X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5d960403a8979cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-21 15:20:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!nnrp4.clara.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Philip Powell" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <39aef916.18351012@news.easynews.com> <3A87AE9B.CEE7B51B@idiom.com> <96lfd8$5b5$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <96rpub$sdh$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> <96ulqa$mv$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> Subject: Re: Has anybody seen an ASCII art like this? Lines: 78 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2403.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2403.0000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:17:30 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.8.92.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net X-Trace: nnrp4.clara.net 982797495 195.8.92.36 (Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:18:15 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:18:15 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4532 ASCII by definition cannot be created on a manual typewriter. ASCII is not just text and it HAS to be from the ASCII Chart. There is no point arguing the fact as it is a FACT so opening your mind will make no difference unless the ASCII chart is changed by the standards authorities involved. Phil obASCII: _____________________________ (#HB#(________________________(;- "Martin Double" wrote in message news:96ulqa$mv$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk... > That is a very well put point of view Ville. > Just a couple of small comments:- My OCR software reads Cad Text, Book Text > and even Your Text, I therefore consider all of them to be text in this the > computer age. If you were to agree that ASCII is only true if constructed > using a manual typewriter or the like then I would be in complete agreement > with your philosophy. Otherwise, progress has already taken hold and there > will be no stopping it, however painful this may be! > The rest is not worth debating. > > Regards > Martin > PS open your mind just a little., and let the light in. > > > Ville Jouppi wrote in message > news:ku849tsp302rok4p2m9vhq2je91f052v0n@4ax.com... > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:51:55 -0000, "Martin Double" > > wrote: > > > > >That seems to be a great shame to me, a bit like wanting to paint with > both > > >hands missing? > > > > No no.. It's just more of a challenge if you have some limitations. > > > > >It is also a shame because I thought for a brief while that I had caught > the > > >ASCII art bug, but now you tell me I have not! > > > > It seems you've been inspired to create something completely different. > > > > >Perhaps I shall continue with my own newly discovered form of art, and > call > > >it Super-Ascii-Art. > > > > Maybe not Super-Ascii-Art, but something more along the lines of "Art with > > letters". > > > > CAD programs don't have anything to do with ASCII.. Once you put the > letters > > into the picture, they're converted into vectors and beziers.. No longer > > ASCII. > > > > What you're reading now is ASCII, as all the characters are represented by > a > > predefined byte. In your Cad program, you can't necessarily take a look at > the > > hex dump of the file and expect to find anything meaningful or > human-readable. > > > > Don't feel offended.. You've discovered something new while we're sticking > to > > something old we've become to like. > >