X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a8b80f04f4041b8e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-26 13:28:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!shieldwolf.demon.co.uk!colin From: CJRandall Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: REQ: FSU ascii art Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:10:56 +0000 Organization: warlord Message-ID: References: <9qb5dq$q6l$1@news.fsu.edu> <53hjst0dsuqc4jtcq99kpk0jjr17b6e3dd@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shieldwolf.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1006810021 nnrp-01:1460 NO-IDENT shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 S Lines: 52 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11744 drsquare writes >>>>> >>>>>> Geez, sorry. I kinda thought requests were acceptable. >>>>> [snip] >> >>Because they just want a picture of something. They're probably not >>into creating ascii art. Please pay attention. > >Why on earth would they want an ascii picture of something without being >interested in it? sometimes people want to use a picture with their text sometimes their hardware-transport or transport-medium will not permit (8-bit) graphic images so they decide to use an ascii (7-bit) picture instead [*] this is why you may find people calling into this forum "can anyone tell me where i may find ....... ?" people that pass thru' here may have already seen what they are looking for and point them in that direction or may say "here is one i did earlier" or whatever [*] before you say "they should they upgrade!" the reality is you may find you are working on a giga-bit machine with hi-gfx and go-faster stripes in your plush office in the center of the metropolis but your destination is the depths of darkest-industrial england to an ancient teletype obascii.. _,--=--._ ,' _ `. - _(_)_o - ____' /_ _/] `____ -=====::(+):::::::::::::::::(+)::=====- (+).""""""""""""",(+) . , ` -=- ' -- __ ___ __ :::/ |_ | .`):: ::( (-| | | <::: :::\__|___|_|_\::