/WWW;;:. \;:.\W;::/WWW;;:. \ < ---===---,--~--.,---===---,---~--.,---===--- > \ ~ /~ / \ ~ / ~ / \ ~ / \ ~ / \/\ ~ \ ~ / \/ \ ~ \ ~/ \/ \ ~ / \/ \ ~ / \/ (C) N A \/ T H A N (C)N A \/T H A N ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ @hopper.itc.virgina.edu