Re: XEMU: ascii map of America wanted,

In article <36F...@mpq.mpg.de>, Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de>
wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> [...]
> > David Wallis drew these:
> >
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> >    }       | }           |      }~ ~~---,                   _/   >
> >   [~}_,..--| {           |      \     /~`-<^;=>          ,~! !\,'
> >   }        }  \ _________|-------}   {     Y ;^~}    ___,! !_!_Y
> >  {        {    ~|        |       !    \    ! [ `^\   )     !--+,\>
> >  }---,____|_____|        |_____  }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
> > (    |      |   |        |     `~\      }   |  | `~|      ((
> > {    |      |   ~~|~~~~~~~|       !----{    |  |  ,'--+----))
> >  ?   `.     |     |       |~~~~~~~~\    \_  | ,'~~\.  /~~\_|}
> >  {     `.   |     |       |         |     \_!~     /`~     \
> >   }__    `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
> >      \     }      |      |~~~|      !     ~!_______/_..._  /
> >       !   {       |      |   |._    ]     /  |  \  `.    `Y
> >        ~~~}       |      |      `^~`^|---{   |   !   `.  /
> >            `-._   | _____|           [   /_  |  _\     Y'
> >                `~~'~ \               }     !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
> >                       \_/~\       ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\   \
> >                            \     /                   {   \
> >                             \   [                     \   !
> >                              `._! DLW96                `._!
> >
> 
> Am I the only one who thinks that the above and the following
> (by Jorn Barger) are somehow "related"?
> 
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>        |      / |   ~~~~~~~|~~~~~| ~~---,                  _/,  >
>       /~-_--__| |          |     \     / ~\~~/          /~| ||,'
>       |       /  \         |------|   {    / /~)     __-  ',|_\,
>      /       |    |~~~~~~~~|      \    \   | | '~\  |_____,|~,-'
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>      |   |  ~~~|~~|        |    ~~\     /  `-' |`~ |~_____{/
>      |   |     |  '---------,      \----|   |  |  ,' ~/~\,|`
>      ',  \     |    |       |~~~~~~~|    \  | ,'~~\  /    |
>       |   \    |    |       |       |     \_-~    /`~___--\
>       ',   \  ,-----|-------+-------'_____/__----~~/      /
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>                   `~'~  \             |  `--,~~~~-~~,  \
>                          \/~\      /~~~`---`         |  \
>                              \    /                   \  |
>                               \  |                     '\'
>                                `~'   Jorn Barger
> 
> I bet that the first picture is some kind of rediddle of
> Jorn's (to increase horizontal size, probably). Is a David Wallis
> out here to prove me wrong?
> 
[snip]
> :)
> Andreas
> 
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Andreas, I lifted those maps from DejaNews. Here is the section:
.............
: [line] Maps of USA  
: Author: David Wallis <wal...@surfplaza.com>
: Date: 1996/07/24
: Forums: rec.arts.ascii, alt.ascii-art
:
:                                                                        
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: 
: I saw the maps Jorn made of the USA, and also a pretty good map that 
: David Issel collected that was labelled with airport codes.
:
: But I wasn't satisfied with those, so I came up with my own: 
: 
:
: No labels:

[snip]

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:           `-._   | _____|           [   /_  |  _\     Y'
:               `~~'~ \               }     !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
:                      \_/~\       ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\   \
:                           \     /                   {   \
:                            \   [                     \   !
:                             `._! DLW96                `._!
:
:
[snip of rest]

I too think they are remarkably like Jorn's but didn't see a reply to
that ancient thread from Jorn saying "hey!! what do you think you're
doing stealing my map?"



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