Re: Was: REQ: Star Shape. Now: Funny off topics...

>>1.  What are the corrent names for these characters? 
>>~ ^ & | {} and #
>
>squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets,
>tic-tac-toe board...    am I right??? :)  

Here I am, leisurely reading alt.ascii-art, and suddenly we're having a pop
quiz!  :)  Since Joan's already taken all the funny answers, I guess I'll have
to give the right ones...  :)  Umm...  I think it goes tilde, caret, ampersand,
pipe, curly brackets (I'm not too sure about that one) and the pound sign.
Where did these things get their names?  I guess "curly brackets" is pretty
straightforward, but what about the others?

>>2.  What control character is designated as the "bell"?
>>(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys)
>
> is it the "any" key?  I'm still looking for that one?  :)

Control-G.  G for gong, I guess?

>>3.  [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called
>>"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called
>>"letters" in both english and foreign languages?
>>(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers)
>
>Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden...  Funny, but isn't there
a "w" >in the name Sweden?  That must make you Svedes!    This must truly
depend on >the foreign language.  Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I
will pass on >this one.

I have absolutely no idea.  I guess I'm not as big a geek as I thought I was.
Yea!  :)


>>And as a special bonus quesiton:  Why is the five-pointed "star"
>>charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard?
>>(no fair looking at the "8" key, either)
>
>And why does it turn out as a 6 pointed star on html but only in larger fonts?

So that the "8" key looks like a snowflake falling on a snowman?  Sorry, I
peeked.  Talk about minimalist ascii art!

Randy

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