Re: My first AA - comments please

> > > clo...@easystreet.con (Clover) typed the following > > >
> 
> >
> >                         _-~~/-~~-\   /-~~~-\
> >                      .-/===~~~~~-~~-/-~-\-``\-\
> >                     ,�I/_==~~~~----`-~~-~-`\-\`\.
> >                    ,�I///,'~'~---~-`,~-~-~~\``-\\.
> >                    II'///,'=-/~~~--`'-~~-``\\-`\\\
> >                   ,III''/,'                `.\\`��.
> >                   �I'I'�/  ''                 .����
> >                   �'���/� '                    .��`�
> >                  '�����,' '                     ���.
> >                  ������� '                      ����,
> >                  �'��'��                        `���I
> >                  �����`�  ,:#@;.         ,,@#,   I���
> >                  �������.  """"`'      ,"'' `"  'I��I
> >                 ,��'��`��   .---        .---    'I��� 
> >                 ���������              '        :I��I
> >                 I'�����`�  ;-,_,-;     ;-,_,-;  :II�I`
> >                 I��������   '`'`'`     `'`'`'   :I���`
> >                 I��������             `.        :I�'II
> >                 I�'���`��          ,  �.        :I���I
> >                 I�����'��         .�  �..      ':I��II
> >                 I���:����        /      \.     ':��'�I
> >                'I������''        `@#,.##'.     ::I'��I
> >                �`I���:���.    .__.--__--.__,   ::I���;
> >                'I`��:��:��     `~--____--~'   ''#���I
> >               'III:��::�'�,     ``-,...,-'  .:'##I'�I
> >               'Ii�:�,��`��`,               .,'###���I`
> [snip]
> 
> I'm afraid you are a bit confused over what the definition of ASCII
> is. � is NOT an ASCII character. Many people's newsreaders will not
> recognize it. Please replace all � characters with something else
> (like, Y, for instance.)

Clover - I hate to tell you this, but "|" *is* ascii - it's right down
there at number 124...

> 
> What is an ASCII character?
> 
> Plain and simple, an ASCII character is a character you can see on
> your keyboard, (taken from the alt.ascii-art FAQ):
> 
>     032 [space] 048 0   064 @   080 P   096 `   112 p
>     033 !       049 1   065 A   081 Q   097 a   113 q
>     034 "       050 2   066 B   082 R   098 b   114 r
>     035 #       051 3   067 C   083 S   099 c   115 s
>     036 $       052 4   068 D   084 T   100 d   116 t
>     037 %       053 5   069 E   085 U   101 e   117 u
>     038 &       054 6   070 F   086 V   102 f   118 v
>     039 '       055 7   071 G   087 W   103 g   119 w
>     040 (       056 8   072 H   088 X   104 h   120 x
>     041 )       057 9   073 I   089 Y   105 i   121 y
>     042 *       058 :   074 J   090 Z   106 j   122 z
>     043 +       059 ;   075 K   091 [   107 k   123 {
>     044 ,       060 <   076 L   092 \   108 l   124 |
>     045 -       061 =   077 M   093 ]   109 m   125 }
>     046 .       062 >   078 N   094 ^   110 n   126 ~
>     047 /       063 ?   079 O   095 _   111 o
> 
> Any art that contains anything other than the above characters is
> normally not referred to as ASCII-art.
> 
> If you don't believe me, read the FAQ; I believe Martin just posted it
> recently.
> 
> BTW, the line length was fine in my newsreader.
> Don't know about anyone else, though..
> 
> -- 
>   ,--------.
>  (  Peace.  )
>  (____  ____) 
>       \|                               .----------------.
>        `'.   ,-.                   ___(      Clover      )
>             /  o`.__       ,-.    ;_.--.    Fernchild    )
>           .`    _,--'  .--' o \  /    (                  )
>          /     /        `--.   \      (      clover@     )
>         (     \_           (    \     (   easystreet.com )
>         ;    `--'          / /   \     `-----------------'
>         |    ;    .--.___  `-\    \
>          \    \    >  ._ `---'     )
>           `.  |   '--'  `.        /
>             \ ;           `------'
>            /.^.\
>            '   `


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