Re: Technology evolution and ascii pics

Matthew Thomas wrote:
> In that regard I think we ASCII artists are starting to feel like
> stonemasons, or cobblers, or whatever -- in this era, except on special
> occasions, our craft is becoming obsolete. (Aargh! Heresy! Burn Matthew
> at the stake! ...) As time goes on, all the reasons for ASCII art will
> disappear -- referring to the FAQ here: (1) the universal text format
> will be HTML; (2) the difference in file size between ASCII art and
> pictures will be irrelevant, as sound and video files make even the
> largest GIF trivial in size; and (3) we will be able to copy pictures
> of any sort from one file to another just by dragging the mouse (or
> whatever); so we will only be left with (4) -- `it's fun to do'.
> 
No, I have another reason for using ascii art:" (5) It requires no extra
equipement. To explain, I draw in the traditional way. While I'd love to
draw something up the regular way, scan it, and make my point/serve my
purpose that way, I don't have a scanner. It is very hard to scan
things. So rather than wait months to be able to scan a few select pics,
I can create them anytime with what I got to WP with. It's convient. :)
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