Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 1 Mar 1997.
REQ: Star Shape.
alt.ascii-art
· 31 messages · 1 Mar 1997 - 15 Mar 1997
I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do.
I've been trying that one myself. Took me forever just to draw one on a drawing program. On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Rozberk Omniist wrote: > I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to > look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do. > >
Slight modification. On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Craig Frank wrote: > > > > > MAYBE YOU CAN USE THIS ONE > > I kinda threw it together > > If you can modifiy it and make it work, let me see the new version, > please. > > hope it works for you. > > > /\ > /XX\ > /XXXX\ > /XXXXXX\ > _____________ /XXXXXXXX\______________ > \XXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXXXXXXX/ > \XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXXX/ > \XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX\XXXX/ > \/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\/ > /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\ > /XXXXXXXX/ \XXXXXXXX\ > /XXXXXX/ \XXXXXX\ > /XXXX/ \XXXX\ > /XX/ \XX\ > /X/ \X\ > > > >
One more modification. Sorry, once I start something I kinda get carried away. On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Craig Frank wrote: > Slight modification. > > On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Craig Frank wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > MAYBE YOU CAN USE THIS ONE > > > > I kinda threw it together > > > > If you can modifiy it and make it work, let me see the new version, > > please. > > > > hope it works for you. > > > > > > /\ > > /XX\ > > /XXXX\ > > /XXXXXX\ > > _____________ /XXXXXXXX\______________ > > \XXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXXXXXXX/ > > \XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXXX/ > > \XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX\XXXX/ > > \/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\/ > > /XX\XXXXXXXXXXXX/XX\ > > /XXXXXX\XXXXXX/XXXXXX\ > > /XXXXXXXXXX\/XXXXXXXXXX\ > > /XXXXXXXXX/ \XXXXXXXXX\ > > /XXXXXXX/ \XXXXXXX\ > > /XXXXX/ \XXXXX\ > > /XXX/ \XXX\ > > /X/ \X\ > > > > > >
MAYBE YOU CAN USE THIS ONE
I kinda threw it together
If you can modifiy it and make it work, let me see the new version,
please.
hope it works for you.
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On Sat, 01 Mar 1997 02:41:07 GMT, roz...@terraworld.net (Rozberk Omniist) wrote: >I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to >look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do. Okay, okay. So I get a simple geometric object stuck in my head, and I can't get rid of it until it's right. Sue me. Here's my latest attempt. (still thanks to Craig.) If anyone can make the vertical axis (the one's going "/" & "\") more realistic, I would welcome the input. A / \ / \ / \ | | / \ / \ ________________/___________\________________ '-. | | .-' '-. / \ .-' '-. / \ .-' '-. / \ .-' `+ +' / '-. .-' \ / '-. .-' \ / ':-:' \ | .-' '-. | / .-' '-. \ / .-' '-. \ / .-' '-. \ /-' '-\
Craig Frank wrote: > > I've been trying that one myself. Took me forever just to draw one on a > drawing program. > > On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Rozberk Omniist wrote: > > > I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to > > look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do. > > > > here is mine: * (sorry, I just had to... :D but it does have five points on my screen....) :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
On Thu, 06 Mar 1997 07:46:40 +0100, Veronica Karlsson <e93...@sm.luth.se.nospam> wrote: [in response to a geometrically challenged fool about a five-pointed star...] >here is mine: > >* > >(sorry, I just had to... :D but it does have five points on my >screen....) > >Veronica Nope, couldn't find that key on the keyboard anywhere. All I could find was a six-pointed star key. Next thing you know, someone will say that they have a key for a duodecagon, but couldn't post it, because it only translates into the normal ASCII character range as a bell character. Sorry for being a wise-guy, but I agree. Absurdities exists everywhere. ;] Thanks for the laugh. Goo'day.
Rozberk Omniist (roz...@terraworld.net) writes: > Nope, couldn't find that key on the keyboard anywhere. All I could > find was a six-pointed star key. Next thing you know, someone will > say that they have a key for a duodecagon, but couldn't post it, > because it only translates into the normal ASCII character range as a > bell character. And here's the Mona Lisa: % (Waddya mean it's a percent sign? What font are *you* using?? :) Anyways, to kinda keep this on topic, here's the star that I used in http://www.fiction.org/www/stuff/neptune.txt a while back: /\ __' `__ `-_ _-' .' `. /_-'`-_\ -- Tim Park (ad5...@freenet.carleton.ca) # RANCO Shampoo Rep / OSMC Parapara Rep Member of the #ShAS#: Shampoo Appreciation Society - Our favourite femaline! World Wide Woozle: http://www.fiction.org/www/ -----------------------------
Rozberk Omniist wrote: > > On Thu, 06 Mar 1997 07:46:40 +0100, Veronica Karlsson > <e93...@sm.luth.se.nospam> wrote: > [in response to a geometrically challenged fool about a five-pointed > star...] > > >here is mine: > > > >* > > > >(sorry, I just had to... :D but it does have five points on my > >screen....) > > > >Veronica > > Nope, couldn't find that key on the keyboard anywhere. All I could > find was a six-pointed star key. Next thing you know, someone will > say that they have a key for a duodecagon, but couldn't post it, > because it only translates into the normal ASCII character range as a > bell character. > > Sorry for being a wise-guy, but I agree. Absurdities exists > everywhere. ;] > > Thanks for the laugh. Goo'day. But you`re absolutely right! My key also has six points.... but on the _screen_ the star gets five points.... [who can explain this great mystery? ;D ] -- :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
[in the attempt to keep a good laugh line going...] >> >> >here is mine: >> > >> >* >> > >> >(sorry, I just had to... :D but it does have five points on my >> >screen....) >> >> Nope, couldn't find that key on the keyboard anywhere. All I could >> find was a six-pointed star key. [snip] >> ..., but I agree. Absurdities exists everywhere. ;] [snip,tuck] >But you`re absolutely right! My key also has six points.... but on the >_screen_ the star gets five points.... [who can explain this great >mystery? ;D ] > >-- >:) >Veronica >( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ) And welcome to "Little Know Facts about ASCII"!!! And to win todays ascii-drawing of a million dollars, which contestant can answer these questions.... 1. What are the corrent names for these characters? ~ ^ & | {} and # 2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? (we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) 3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called "Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called "letters" in both english and foreign languages? (hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? (no fair looking at the "8" key, either) Thanks for playing!! Goo'day.
Rozberk Omniist wrote: > > [in the attempt to keep a good laugh line going...] > >> > >> >here is mine: > >> > > >> >* > >> > > >> >(sorry, I just had to... :D but it does have five points on my > >> >screen....) > >> > >> Nope, couldn't find that key on the keyboard anywhere. All I could > >> find was a six-pointed star key. > [snip] > >> ..., but I agree. Absurdities exists everywhere. ;] > [snip,tuck] > >But you`re absolutely right! My key also has six points.... but on the > >_screen_ the star gets five points.... [who can explain this great > >mystery? ;D ] > > > >-- > >:) > >Veronica > >( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ) > > And welcome to "Little Know Facts about ASCII"!!! And to win todays > ascii-drawing of a million dollars, which contestant can answer these > questions.... > > 1. What are the corrent names for these characters? > ~ ^ & | {} and # hmmmm.... let me see...... '~' is called "gnurk" (as in wrinkled up piece of paper, homemade word), '^' is called "tak" ("roof" in English), '|' is called "dumt litet tecken som �r j�tteknepigt att f� r�tt" ("silly little charachter that is very difficult to get right"), '{' and '}' are called "m�svingar" ("seagull wings") and '#' is called "br�dg�rd" (lets see what the word book says..... "timber-yard" or "lumberyard" if you are American) > > 2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? > (we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) ok, lets consult the computer on that one.... Hexadecimal - Character | 00 NUL| 01 SOH| 02 STX| 03 ETX| 04 EOT| 05 ENQ| 06 ACK| 07 BEL| | 08 BS | 09 HT | 0A NL | 0B VT | 0C NP | 0D CR | 0E SO | 0F SI | | 10 DLE| 11 DC1| 12 DC2| 13 DC3| 14 DC4| 15 NAK| 16 SYN| 17 ETB| | 18 CAN| 19 EM | 1A SUB| 1B ESC| 1C FS | 1D GS | 1E RS | 1F US | | 20 SP | 21 ! | 22 " | 23 # | 24 $ | 25 % | 26 & | 27 ' | | 28 ( | 29 ) | 2A * | 2B + | 2C , | 2D - | 2E . | 2F / | | 30 0 | 31 1 | 32 2 | 33 3 | 34 4 | 35 5 | 36 6 | 37 7 | | 38 8 | 39 9 | 3A : | 3B ; | 3C < | 3D = | 3E > | 3F ? | | 40 @ | 41 A | 42 B | 43 C | 44 D | 45 E | 46 F | 47 G | | 48 H | 49 I | 4A J | 4B K | 4C L | 4D M | 4E N | 4F O | | 50 P | 51 Q | 52 R | 53 S | 54 T | 55 U | 56 V | 57 W | | 58 X | 59 Y | 5A Z | 5B [ | 5C \ | 5D ] | 5E ^ | 5F _ | | 60 ` | 61 a | 62 b | 63 c | 64 d | 65 e | 66 f | 67 g | | 68 h | 69 i | 6A j | 6B k | 6C l | 6D m | 6E n | 6F o | | 70 p | 71 q | 72 r | 73 s | 74 t | 75 u | 76 v | 77 w | | 78 x | 79 y | 7A z | 7B { | 7C | | 7D } | 7E ~ | 7F DEL| And the answer is: 07 (hexadecimal, that would be 7 with decimal numbers too since it is less than 10) > > 3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called > "Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called > "letters" in both english and foreign languages? > (hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) I can only compare the Swedish and English alphabet but here are the letters: Swedish: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV XYZ���abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv xyz��� English: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz So if I compare these two I get it to 25 letters in common ('w' is not considered a letter of its own in Swedish, just as an oldfashioned 'v' and it does not have a section of its own in dictionaries...) Can anybody narrow this down furhter? > > And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" > charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? because they were designed by different people? > (no fair looking at the "8" key, either) I've got '8', '(' and '[' on my "8" key :) > > Thanks for playing!! Goo'day. Tell me, how did I do on the test? -- :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > > > 3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called > > "Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called > > "letters" in both english and foreign languages? > > (hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) > > I can only compare the Swedish and English alphabet but here are the > letters: > > Swedish: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV XYZ���abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv xyz��� > English: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > > So if I compare these two I get it to 25 letters in common That is 25+25 if you count 'A' and 'a' as different letters (and 'B' and 'b' and so on....) >('w' is not > considered a letter of its own in Swedish, just as an oldfashioned 'v' > and it does not have a section of its own in dictionaries...) > > Can anybody narrow this down furhter? -- :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------46B2C0631A9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rozberk Omniist wrote: > > I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to > look right. Anyone got a good one? Anysize will do. Hi Rozberk, Since you just wanted a five pointer but didn't say exactly what style, I thought I'd try posting a file I created a while back. I just hope it posts properly, first attempt at an attachment to a post. First original, I'll give it a try, I wish I were as good as some of the ASCII artists in this group, post too. Hope you like it. Regards, LGS (Remove the letters SPAM from my e-mail address to reply) --------------46B2C0631A9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Stars.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Stars.txt" /\ /\ /\ /\ < '' > < .. > < -- > < ~~ > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ Looking up Looking down Sleeping Angry /\ /\ /\ < xx > < ** > < ^^ > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ Drunk Star Starry eyed Blinking /\ /\ /\ /\ <ROCK> < $$ > < TV > < o0 > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ Rock Star! Movie Star! TV Star! oops! /\ /\ /\ < !! > < ?? > < @@> \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ Pissed What? Boy star noticing girl star! /\ /\ < > > <-OO-> \/\/ \/\/ Star in need of nose job! Nearsighted Star /\ /\ < 00 > < 88 > \/\/ \/\/ Big eyes Double vision /\ /\ /\ < @o > < ^^ > < zz > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ Star w/monocle Laughing Lights out etc, etc, etc... /\ /\ /\ < `` > < == > < QQ > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ /\ /\ /\ < ~. > < ## > < && > \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ --------------46B2C0631A9--
>>1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >>~ ^ & | {} and # > >squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, >tic-tac-toe board... am I right??? :) Here I am, leisurely reading alt.ascii-art, and suddenly we're having a pop quiz! :) Since Joan's already taken all the funny answers, I guess I'll have to give the right ones... :) Umm... I think it goes tilde, caret, ampersand, pipe, curly brackets (I'm not too sure about that one) and the pound sign. Where did these things get their names? I guess "curly brackets" is pretty straightforward, but what about the others? >>2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? >>(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) > > is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) Control-G. G for gong, I guess? >>3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called >>"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called >>"letters" in both english and foreign languages? >>(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) > >Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there a "w" >in the name Sweden? That must make you Svedes! This must truly depend on >the foreign language. Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I will pass on >this one. I have absolutely no idea. I guess I'm not as big a geek as I thought I was. Yea! :) >>And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" >>charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? >>(no fair looking at the "8" key, either) > >And why does it turn out as a 6 pointed star on html but only in larger fonts? So that the "8" key looks like a snowflake falling on a snowman? Sorry, I peeked. Talk about minimalist ascii art! Randy -- (v) ran(dy+som) = ran...@ix.netcom.com
>1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >~ ^ & | {} and # squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, tic-tac-toe board... am I right??? :) > >2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? >(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) > >3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called >"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called >"letters" in both english and foreign languages? >(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there a "w" in the name Sweden? That must make you Svedes! This must truly depend on the foreign language. Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I will pass on this one. > >And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" >charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? >(no fair looking at the "8" key, either) And why does it turn out as a 6 pointed star on html but only in larger fonts? -joan -- |\=/| spu...@juno.com _ /6 6\ )) =\_Y_/= |\=/|.-"""-. (( / ^ \ /6 6\ \ \\ /| | |\ =\_Y_/= (_ ;\ \( | | | ) _U//_/-/__/// `"" ""` /jgs\ (( ^^^^^ ` ASCII Art Gallery http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
spu...@aol.com wrote: > > >1. What are the corrent names for these characters? > >~ ^ & | {} and # > > squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, tic-tac-toe board... am I right??? :) ~ tilde > Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there a "w" in the name Sweden? That must make you Svedes! Actually they are svensker from the country Sverige. And I'm a nordmann from the country Norge. Jag �r inta sjuk, jag �r bare svensk... Erik K. Veland (Please remove ".spam.please" before replying) -- .______________________________________________________. | .:' E______.R_____.I____.K_.____. | | __ :'__ ) ____) ) ) / / | | .'`__`-'__``. / ____/ O </ / -< | | :__________.-' /______(__/\___(____(___\___( | | :_________: <:::Wigwam Internet Community:::> | | :_________`-; ID: Erik K. Veland (aka grim) | |jgs`.__.-.__.' Mail: ekv...@online.no | | Wigwam Internet Community: http://home.sol.no/kseide | !______________________________________________________!
Randy Ransom (ran...@ix.netcom.com) wrote -- >>>1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >>>~ ^ & | {} and # >> >>squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, >>tic-tac-toe board... am I right??? :) > >Here I am, leisurely reading alt.ascii-art, and suddenly we're having a pop >quiz! :) Since Joan's already taken all the funny answers... Not quite all; I was going to say -- ~ toupee ^ hat & fat man | thin man { left ___ (naughty, naughty) } right ___ (naughty, naughty) # flyswatter >[small snip -- dski] Umm... I think it goes tilde, caret, ampersand, >pipe, curly brackets (I'm not too sure about that one) and the pound sign. "Tilde" -- good for you. Some people are trying to make that a "swung dash" or approximation sign. Tilde it is. "Caret" I dispute. It was originally called a circumflex, and I haven't seen one that looks like the caret in my dictionary's table of symbols (that one looks like an upside-down capital _V_; it is HUGE). ISO put umlaut, acute accent, and cedilla in 8859-1, but not circumflex or grave, 'cuz ASCII already has those. (Personally, I would use the word "caret" only for a handwritten correction mark.) "Pipe" is the *function* of the vertical bar character on Unix and DOS systems, but not its name. The name is "vertical bar." (ISO 8859-1 character 166 is a "*broken* vertical bar." An ASCII vertical bar -- character 124 -- can be broken or solid.) "Curly brackets" -- The official name might be "braces." "Pound sign" -- Danger! Some systems in the UK display a pound sterling sign where folks in the US see a tic-tac-toe/naughts-and-crosses thingy. Sure, both mean "pound," but there's a big difference between "five pounds sterling" and "five pounds of nails." It might be best to call that the "number sign"; I think it is used throughout the English- speaking world to mean "number" as in "the #1 site for ASCII art." By the way, anyone got an ANSI standard number for "extended ASCII"? Until I see an ANSI or ISO doc that uses that term, I'm convinced there ain't no such animal. Dan Strychalski dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
spu...@aol.com wrote: > > > > >3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called > >"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called > >"letters" in both english and foreign languages? > >(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) > > Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there a > "w" in the name Sweden? Yes - in English.... the Swedish name for Sweden is "Sverige" (no W there) :) > That must make you Svedes! Almost, "Svenskar" is the right word. > This must truly depend on the foreign language. Since I'm foreign language > illiterate, I will pass on this one. yes (and the Swedish language is called "svenska" in Swedish) -- :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
roz...@terraworld.net (Rozberk Omniist) writes: >And welcome to "Little Know Facts about ASCII"!!! And to win todays >ascii-drawing of a million dollars, which contestant can answer these >questions.... yes, i sure could use a million dollars. even in ascii. :) >1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >~ ^ & | {} and # ~ = tilde ^ = caret (or as they say in french, l'accent circonflexe) & = ampersand | = pipe or vertical bar # = pound and a bonus * = star i am beginning to believe it is star over asterisk now. when using a phone, they say "star" (e.g., star 6 9). most automated messages refer to # as pound though). oh, and { } are nicknames "curly" braces, but i think left and right brace would be the official name. ' = apostrophe, but what is ` ? is ` also apostrophe? >2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? >(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) 007, ctrl-G. next question. >3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called >"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called >"letters" in both english and foreign languages? >(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) i don't know the exact number. only 127 are typable i believe. after that, there are e's with accents and o's with umlauts and all kinds of weird stuff. i don't know. if i were to guess, i'd say 21. >And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" >charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? >(no fair looking at the "8" key, either) because it is displayed as a 6 pointed star. at least in america. i don't know what it is in other countries. >Thanks for playing!! Goo'day. interesting question: why was the cent sign omitted as an ascii character? -- brian odom
spu...@aol.com writes: >>1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >>~ ^ & | {} and # >squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, tic-tac-toe board... am I right??? :) almost. i think & is a treble clef. >>2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? >>(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) > is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) oh boy... almost as dumb as the people who think mice are foot pedals or speakers and cd-rom drives are cupholders! >>3. [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called >>"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called >>"letters" in both english and foreign languages? >>(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers) >Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there a "w" in the name Sweden? That must make you Svedes! This must truly depend on the foreign language. Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I will pass on this one. english has taken over the world and the fact is that many countries do not call themselves what we call them. for example, we say Italy, but it's really Italia. and the french say L'Italie. the french say L'Allemande, the germans say Deuschland, and we say Germany. the french even call London, Londres! we say United States, the french say Etats-Unis, and the spanish say Estados-Unidos. not bad for normal everyday dumb american to know this stuff. :) so why is sweden spelled with a 'w' and pronounced with a v (sveden), but sven is spelled with a 'v'?? english is dumb, ain't (sic) it? >>And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" >>charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? >>(no fair looking at the "8" key, either) >And why does it turn out as a 6 pointed star on html but only in larger fonts? huh? i think i need to go take a look at that one. -- brian odom /\\/\ ( ) `-+-' | |<> <>| | bto (i made this one in under 15 seconds!) :P `
brian odom wrote: > >>2. What control character is designated as the "bell"? > >>(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys) > > > is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) > > oh boy... almost as dumb as the people who think mice are foot pedals or > speakers and cd-rom drives are cupholders! Would you recognize humor if it was shoved into your face? Erik -- (Please remove ".spam.please" from my email before replying) .______________________________________________________. | .:' E______.R_____.I____.K_.____. | | __ :'__ ) ____) ) ) / / | | .'`__`-'__``. / ____/ O </ / -< | | :__________.-' /______(__/\___(____(___\___( | | :_________: <:::Wigwam Internet Community:::> | | :_________`-; ID: Erik K. Veland (aka grim) | |jgs`.__.-.__.' Mail: ekv...@online.no | |_N_E_W___U_R_L___!_!_!___N_E_W___U_R_L___!_!_!___N_E_W| | Wigwam Internet Community: http://wigwam.askoyv.no | !______________________________________________________!
El dia Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:51:51 -0600, en Craig Frank <cfr...@sundance.usd.edu> va escriure: >I've been trying that one myself. Took me forever just to draw one on a >drawing program. > >On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Rozberk Omniist wrote: > >> I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to >> look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do. >> >> >
> And as a special bonus quesiton: Why is the five-pointed "star" > charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard? WHAT five-pointed star? An asterisk can have has many or as few points as the font designer wants to give it. Anyway, a six-pointed asterisk is much easier for the person designing the keycaps to draw. Three lines -- zhoop, zhoop, zhoop, done. Besides, before font madness swept the world, NOBODY CARED how many [expletive deleted] points an asterisk had (grumble, grumble, grumble...). Nevertheless, I eagerly await the announcement of the correct answer.... Dan Strychalski dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
On 11 Mar 1997 07:28:44 GMT, dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw wrote: >>>>1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >>>>~ ^ & | {} and # [snip,tuck,...opps!] >"Tilde" -- good for you. Some people are trying to make that a "swung >dash" or approximation sign. Tilde it is. > >"Caret" I dispute. It was originally called a circumflex, and I haven't >seen one that looks like the caret in my dictionary's table of symbols >(that one looks like an upside-down capital _V_; it is HUGE). ISO put >umlaut, acute accent, and cedilla in 8859-1, but not circumflex or grave, >'cuz ASCII already has those. (Personally, I would use the word "caret" >only for a handwritten correction mark.) > >"Pipe" is the *function* of the vertical bar character on Unix and DOS >systems, but not its name. The name is "vertical bar." (ISO 8859-1 >character 166 is a "*broken* vertical bar." An ASCII vertical bar -- >character 124 -- can be broken or solid.) > >"Curly brackets" -- The official name might be "braces." Clearification based on my own expierience (so it's probably wrong): "Curly Brackets" is used when the symbols are used to group items together "horizontally", like parenthesis (is that plural?). "Braces" are used when you group items together "vertically", consisting of more than one line (as in mathematics). >"Pound sign" -- Danger! Some systems in the UK display a pound sterling >sign where folks in the US see a tic-tac-toe/naughts-and-crosses thingy. >Sure, both mean "pound," but there's a big difference between "five >pounds sterling" and "five pounds of nails." It might be best to call >that the "number sign"; I think it is used throughout the English- >speaking world to mean "number" as in "the #1 site for ASCII art." So far the best definitions of the symbols yet. Much hoo-yah to you. I'll be sending Mike jittlov's "Make Big Money" to right away. Oh, as a bonus, how about these characters: ` ' \ / _ *I* think they are "apostrophe","single quotes","back slash","forward slach", and "under-bar". Let see if that is there REAL names. >By the way, anyone got an ANSI standard number for "extended ASCII"? >Until I see an ANSI or ISO doc that uses that term, I'm convinced there >ain't no such animal. > >Dan Strychalski >dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw Oh...Sorry about that. I actually *DO* know whatcha talking about here, but I'm afraid that I don't have the correct codes here. I was HOPING that someone wouldn't catch me on this. Good show. But I was referring to the "Latin I" version of ANSI (although I maybe showing my ignorance and my faulty memory of 5 years ago) which is common and standard lauguage on most of the DOS-based computers in America. This includes those "Extended ASCII" codes; 128-255 and is commonly shown as "Terminal" font on Window-based computers (also in America). I hope I haven't made a complete boob of myself for that. Again, Good show. Thanks for playing. Goo'day.
In article <332...@online.no>, "Erik K. Veland" <ekv...@online.no> writes: >> > is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) >> >> oh boy... almost as dumb as the people who think mice are foot pedals or >> speakers and cd-rom drives are cupholders! > >Would you recognize humor if it was shoved into your face? Oh Erik, my knight in shining armour-- thanks! -joan -- .-. ((`-) \\ \\ joan stark .="""=._)) spu...@juno.com / ., .' /__(,_.-' ` /| ASCII ART GALLERY /_|__ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ | `)) | jgs -"==
brian odom wrote: > > spu...@aol.com writes: > [ 8< ] > > is it the "any" key? I'm still looking for that one? :) > > oh boy... almost as dumb as the people who think mice are foot pedals or > speakers and cd-rom drives are cupholders! > Tust me Brian - she has seen a computer before! :D > >Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden... Funny, but isn't there > a "w" in the name Sweden? That must make you Svedes! This must truly > depend on the foreign language. Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I > will pass on this one. > > english has taken over the world and the fact is that many countries do > not call themselves what we call them. > for example, we say Italy, but it's really Italia. and the french say > L'Italie. "Italien" in Swedish > the french say L'Allemande, the germans say Deuschland, and we > say Germany. "Tyskland" in Swedihs > the french even call London, Londres! we say United States, > the french say Etats-Unis, and the spanish say Estados-Unidos. "USA" in Swedish > > not bad for normal everyday dumb american to know this stuff. :) :) > > so why is sweden spelled with a 'w' and pronounced with a v (sveden), but > sven is spelled with a 'v'?? No, you get this part wrong, (you should have read the reply to that post). Sweden is called "Sweden" in English and "Sverige" in Swedish (and there is no 'w' in "Sverige"...) :D -- :) Veronica ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )
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> > >"Pound sign" -- Danger! Some systems in the UK display a pound sterling > >sign where folks in the US see a tic-tac-toe/naughts-and-crosses thingy. > >Sure, both mean "pound," but there's a big difference between "five > >pounds sterling" and "five pounds of nails." It might be best to call > >that the "number sign"; I think it is used throughout the English- > >speaking world to mean "number" as in "the #1 site for ASCII art." > why not call it the sharp sign(from musical notes)
>>> I have tried and tried but I can't seem to get a five-pointed star to >>> look right. Anyone got a good one? anysize will do. 1 __/\__ 2 `. .' 3 |/\| How's that for a quick doodle? dEN
In article <332...@sm.luth.se.nospam>, e93...@sm.luth.se.nospam says... >Rozberk Omniist wrote: > >> And welcome to "Little Know Facts about ASCII"!!! And to win todays >> ascii-drawing of a million dollars, which contestant can answer these >> questions.... >> >> 1. What are the corrent names for these characters? >> ~ ^ & | {} and # [snip of the answers] >Tell me, how did I do on the test? > 100% !! Here is your trophy. {} /__\ /| |\ (_| VK |_) \ / )( _|__|_ _|______|_ ejm97 |__________| -- ,^ woolly scarf ===%X^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ because it's /\\ " " winter (Again!) ----> // \\ "' "' llizard aka ejm cq5...@torfree.net
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