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Subject: [TaLk] Classic ascii pics
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IInstead of removing ASCII-pics that aren't displayed as should on that
BBC-website, you (not just Henry, but "you" as a group) could try to
explain to these folks (webmasters etc.) how to display ASCII-art
properly on a webpage. (guess: the <PRE> tags aren't working, because
--thru CSS-- all chars are forced proportional)

(ASCII-art is not just the first pictorial form of art in the digital
era. It has proven to be an efficient, smart way to transport ideas,
when language fails. Compositions of ASCII-art transcend dry, serial,
procedural words and sentences and become rich, parallel, associative
images. And it's still 7 bit.


Henry Segerman wrote:

> Veronica Karlsson <ascii_girl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : Krogg wrote:
> :> Henry Segerman wrote:
> :> >
> :> > I'm in the process of writing an entry on ascii art for h2g2 (The 'Earth
> :> > edition' of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
> :> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/ )
> :> > Suggestions please :)
> :> 
> :> I nominate VK's version of Esher's waterfall.
> 
> : I un-nominate VK's version of Esher's waterfall.
> 
> Ok, I've removed it from the article. Hmmm. Looks like they've changed 
> something on the site so that PRE tags aren't working...*sigh*
> 
> -- 
>  ,-.  Henry Segerman
>          uewJa6aS hJuaH  `-'