Re: [GG] (was: Re: Damn google groups)

On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:41:29 -0700, Kjell Arne Steinsvik wrote:

> Den Sat, 10 Aug 2002 01:52:17 +0200 tastet "Jake Patterson"
> <jpa...@gnu.uvm.edu> f�lende:
> 
>> Daniel 'Dr.Jekyll' Jackel <dan...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> but they are OT in this group, and suck after a while,
>> 
>> I disagree.  It is art, and the materials used are ASCII code,
>> therefore it is ASCII art even of some people don't like it.  Of course
>> most of it sucks, but that is true of conventional ASCII art as well,
>> and for that matter, it is true of any other kind of art.
> 
> I have to disagree with you here ;)
> Sure it is ASCII characters being used, but the characters alone are
> just a bunch of letters making no sense. You need Google to colour the
> characters to bring out the picture. And since when is colours
> considered ASCII? This looks more like ANSI art than ASCII art if you
> ask me. True ASCII art can be seen without Google.

I think it's very simple. It's HTML art.

In conventional HTML art, you add color and font tags to the page;
with Google Groups, Google adds it for you - but the result is the
same, an HTML page that you need a browser to view. Google is just
a novel method of producing such art.

And the FAQ says that HTML art is off-topic...

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