X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,dd39ef4f08771d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-12 05:36:07 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!prairie.attcanada.net!newsfeed.attcanada.net!216.58.1.11!nntp.igs.net!news.igs.net!not-for-mail From: "KIESEYHOW \(K-man\)" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: i dont get it? Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:45:03 -0500 Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services Lines: 62 Message-ID: <98ij59$jl7$1@news.igs.net> References: <3aac832d$0$23651@echo-01.iinet.net.au> <3AAC97B0.8337E7FB@nothere.com> Reply-To: "KIESEYHOW \(K-man\)" NNTP-Posting-Host: i216-58-91-171.igs.net X-Trace: news.igs.net 984403945 20135 216.58.91.171 (12 Mar 2001 13:32:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@igs.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Mar 2001 13:32:25 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4707 "jumbled mess" ---> many readers annoyingly remove any "extra" spaces and as such you see a jumbled mess. these "intelligent" readers are supposed to clear up the messages but, as you see, you get a reformatted message. As for Outlook Express: there is a way to view any message as fixed format, but it only works for that one time viewing, if you change to another message you have to do this step again...EXTREMELY ANNOYING I SAY. Anyway, open the message then 'VIEW/Text size/Fixed' that should work. Interestingly enough, and worth mentioning, if you have mutli-lingual applications installed in WindowsWhatever you'll also see option for changing the encoding there in that menu. For instance you can choose Western or ISO, or 7 or 8 bit. If you don't have this stuff, upgrade to IE 5.5 of some other multi lingual software package. With reasonable voice, Kieseyhow (K-man) A handy trick, to avoid your friends becoming the target of a Spammer's email scanner, is to fill in their email address into the 'Bcc' field of your email client. Effectively limiting most Spam email scanners. Also, this prevents casual noting of private addresses, and the infamous 'Reply to all' messages that we all dislike. Nothing in the world is more dangerous, than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68), civil rights leader. Strength to Love , pt. 4, ch. 3 (1963). My ICQ#:22448421 Get ICQ for yourself at www.icq.com\download\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sailor Teddy Bear" wrote in message news:3AAC97B0.8337E7FB@nothere.com... Yes, you're missing a whole lot. I see from your headers that you're using Microsoft Lookout Express as your newsreader. The best solution is to switch to Forte Agent or even Netscape Communicator. In the meantime, select all the text in the message and change the font to Courier New. (I don't remember how to change the default font, or even if it's possible.) ASCII art, like all plain text files, is best viewed with a monospaced font, as that is the only kind of font guaranteed to be available on any computer terminal ever made. John P wrote: > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see > anything but a jumbled mess??? _ _.-' )---------------------------------------------------------------\ (_ . '\ __ "It is astonishing, really, how many thoroughly mature, ] \__^/` _) well-adjusted grown-ups harbor a teddy bear -- which is ] .-'_ \ perhaps *why* they are thoroughly mature and well- ] (_.' \ '--. adjusted." -Joseph Lempa, American writer ] /_ /`-._/ ] jgs (__/-------Sailor Teddy Bear---sailorteddy(AT)nethere.com----------/