Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art?

On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 08:00:46 -0000, ann...@oal.com wrote:
>On 2002-03-02 mew...@softhome.net (James Dad) said:
>   >It's very nice, Annie. And Happy Birthday!
>Thank you, 'Dad.'
>
>   >Mine is the 6th. How old will I be? Here's a history/geography
>   >assignment;
>Nah! I don't do school-type assignments on Fridays or Saturdays.
>Besides, it's my birthday.
>   >what month, day and year did the former British colony known as
>   >the Gold Coast become the independent country of Ghana? I was born
>   >the same month, day and year.
>Don't forget British Togoland. My Mom says it was also part of
>that mix in 1957...and my Mom's a smart lady.

I only knew that Ghana and I shared "birthdays" (and your Mom got the year
right--March 6, 1957 is the day) from a random "hit" years ago in reading
the Annuals my folks had bought of the "Encyclopedia Americana". Good for
your Mom!

>   >Second assignment; what do *YOU* think would be good candidates for
>   >a code to indicate "Author Unknown" on a piece of unattributed
>   >ascii-art?
>
>Well, if it's unattributed, I'd just leave it that way. The
>lack of an attribution MEANS it's 'unattributed,' yes?

My main concern is the differentiation between ascii-art where the sig has
been *intentionally* stripped (as I've read about in some recent threads)
and where someone has gotten hold of a piece of ascii-art, would like to
give credit, but doesn't know who to give it to.

Later on, Annie...



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