X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,152eba12776551ad X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-17 10:59:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!xemu.demon.co.uk!dave From: Dave Bird Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: New Ascii Movies + open source viewer Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:53:26 +0100 Organization: Smelling--nose Dogs for the Anosmic Message-ID: References: <3B279586.E9CD58FD@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <9gcg03.3vvpf45.1@MK.kasperhausen.de> <3b29faee.1626460@news.ntlworld.com> <3b29fbff.1899787@news.ntlworld.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xemu.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xemu.demon.co.uk:158.152.196.209 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 992800732 nnrp-01:23621 NO-IDENT xemu.demon.co.uk:158.152.196.209 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Lines: 42 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6246 In article<3b29fbff.1899787@news.ntlworld.com>, Stuart Moore writes: >On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:09:49 GMT, stumo@bigfoot.com (Stuart Moore) enlightened >us with: > >> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:14:25 +0200, Marion Koslowski >> enlightened us with: >> >> > Markus Gebhard - Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:32:06 +0200 >> > >> > >The idea for this project came from Andreas Freise. He wanted to show >> > >others how Ascii artist draw Ascii art images. The first movie showing >> > >the creation of "tshilp" is online now and can be viewed at: >> > > >> > > http://www.jave.de/player/demo1.html >> > > >> > >Have a look at it - it is fascinating. >> > >> > You are right! This is great! >> > (Is there an english sentence like "Shooting with canons on sparrows"? I >> > thought it's a german phrase...) >> >> Closest I can think of is "Kill two birds with one stone" but I guess they >have >> different meanings > >Or possibly, if the original phrase means to use something far more powerful >than you need for the task you're doing, "to crack a nut with a sledgehammer" "Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut", as it's usually put. __ __ -- Regards, \\'___//' the MAD COW does Prozac: XEMoo.Moo.Moo .;'\_/ \`'\_/__ (cow by P.Kistner \___ (x)\ /(x)} ) _______________________________/ :--' ____________________________ http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/ \_ `__\ --[I'm going for slaughter soon,] \___(o'o) [but, y'know, I can't complain] :--:-+