X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1421be54d39f2bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: llizard Subject: Re: request : rock ..paper..scissors. Date: 1997/10/29 Message-ID: <34575D47.77E4@freent.toronto.on.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285791078 References: <3455398C.66306E83@tamu.edu> <19971028181801.NAA01419@ladder01.news.aol.com> <34565BD3.15FB7483@on.spammer> Organization: via Internetdirect, Canada; zone 5 (or is it 6A?) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <34565BD3.15FB7483@on.spammer>, Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Bssgrl wrote: > > > > m ^ ^ > > %//88888 ~~~~~~~ \ \ / / > > 88888888888\\ |=======| \ \ / / > > %888888888888& |=======| \ v/ > > ~*?????????????) |=======| /\ \ > > |=======| / / \ \ > > ------------- (() ) (() ) > > (Bssgrl) > > ~~ ~~ > > Hope this helps, the rock was a tough one > > Seeing it was even tougher... > > 1. Always use a "non-proportional" (also called "monospaced") font for > ascii pictures ("Courier" is such a font). How to tell if you use a > non-proportional font? If these two lines have the same lenght then you > probably do: > > MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii > > 2. NEVER put tabs in ascii pictures! Why? Because they look different in > different computers, they can even look different in different programs > in the same computer. > > 3. Make sure to only use characters from the "Yes, yes, yes, MUST use > these" part of this ascii table: > > ================================================================= > | No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these: | > | | > | 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL| > | 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI | > | 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB| > | 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US | > | | | > |---------------------------------------------------------------| > | Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these: | > | | > | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | > | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | > | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | > | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | > | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | > | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | > | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | > | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | > | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | > |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | > |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | > |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | | > |---------------------------------------------------------------| > | No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either: | > | |127 DEL| > |---------------------------------------------------------------| > | Anything that is not in the MUST USE section is automatically | > | in the MUST NOT USE section! (this includes tabs) | > ================================================================= > > 4. Test post to alt.test if you don't feel sure about how your news > program works. Even if you have done 1, 2, and 3 above correctly you may > still end up with a blurb if your program "does things" to your > artwork... (for example, some news programs come up with the cute idea > to "linewrap" without first asking you for permission to do so...) > > -- > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_- \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > \____/ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/news > LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ Good explanation, Veronica. In the meantime, I think this is pretty close to what Bssgrl had in mind. . m ^ ^ %//88888 ~~~~~~~ \\ // 88888888888\\ |=======| \\ // %888888888888& |=======| \v/ ~*?????????????) |=======| /\\ |=======| // \\ ------- (0 ) (0 ) (Bssgrl) ~~ ~~ NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- '. ha '. _ .^%--- ha ______'.(_)_< \ ha I'm not really allowed (__)_/> to have scissors... > /\>,^ llizard aka ejm | cq547@freenet.toronto.on.ca ejm97 \ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/