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From: mark1@cix.co.uk (Mark Anderson)
Subject: Re: CHRISTMAS TREE
Date: 1997/12/18
Message-ID: <memo.19971218233922.3239A@mark1.compulink.co.uk>#1/1
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In article <34994873.41C67EA6@on.spammer>, dream@on.spammer (Veronica
Karlsson) wrote:

> Mark Anderson wrote:
> > (Veronica Karlsson) wrote:
> > > David Day wrote:
> [ 8< ]
> > �  Don't know - looks like a small spaceship.
> >
>
> Looks like a rune to me.
>
> > �  Degrees (as in 32� Centigrade... I wish!)
> >
>
> No, it looks like a small troll.
>
> > �  This is a double s in German - as in Stra�e (Strasse) meaning Stree
> t.
> >
>
> The greek letter beta.
>
> > �  I believe that this is an accented o used in the Norwegian? languag
> e.
> >
>
> I see the same symbol as you see, but it is not "an accented o", it is a
> Norwegian �. An � is not a funny looking O, it is a completely different
> letter with a completely different sound, it just happens to look a
> little bit like an O.
>
> >   This symbol appears on *my* computer when I try to display a forbid
> den
> >    character, or a character that has no symbol assigned to it.
> >
>
> This symbol appears on my computer not at all.
>
> > �  This means "very much greater than" in mathematical terms, as in
> >    10e12�1 (ten thousand billion is very much greater than one).
> >
>
> Yes, I see the same thing that you see.
>
> > �  Another accented character, but from which language I do not know.
> >
>
> I see a Y with a dot over it.
>
> > I hope this is of some assistance to you, but why you should want to k
> now
> > I have no idea.
> >
>
> I have no idea either. All I know is that you shouldn't use those
> characters to make ascii art! One reason is that different people will
> see different things (if they see anything at all) when someobody uses
> such characters. This depends on what kind of computer you have, what
> program you use, what country you live in and if the wind comes from the
> north.
>
> --
>               _                                         _
>   __   ___.--'_`.  __   __                _           .'_`--.___   __
>  ( _`.'. -   'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _  ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
>  _\.'_'      _.-'   \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |  `-._      `_`./_
> ( \`. )    //\`      \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|    '/\\    ( .'/ )
>  \_`-'`---'\\__,                                       ,__//`---'`-'_/
>   \`        `-\    uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/    /-'        '/
>    ` _____________________ r93-ixa@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ '
>         LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
>
I think we see the same characters, although what interpretation you put
on them is very subjective.  However, as has been said before, it really
is irrelevant - these characters should *NOT* be used when producing ASCII
art!

By the way, is that the overhead view of a very small troll?

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