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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 26 Jun 2004.
Re: One of the fathers of the ASCII code has passed away.

Re: One of the fathers of the ASCII code has passed away.

Balaam's Miracle wrote:

> Balaam's Miracle wrote:
> 
>> Goodbye Bob, and thank you for ASCII...
> 
> Either nobody cares about one of the people that helped creating the
> ASCII  standard (remember, no ASCII standard, no ASCII art!), or i'm
> not getting  all the posts.
> 
> If i am getting all the posts, then i wonder how come that (besides
> the spam) there were only 2 posts in the NG? That sure was a whole
> lot different when i was here on a regular basis...

Maybe it's because no one has a lot to say?

When you go to a funeral... only a couple of people stand up to talk,
the rest generally think and maybe quietly talk among themselves, but
mainly reflect rather than make small talk. At least, that's what I do.

Rowe
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You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP.
You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP.
Telnet over, it's a simple hack.
Port one-nineteen is where it's at.
and you can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP.

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