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From: Harry Mason <spam@no.spam>
Subject: Re: CAFFEINE [80chars]
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Bill Taylor <w.taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Jaap Karssenberg <j.g.karssenberg@student.utwente.nl> wrote a very nice bit
> of caffeine, but I thought the "3"s in CH3 looked a bit small in there,
> so....

I think a 3-line "3" is clearer:
         _
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I've tweaked some of the C-N and C=N bonds too, but it's debatable whether
it's any better.

                            __    __
                           |  |  |  |          -= CAFFEINE =-
                           |  |__|  |
                           |        |          * AKA A HACKERS DIET
                           |   __   |
                           |  |  |  |          * AKA ALIEn BlooD CoFFee
                           |__|  |__|
  .-----.    __    __           |              * AKA Sid'S INSiDiOUS SYRUP
 /   _   \  |  |  |  |          |
:  ." " ~   |  |__|  |          |              * AKA C8H10N4O2
|  |        |        |          |
:  "._. ~'. |   __   |          |              If you drink more then 42
 \       /  |  |  |  | _       ,' `.           cups/day of coffee open the
  '-----'   |__|  |__| _)    ,'  `. `.         hitch hikers guide and look
          \            _)  ,'      `. `.       under "rehab"
           \             ,'          `. `.
            \          ,'              `. `.
             \       ,'                  `. `. 
                 __    __                 __    __
                |  \  |  |               |  \  |  |
                |   \ |  |               |   \ |  |
                |    \|  |               |    \|  |
                |  |\    |               |  |\    |
                |  | \   |               |  | \   |
                |__|  \__|               |__|  \__|
                     \                       /
                      \                     /
                       \                   /
                        \ --------------- /
                        / --------------- \
                       /                   \
                      /                     \
                     /                       \
  .-----.           /                     __  \ __       .-----.    __    __
 /   _   \         /                     |  \  |  |     /   _   \  |  |  |  |
:  ." ".  :       /                      |   \ |  |    :  ." " ~   |  |__|  |
|  |   |  | ---- /                       |    \|  | -- |  |        |        |
:  "._."  : ---- \                       |  |\    |    :  "._. ~'. |   __   |
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                     \                       /
                   __ \  __                 /
                  |  \  |  |               /
                  |   \ |  |     .:P.L:.  /
                  |    \|  |------------- \
                  |  |\    |             \ \
                  |  | \   |              \ \
                  |__|  \__|               \ \
                                            \ \
               /                              \ .-----.
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            /                                 |  |   |  |
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    /   _   \  |  |  |  |                      \       /
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                          _)

 
-- 
Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)