Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 May 1998.
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alt.ascii-art
· 5 messages · 5 May 1998 - 7 May 1998
having realized that ascii does not need extensions. in fact, ascii is going too far already! we need a return to the real basics! ^g ^g 0x3a 0x2d 0x29 etc. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 0000000001100000000000000000000011000000000 0000000011000000000000000000000001100000000 0000000011000000000000111111100001100000000 0000000001100000000000111111110011000000000 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 "i once had to write an entire database program using only the letter 'O'" kcabnip ta thuomtrad ude
sgt pinback wrote: > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 > 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 > 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 > 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 > 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 > 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 > 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 > 0000000001100000000000000000000011000000000 > 0000000011000000000000000000000001100000000 > 0000000011000000000000111111100001100000000 > 0000000001100000000000111111110011000000000 > 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 > 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Wow! This is Great! I award binary 10, i.e. decimal 4 Frogsteins! .oo .oo .oo .oo ( -) ( -) ( -) ( -) " " " " " " " " ======================================================== [] . + . [] [] \^|^/ Visit the Gallery of the 'steins! [] [] .oo http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/ [] [] ( -) Frogstein, King of the backyard pond [] [] " " [] ========================================================
Pete Casso wrote: > > sgt pinback wrote: > > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > > 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 > > 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 > > 0000000000000000000010011000010011000000000 > > 0000000000000000000001110000001110000000000 > > 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 > > 0000000000000011100000000000000000000000000 > > 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 > > 0000000001100000000000000000000011000000000 > > 0000000011000000000000000000000001100000000 > > 0000000011000000000000111111100001100000000 > > 0000000001100000000000111111110011000000000 > > 0000000000110000000000000000000110000000000 > > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > > 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 > > 0000000000001100110000000110011000000000000 > > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > > Wow! This is Great! I award binary 10, i.e. decimal 4 Frogsteins! > > .oo .oo .oo .oo > ( -) ( -) ( -) ( -) > " " " " " " " " Not to spoil the fun, but binary 10 = decimal 2 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 1 0 = 2 0 0 1 1 = 3 0 1 0 0 = 4 So... .oo .oo \oo \oo ( -) ( -) ( \-) ( \-) " " " " " \ " \ Ojoshiro... (Or are you counting in your own binary standard?) -- _ _ ------------\ ,---. /------------ ---------. `-./ "\.-' .--------- --------\ . /-------- ------`-.| .-'------ ---/ `/"\ \--- `//_-_\\' .----------(.'---',)----------. | mailto:ojo...@mindless.com | | http://ojoshiro.neroc.nl | | --oO(_)Oo-- | | Ojoshiro fuit hic | "-----------------------------"
Oops, there is a 0 missing, binary 10 =
.oo .oo " " " "
( -) ( -) ( -) ( -)
" " " " `++ `++
\ \
dead Frogsteins
But I wanted to award binary 100 =
.oo .oo .oo .oo
( -) ( -) ( -) ( -)
" " " " " " " "
\ \
resurrected Frogsteins in full glory
Enjoy your full award, sgt pinback!
========================================================
[] . + . []
[] \^|^/ Visit the Gallery of the 'steins! []
[] .oo http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/ []
[] ( -) Frogstein, King of the backyard pond []
[] " " []
========================================================
.----- On Wed, 06 May 1998 04:21:58 GMT, Pete Casso posted: |Wow! This is Great! I award binary 10, i.e. decimal 4 Frogsteins! | | .oo .oo .oo .oo |( -) ( -) ( -) ( -) | " " " " " " " " | '---------------- Nonono Peteystein! Binary 10 is decimal 2!!!! 0 1 10 11 ... etc |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
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