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From: CJRandall <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Challenge...
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:50:23 +0100
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R A Hart writes
>In article <s7dvbto2ct576dp624dnu77bjupd4ppt2d@4ax.com>,
>       Lemming <l3mst0r@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>>
>>> http://www.bath.ac.uk  __/\__              Robert Hart
>>>       /~ab6rah/        \    /           Ground Floor Flat
>>>                  __/\__/    \__/\__   2 Alexander Buildings
>>>                  \                /           Bath
>>>                  /_              _\          BA1 6AT
>>>                    \            /
>>>      __/\__      __/            \__      __/\__
>>>      \    /      \                /      \    /
>>>__/\__/    \__/\__/                \__/\__/    \__/\__
>>>
>
>> I love the Von-Koch-esque sig :)
>
>I have to say I was rather pleased with the way it came out. It was one of
>those ideas that just comes flying through space, and sort of collides
>with your brain, appearing in it's entirity. (I think Douglas Adams
>phrases this better in one of his books).
>
>It almost seem like ascii \ / and _ were designed for drawing koch curves.
>I guess I can't be the first person to try and draw one in ascii - there's
>probably an early version of fractint for tty somewhere.....
>
>Rob
>
i've see that before ..
from a collection circa 1992-1994
                                              __/\__
                                              \    /
                                        __/\__/    \__/\__
                                        \                /
               /\                       /__            __\
              /\/\                         \          /
             /\  /\          __/\__      __/          \__      __/\__
            /\/\/\/\         \    /      \              /      \    /
           /\      /\  __/\__/    \__/\__/              \__/\__/    \__/\__
          /\/\    /\/\                                _
         /\  /\  /\  /\                             _| |_
        /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\                          _|     |_
       /\              /\                       _|_       _|_
      /\/\            /\/\                    _| |_|     |_| |_
     /\  /\          /\  /\                 _|                 |_
    /\/\/\/\        /\/\/\/\              _|_                   _|_
   /\      /\      /\      /\           _| |_|_   _       _   _|_| |_
  /\/\    /\/\    /\/\    /\/\        _|     |_|_|_|     |_|_|_|     |_
 /\  /\  /\  /\  /\  /\  /\  /\     _|_       _|_|_       _|_|_       _|_
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\  _| |_|     |_| |_|     |_| |_|     |_| |_

.. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...                __
: :.: : : :.: : : :.: : : :.: :            __|  |   __
:.. ..: :.. ..: :.. ..: :.. ..:           |__   |__|  |__
.: :.....: :.. ..: :.....: :..          _____|      _____|
: ..... ..... : : ..... ..... :    __  |__         |__                __
:.: ..: :.. :.: :.: ..: :.. :.: __|  |  __|           |            __|  |   __
.. :.. ..: ... ... :.. ..: ...       |__|             |__         |__   |__|
: :...: :...: :.: :...: :...: :                     _____|      _____|
:.. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..:                    |__    __   |__
.: :.. :.: ..: :.. :.: ..: :..                        |__|  |   __|
: ... : ... :.. ..: ... : ... :                             |__|

there is no indication of their origin in the collection
so it shows that bright minds think alike .. i guess =)

BTW the pointy pyramid thing on the left looks almost
same using a proportional font
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