Re: One of the fathers of the ASCII code has passed away.
From Rowe Rickenbacker <use...@templeofdreams.net>
· alt.ascii-art
· 26 Jun 2004 23:00 · View full thread
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 -- AS! AA? i+ c+++ p+ n s+:- m P+ p++ M-- a18 t+ h-- f-- d- S++ e r- -- 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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