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From: Veronica Karlsson <dream@on.spammer>
Subject: Re: REQ: Ascii X-mas art!
Date: 1997/12/01
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Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art


Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> > Here's a little pre-Christmas art because yesterday was the 1st Sunday
> > in Advent:
> >
> > advent candles:
> >                ,
> >                |
> >         ,  ,   |   ,  ,
> >         |  |   |   |  |
> >         |  |   |   |  |
> >         |) |(  |  (|  |)
> >       <>8<<<>8<><<>8<>>8<>
> > ejm97   V    V     V   V
> >
> > 1st Sunday in Advent
> >                ,
> >                |
> >         @  ,   |   ,  ,
> >         |  |   |   |  |
> >         |  |   |   |  |
> >         |) |(  |  (|  |)
> >       <>8<<<>8<><<>8<>>8<>
> > ejm97   V    V     V   V
> >
> 
> In Sweden those have four candles:
> 
>         ,  ,  ,  ,
>         |  |  |  |
>         |  |  |  |
>         |  |  |  |
>         |  |  |  |
>       o>8<<<>8<>>8<o
>        \__________/
> 
[ 8< ]
> 
>                  @
>               @  |
>            @  |  |
>         @  |  |  |
>         |  |  |  |
>       o>8<<<>8<>>8<o
>        \__________/
> 
[ 8< ]
> 
> [hmmm... why does it say "animation" in my head when I see this?]
> 

Then I started thinking. That would have to be a very slow animation...
But the idea is not totally useless, I made a little cgi script of it
that I put on my homepage. It will light one more candle each Sunday
until Christmas. On the last of those four Sundays the candles will
gradually burn down and be turned out. At midnight (Swedish time) all
four candles will be out.

http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/

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