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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 18 Aug 2001.
Re: This is not a question ... call me slow if you like...

Re: This is not a question ... call me slow if you like...

posting this from alt.ascii-art...

Ilmari Karonen <ilt...@sci.invalid> writes:

> #!/usr/bin/perl
> y/~/\n/,s/\d+/$"x$&/eg,print for qw#~19/`.4/`.~18f3\\2,f2\\~6Gee1Brain,2|
> 4\\/-`\\2\\6The1same1thing1we1do~3what1do1you4i.2_\\';.,X1j6every1night,1
> Pinky.~5want1to1do4`:_\\1(2\\1\\',-.3Try1to1take1over~10tonight?3.'"`\\1a
> \\eY'1)3the1world!2_,.~21`._"\\`-'1`-/12.-;'2|~23/;-`._.-';\\.8,',"4|~21.
> '/3"'3|1`\\.-'""-/1/6j~19,/1/9i,-"8(2,/2/~16.-'1.f9.'12`"/2/~15/1,,/ffj\\
> 6/10.-"`.'-.'~14/1/_\\`--//)5\\1,--._1.-'_,-';1/~13f2".-"-._;'6`._1_.,-i;
> 1/_;1/~13`.,'3|;1\\10\\`\\_,/-'2\\'~14.'4l1\\1`.8/"\\1_1\\`2j~14f6:1`-'8`
> ._;."/`-'~14|6`.15,Z2\\~14l7j13.'/1-1\\`.~13.j.2.3<12(.'4.\\1\\f`.1|\\,'~
> 12,'1`.2\\1/1\\11`|6\\,'||-:j~10.'2.'\\3Y.2\\___......__\\1._3/`.||~2__..
> _,-"1.-"'"")2/'1,'1_10\\1|2/"-.`j""``---.._~4.'_.-'"5/1.("-'-"":\\8._)|_(
> __.1"'~3;.'9/-'---"".--"'7/,_,^-._1.)~3`:=.__.,itz1`---._.;'11""6""~##;-)

neil@chonsp 0:23:18 ~> cat > 1.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
y/~/\n/,s/\d+/$"x$&/eg,print for qw#~19/`.4/`.~18f3\\2,f2\\~6Gee1Brain,2|
4\\/-`\\2\\6The1same1thing1we1do~3what1do1you4i.2_\\';.,X1j6every1night,1
Pinky.~5want1to1do4`:_\\1(2\\1\\',-.3Try1to1take1over~10tonight?3.'"`\\1a
\\eY'1)3the1world!2_,.~21`._"\\`-'1`-/12.-;'2|~23/;-`._.-';\\.8,',"4|~21.
'/3"'3|1`\\.-'""-/1/6j~19,/1/9i,-"8(2,/2/~16.-'1.f9.'12`"/2/~15/1,,/ffj\\
6/10.-"`.'-.'~14/1/_\\`--//)5\\1,--._1.-'_,-';1/~13f2".-"-._;'6`._1_.,-i;
1/_;1/~13`.,'3|;1\\10\\`\\_,/-'2\\'~14.'4l1\\1`.8/"\\1_1\\`2j~14f6:1`-'8`
_;."/`-'~14|6`.15,Z2\\~14l7j13.'/1-1\\`.~13.j.2.3<12(.'4.\\1\\f`.1|\\,'~
12,'1`.2\\1/1\\11`|6\\,'||-:j~10.'2.'\\3Y.2\\___......__\\1._3/`.||~2__..
_,-"1.-"'"")2/'1,'1_10\\1|2/"-.`j""``---.._~4.'_.-'"5/1.("-'-"":\\8._)|_(
__.1"'~3;.'9/-'---"".--"'7/,_,^-._1.)~3`:=.__.,itz1`---._.;'11""6""~##;-)
neil@chonsp 0:23:29 ~> perl 1.pl | wc
     27     150    1281
neil@chonsp 0:24:39 ~> wc 1.pl
     12      14     830 1.pl
neil@chonsp 0:24:43 ~>

So we get ASCII Art compression from 27 to 12 lines.

Just bad luck for those who do not have an perl interpreter to
decompress it.

And yes, nice Pinky and the Brain picture.


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/
Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer
- Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery

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From: Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove>
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Subject: Re: This is not a question ... call me slow if you like...
Date: 19 Aug 2001 00:28:50 +0200
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