X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.alt.net From: Sharky Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [ANN] JavE 6.0 RC2 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:18:56 -0400 Organization: Compuglobalhypermeganet Lines: 20 Message-ID: <49f8fb75.1126638343@news.webtv.com> References: <49cfa989$0$31330$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <49ea3caf$1$32682$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> <49f8e968.1122016968@news.webtv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: g2news2.google.com alt.ascii-art:950 Faux_Pseudo wrote: >_.-In alt.ascii-art, Sharky wrote the following -._ >> The ASCII-art is in the "Headers" of the post and not in the body of >> the post. It is almost a certainty that the poster Ubiquitous >> is not the creator of the ASCII-art and has >> removed the signature of the artist who did create it. ASCII-art >> thieves are scumbags. > >I am not sure that work ever had a signature in it. It has been >burried in headers for at least 10 years and I think it might be at >least 20 years old from what I have found in looking it up in the >past. I don't think they are a thief. Just someone who saw someone >else do it and decided to copy it line for line. Yeah, you're probably right. I did a google on it and it looks like someone claimed it was more than 18 years old in 2001. I couldn't find any record of the original creator of the art. I still believe the ASCII-art thieves are scumbags, though. may not be a thief, but I highly doubt they created the original work.