X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b427,932853b66dabc4e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b427,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,7f5aceb0d0bd9864 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,36007fb8a27ab4b7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-27 19:44:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!news.voicenet.com!news3.voicenet.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Hand Mafe vs Algorithmic Conversions Organization: the 'net Reply-To: tmax@voicenet.com Message-ID: References: <3BFBFA67.C67247B3@cumulus.com> <3bfd819f$0$25359$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3BFEEF64.FF962128@cumulus.com> <3C00EF28.6091C374@hotmail.com> <7v420ug21f7pijpp89iubti6dd5403m1vv@4ax.com> <3C015C0A.39DF2492@hotmail.com> <3C0274F1.5F03705@hotmail.com> <3tg60ugu999t1jf5iblbt0u73ekfkerk76@4ax.com> <3C03C082.22D90F75@hotmail.com> <0bp70uoqnvvi3mb9hb2bkok6lcv7m0es2f@4ax.com> <3c0409c3.23429142@news.concentric.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 03:44:24 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.71.88.178 X-Complaints-To: abuse@voicenet.com X-Trace: news3.voicenet.com 1006919064 209.71.88.178 (Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:44:24 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:44:24 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11842 comp.os.linux.advocacy:148662 alt.destroy.microsoft:22820 Strolling through alt.destroy.microsoft, I heard MJP say: >On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:00:44 GMT, T. Max Devlin wrote: >>>> _oo-.=. >>>> '^^/_ `-. >>>> `""-'`_ `-_.- >>>> _o/,-'(('"" >>> >>>I asked somebody who didn't know what that's supposed to be and >>>his guess was: "a bird sitting on a branch or maybe a squirrel >>>on a motorcycle". :-) >> >>I can't help think of an annoying little puppy dog running around >>yapping, but I suppose now that I've said that I'll have to find >>another. Do you think you can improve on it, Veronica? I just can't go >>big; I'm enough of a troll already. For now, I'll just point out it is >>supposed to be a T. Rex with glasses, a goatee, and a ponytail. Not a >>squirrel on a motorcycle <*chuckle*>. ;-D >> >>Thanks for your time. Hope it helps. >> > > > , ,--O=^)~, My OS eats windoze > but _\`^^^( \`~ for a bedtime > WinBlows '\()/ +=',-)T-MAX^^^`, snack > is Better- o m===' > Umm, nice try. But WinDOS is, unfortunately (for all concerned), my OS. It eats itself as a bedtime snack, cuz if I don't reboot it regularly it shits the bed, but I like the overall imagery, with the 'T-MAX' incorporated in the tail. The troll has to be puny, though, or it just doesn't work. -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin ***