Re: History
From Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
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· 20 Aug 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Colin Douthwaite wrote: > > In several ways the last 2 years have seen some interesting > developments in the history of Ascii Art and the newsgroup > alt.ascii-art. > >... >... >... > > Ascii Art and its newsgroups can only benefit from the input of > talented people like those above who have made significant > contributions. ,. _ |J /J ,') n F |( __J. ,-----------------------------------. | `- ] | `Let us therefore brace ourselves | _> .:;J | to our duties, and so bear our- | | ``"'. | selves that if ASCII art and its | )_' _,' | Usenet groups last for a thousand | ,MMMMMMF ,..___,. | years, men and women will still | MMMMMMM MMMMMMMJ | say, `this was our finest hour'. | JMMMMMME MMMMMMMML `. ,--------------------------------' MMMMMMM[ ,aJhmmmmmmmmMMM. |/ JMMMMMMM[ `"*MMM**H*MMMP*" / MMMMMMMME (,-=ms:mn-J' ' MMMMMMMMMn_ mt-2 :._.'_\:.J YMMMMMMMMMO+n._ `;:`---(.[ "*MMMMMMMMhh++MMMLhn;;::.J. "*MMMMMMMMO+O"*OMMM++-"'.Mhm,. "*MMMMMMMO+++`**MMMP**"'MMMO, "*MMMMMOO+++OOMhMh YM\OOO "MMMMMOO++OO`MhOO\/MMM\+/L |MMMMMOO++OO`MhOO\OMMM\+|| JOMMMMMMOOOO.MMMO+\**OM\|JL FOMMMMMMMOO.'MMMOO+A+OMM|OO, /OOMMMMMMMOO*!MMMMOJ+\+O'|MOL /++OOMMMMMMo |M\MMO/m==|+O|OMM '">++OOOMMMMM/MMM"-"O++oAO+|OMOh -- .._o Matthew Thomas ..://\/ http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/ (Site for sore eyes) ..:_/\ <-- If this looks a mess, change your font to Courier ..:/ Linux. Because life is too short to reboot.
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