X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,86b81c0d8fa809e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-22 03:14:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!cox.net!news2.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: help for newbies Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL X-PGP-Key-Server: wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x217eb4d8 Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 182 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:14:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.8.9.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.west.cox.net 1019470447 68.8.9.87 (Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:14:07 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:14:07 EDT Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16952 I typed this up for future use but thought I should post it here for all you got get a kick out of. ProAscii and Anti-Ansi are copywrite by Faux_Pseudo: o=o |_| [] (] |_| {} -==- -=== -oo- -----ll-- H H---------------||--------------- Hi! o=o |_| []/ (] |_| {} -== -=== -oo- -----ll-- H H--------------||---------------- My name is ProAscii. Maybe you have seen o=o My aunt, her name is Anti-Ansi. |_| {}/ [] (] |_| -oo -==- -=== || -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- But this story isn't about her. Its about you. o=o So we will have to say good bye |_| to her now. [] (] |_| {} -==- -=== Bye b -----ll-- H H-----------------------/\------- So now we get down to the question you asked. o=o |_| [] (] |_| -==- -=== -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- It can do wonderful things. This is a computer. But, it can only do them if o=o you know how to tell it what |_| to do. [] (] |_| Since you Posted here I will -==> -=== assume that you know enough to -----ll-- H H---------get by.---------------- But this has me perplexed. If you knew how o=o to find us here how come you ,, |_| didn't know how to find your [] (] |_| answer? -==- -=== -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- I have an answer for you. The sage Piller once o=o said in response to the idea |_| that something is always in [] (] |_| the last place you looked for -==- -=== it that one should look in the -----ll-- H H---------last place first.------ Mind if I smoke? Thanks. o=o |_| . [] (] |_| -==- -=== -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- So why did you come here and not look in the last o=o place? Well, I shall tell you. o |_| . [] (] |_| -==- -=== -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- 00 O You have fallen victim to the o o=o traditional American idea that . |_| you should always have things [] (] |_| done for you. Well, this is Linux -==- -=== we are talking about here. -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- OO It requires a more worldly way of doing things. oo o=o Like doing them your self. But, o |_| since you have apparently not . [] (] |_| been breafed on this I will do it -==- -=== that for you now. -----ll-- H H-------------------------------- OO Here is how you do it. You use this here computer oo o=o and open a "browser" and go to o |_| "website" called google.com. If your . "] (] |_| question is a "how can i" type of -==> -=== question then just move down to the next -----ll-- H H---------seen.------------------- [' On the part of the screen that looks like this. = You just type in some of the keywords you would ________/\__have put in a post_________________________ * Adva [ Google Search ] [ I'm Feeling Lucky ] * Pref * Lang --------------------------------------------- If its a "can I make $command do $function" o o=o Then you will want to drop onto o |_| a "command line" which has a "prompt" . [] (] |_| And then you type man $command -=/ -=== And wonder full amounts of information -----ll-- H H---------will show it's self to you. Your question will probibly be answerd there. Hmm my cig is dieing. o=o o |_| . [] (] |_| -==- -=== -----ll-- H H--------------------------------- Better step it out on the nice carpit. o=o |_| '] (] |_| -==- -=== ----./l-- H H--------------------------------- As I was saying: if on the other hand your question o=o is a bit more on the "WTF" or "why |_| doesn't it" then try deja.com which [] (] |_| is actualy groups.google.com but you -==- -=== will sound more elite if you say deja. -----ll-- H H--------------------------------- And you can type those same words you were going to post in the little box that I showed your before but this time you type in in the deja screen and not the google screen. o=o |_| [] (] |_| -==- -=== -----ll-- H H--------------------------------- Once you do that, and as your mother always told you: o=o "look beneath the surface", then |_| you will likely see that your question [] (] |_| has already been answerd! -==- -=== {} -----ll-- H H--------------------------d ------------ /\ Now you too can be condicending to people to lazy to o=o look for their own answers and instead |_| post to groups without having looked [] (] |_| in the last place first! \= -=== {} -----ll-- H H-------------------d ------------------- /\ Now you know how to find the last placed you whould have looked. And you can follow Piller's advice o=o and look their first next time. |_| [] (] |_| Hay ProAscii want to fsck? -==- -=== {} -----ll-- H H------------- d ----------------------- /\ I could use a shag Anti-Ansi. Good thing you aren't o=o my real aunt. After dealing with |_| these lazy newbies I need some way to [" (] |_| release this stress. -=/ -=== {} -----ll-- H H------- d ----------------------------- /\ [" =\ {} ,//_//o\ -- +-(faux@fugozi)-(0.04|0.04|0.04)-(03:11|Mon Apr 22)-+ cat ~/.{sig,uin} It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson UIN=66618055