Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?

 I was shortly before skipping this whole thread, when I suddlenly read
this:

llizard <lli...@TAKEOUTTHEGARBAGEyahoo.com> wrote:
> If there are people who will be pushed away by that, they are too thin
> skinned.

 Thats the main problem with the usenet _at all_, not just with aaa. You
have this proplem _everywhere_. When it comes to the nettiquette, some
people start getting narrowminded and say things like "Hey, usenet is
free - so why should I stick to any rules?!?"...  And somehow that
people are getting more, it seems to me.

> But I must disagree with you on another point. It isn't the smallest,
> neatest chart. Gerfried Fuchs (Alf) has an even neater, smaller chart
> that cleverly shows the hex numbers:

 I feel very pleased that you kept that chart 8-) And even more that you
like it. It showes me that I didn't do it for nothing... One thing - I
can't quite remember, but wasn't I told to stick to alf as tag for Alf
was someone else? Just curious, I can't quite remember myself *blushes*

> Here is a suggested alteration; I hope that Alf doesn't mind that I have
> signed his name to his chart that I have altered slightly.

 As mentioned above - I feel pleased :)  And so I don't mind at all.
Only, if you don't mind that I'll be using your version in the future ;)


    ASCII Character Table   The numbers show you the hex-code of
    =====================   the characters (e.g. the letter 'C' has
       xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     the code 43).
   `.  0123456789ABCDEF
     `,----------------.    Only the characters that you can find
   2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|.   in this box are called ASCII, you
   3x |0123456789:;<=>?||   shouldn't use any other.
   4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO||
   5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_||   Also you should see this as a box.
   6x |`abcdefghijklmno||   If you don't then you have to change
   7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ ||   to a fixed-width font (e.g. COURIER).
      `----------------'|
       `----------------'   Use only these characters and you will
                   [alf]    have more fun in news:alt.ascii-art

 Well, I've changed it again, so it's even again a little bit smaller ;)

 And one thing - I will in a short while be able to contribute here a
little more often once I've managed to install a small newsserver on my
new notebook *giggles*

 Have fun in the y2k!! And _no_, it's _not_ the new millenium, take a
close look at yesterdays userfriendly comic:
<http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/00jan/20000104.html>
-- 
Gerfried Fuchs
<URL:mailto:alf...@innocent.com>
<URL:http://alfie.ist.org/alfie/>