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From: george.pope@hortus.bc.ca
Subject: [TALK] Why don't we call
Date: 1996/08/31
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PB>"Yes, but is it art?"
PB>I think the term ASCII art is obsolete.  There are ANSI and other
PB>character sets besides ASCII.
PB>Comments?

But they're not as universal as ASCII (I believe Macs get befuddled over
the [Esc] character, found in ANSI, also by some high and/or low ascii
codes. . .)

I *like* ASCII art (*I'll* keep calling it that!) :)

I don't have a creative bone in my body (not even cartilage!), but I do
enjoy looking at others' art in this genre (the sheer SKILL and
imagination put into it is what I like, I guess. . . but I like the
gif2ascii stuff, too... it just looks neat. . .)

Your servant,

<+]::-)
"Cyberpope", servant to the King!
Internet: "george.pope@hortus.bc.ca"


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