Re: Mole ASCII (sort of)

Oh Illustrious Editor Joe,

Good job.  Could you please enlighten us as to how one goes about
performing such a nice transformation?  Specifically, what algorithm are
you using?  How do you decide which new characters should replace certain
original ones?  

George Kontos

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original message:

Ladies and gentlemen, while I do not condone the use of gif converters, 
edit the output they give for the sake of saving our eyes. Observe:
Before editing:
:                             x@*#$$b@r                                   

:                          ME"  " =$ $h.                                  

:                          'Rkx  x: P> M                                  

:                           '*WL*/N)J- 4>                                 
 
:                              $ "     Mk                                 

:                             @ '$    "X$                                 
:                            :>      .eKd>                               
:                           :RL JM  !\>'dB                               
:                         .P '$*" -+.M  d$                               
:                         @L:F   %CW$F  /$                               
:                         "#$8$"""MJ    7@                                

:                           <#   4'''r 4M$>                               

:                          oM   :f"""4  5M>                               

:                         $MR  $RF  .    M$r                              

:                        4R$> 4P    P3    M>                              

:                        dRR  M        :nh$R                              

:                        'R$> M >      4RR$~                              

:                         $Mk 'f  C r  '$M$                               

:                         '$6b  > '8R$H> $~                               

:                          '$4$eJs     4J                                 

:                      :n"CCCL.u@$P    d>                                 

:                            seLe$RR*""                                   


After editing
:                             _.-=-._                                    
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:                          `.  ,       :                                  

:                           `"-.__/    `.                                 
 
:                              /       ::                                 

:                             / .:    .:|                                 
:                            :       .::!.                               
:                           /'| ::  :::'!!                               
:                         .:  :/' .::/  !!                               
:                         :::/   :::'   !!                               
:                         `:"::'''!!    !!                                

:                           /          :!!.                               

:                          /     .-~-:  !!!                               

:                         /:   :'        !!.                              

:                        :::  :'          !!                              

:                        |::  |        :!!!!                              

:                        `::  :        !!!!'                              

:                         |:. `:    .  '!!!                               

:                         `::.  \   `::. !'                               

:                          _.`::.\     ::                                 

:                       .-~_____:~~    :'                                 

:                       ~~~  .-'__..-~'                                   

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