Wise-Man of Ascii ;)

In Honour of Colin Douthwaites(?)
regular posts of the FAQ and the tutorial,
as well as the Gallery of ascii artists and
the information about how the newsgroup
got started..... <phew> and much more :)

He seems to me to be our resident Wise-man
of asciii.......

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                         , , )           .-----._  ___
                         <  /)           |     | ||==||
                       _(())\)           |     | /|==||  __
                    .-' (()/  '-.        :_____:/ |"_|/)  /|
                  _/     ()      \    / .-------.  __.'  / |
                 oo)__/   ()  \  |   / '======='  ()    /  |
                 :~    \_  ) _/ _/  /__________________/   |
                 |      |- (--|(,/ |           [___o___]   |
                 |     /   )   \   |   /       [___o___]   /
                 |     |  (     \  |  /        [___o___]  /
                 |     |        (  | /                 | /
                 |     /  .     |  |/      __          |/
                 |     |  :     |        <`,,'>,--,--..-,
            snd  |     |__/_____\         |  / (  ( ) )  \
                .,,.  oo='  oo='          '-'\ ) )     ) )\
         ___.---;  <                         (,_)_)(_,)_/  
        /    \ .-\_/_,__                      |||    |||
     _ _\_\_  \\   __\-'                      ~~     ~~
    ( ) ( )  _/ '-'
    /_/-/_/-'

and if you are not from New Zealand Colin, Ignore the sheep
that crept in to the picture ;)

(Just a little Australia vs New Zealand humour ;)
 

                                                       ____     _____
               _.                                     /  \  _.-'_.-'
            ;=',_   _____________________________     \  _\/   _/
           S" .--` |      Shanaka Dias           |  ___)/   __<
          sS  \__  |      Curtin University      | <'-;:\_  _\
       __.' ( \--> |      Western Australia      |     '; \_\
    _=/    _./-\/  |email:edi...@cc.curtin.edu.au |      >/-,\
   ((\( /-'   -'l  |_____________________________|    ""`  |_\
    ) |/ \\
  snd  \\  \    http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka
        `~ `~         

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