Re: WARNING: Control Codes [and debate is on...]

mcclure111 wrote:
> >Colin has been here since the start, and he has posted the
> >FAQ, WARNING:Control Codes, TUTORIAL and POINTER=>Ascii Art Sites
> 
> well, who cares? unless he's God or the server sysop or something, that
> doesn't automatically mean he can tell the entire internet what to do.

He is just nice enough to keep posting the FAQ's for crying out
loud! Is that spamming???? Hardly!

> >> >This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> >> >to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> >Oh you puny mortal!!
> >This is one the of the regular postings here!
> >Cant' you read???????
> >Also known as one of the FAQ's
> 
> uh, huh.. right.. fine.. WE STILL _DON'T_ KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
> CONTROL CODES. No one has bothered to tell us what they are. you ignored
> the most important line:
> 
> >>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes
> >>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> >>
> >>And why the hell not?
> 
> and the answer is...? go ahead, enlighten me.

OK, so it's not going to crash your entire system but (I quote):
"Such as making your artwork unreadable for lots of others,
which should concern you."
(Bernd Wolff, previous posting)

> anyway, the original 'FAQ' was posted to alt.pictures.binaries.ascii. I
> thought various codes were the entire reason they set up the .binaries
> groups? so people who wanted to post codes would have somewhere to do so.

Yes.
Post your bloddy control codes and color ANSI's as binaries to
the alt..pictures.binaries.ascii group.
<aaa> is not for posting control codes, mirc codes, colors, ansi
etc.
Stick to the proper groups.

If you have an intelligent answer to this, then reply.
If you are just gonna continue to ramble away, don't!

Erik K. Veland
Wicked ascii art <http://wigwam.askoyv.no/>

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