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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Mar 2002.
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X-Box

X-Box

alt.ascii-art · 6 messages · 14 Mar 2002 - 18 Mar 2002
Felix Rieger <hue...@web.de> ASCII art 14 Mar 2002 13:54 · permalink · report
Hello!
I'm new here in this NG and to ASCII art, tryed some things myself but
nothing too good... yesterday when I read the nerd boy episodes, I was
inspired and thought I'd have to make my own ASCII art comic strip...
It's not too good, but... sometime is always the first time...
I just remembered that today is the XBOX start in europe, I didnt think
about that yesterday... :)


-Felix




The XBOX




         Hmm... finally got that X-Box...
 _        � I'm really excited...
|_)   :o
 X =  ~/


 _       � It's booting!!
|_}   :o
 X =  ~/
  �
bling!


=== meanwhile in another room ===

                    If I get this fusion reactor working, I'll produce
                   � enough power to generate a black hole...
  ___            :o
 /   \       _, ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\



                    ... or at least to power another microwave;
                   � stupid XBOX, consumes all the power...
  ___            :o    and who has to pay? Me. Argh
 /   \       _, ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\



=== a bit later ===

           Yeah, yeah!!
 _       �
|_}   :o
 X =  ~/
  �
bing, bing, bing...




                    The moment has come where the first at-home fusion
                   � reactor of the world launches...
  ___            :o
 /   \       _, ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\



                    
         click     
  ___        `   :o
 /   \       _. ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\


                      What??? Nothing??
                   �
  ___            :o
 /   \       _. ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\



 blink, blink      huh?    
  `                � 
  ___            :o
 /:-:\       _. ;=|
|_____|~~~~~|  |  /\


 wobble, wobble       wha.. what's that? 
    `               � 
   ___             :o
 ((   ))       _. ;=|
((_____))~~~~~|  |  /\


                     � It... it works!
   ___             :o
 ((   ))       _. ;=|
((_____))~~~~~|  |  /\



[the light goes off]

########################## � That was the fuse - crap.
###################:o##### 
##################;=|#####
####################/\####


=== in the other room ===

###############   hey, what happened? 
##########:o### � My XBOX! Ahhhh!!!
##########~/###


=== after the fuse has been renewed ===
    
                      Three years of work... destroyed...  
                 :o  �
 MM#         _. ;=|
ooP::;/~~~~~|  |  /\




 _       � Ahh.. no damage to my XBOX... 
|_}   :o   Seems to be booting fine...
 X =  ~/
  �
bling!


 _       � Wait... blue? 
|_}   :o    
 X =  ~/


           If something looks blue and is from Microsoft...
 _       �  and loads during startup... it has to be...
|_}   :o
 X =  ~/

          ohh noo...
 _       �  *sigh*
|_}   :o
 X =  ~/


 _       � ... Scandisk. 
|_}   :o
 X =  ~/
  �
Your XBOX was not shut down properly. Scandisk is searching and
correcting bad harddisk sectors... please stand by.

Tom Klaver <tom...@mac.com> 14 Mar 2002 14:35 · permalink · report
<snip>


Whahahahahahhahaha!
That's fun, dude!
Bye, Tom

--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
		--(Felix Rieger said it like only they can.)--
> Hello!
> I'm new here in this NG and to ASCII art, tryed some things myself but
> nothing too good... yesterday when I read the nerd boy episodes, I was
> inspired and thought I'd have to make my own ASCII art comic strip...
> It's not too good, but... sometime is always the first time...
> I just remembered that today is the XBOX start in europe, I didnt think
> about that yesterday... :)
> 
> 
> -Felix

<snip>
> 
>  _       � It's booting!!
>|_}   :o
>  X =  ~/
>   �
> bling!
> 

That was great.  As a non vidit (video idiot) and a non-windows user I
fell out laughing.  If this is your first then you need to start
writting more of them.

<nit pick>
But the  � thing is not ascii.  From the FAQ we
have the following valid chars:


    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
    

So I would go with something like -| instad of  �.



-- 
 --(tty...@faux.local|04:45|/home/faux)-- cat .sig
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
        - Andrew Jackson


Faux_Pseudo schrieb:

> That was great.  As a non vidit (video idiot) and a non-windows user

Yeah, Linux :) Always a better OS...

> I fell out laughing.  If this is your first then you need to start
> writting more of them.

Thanks! I had the idea a looong time ago, and yesterday when I saw these
Nerd Boy episodes, I just thought I'd have to do my own... Normally, I
really cant draw, especially not human beings and such, but... it seems
you have atleast concluded that it should be a human sitting in fron tof
the box :)

> So I would go with something like -| instad of  �.

Oh, sorry, didn't know that... I'll remember the next time :)


-Felix

Tom Klaver <tom...@mac.com> ASCII art 16 Mar 2002 09:53 · permalink · report
Op 15-03-2002 18:24, in het artikel 3C9...@web.de, "Felix Rieger"
<hue...@web.de> schreef:

> 
> 
> Faux_Pseudo schrieb:
> 
>> That was great.  As a non vidit (video idiot) and a non-windows user
> 
> Yeah, Linux :) Always a better OS...

    Mac's better.
> 
>> I fell out laughing.
>> If this is your first then you need to start
>> writting more of them.
> 
> Thanks! I had the idea a looong time ago, and yesterday when I saw these
> Nerd Boy episodes, I just thought I'd have to do my own... Normally, I
> really cant draw, especially not human beings and such, but... it seems
> you have atleast concluded that it should be a human sitting in fron tof
> the box :)
> 
>> So I would go with something like -| instad of  �.
> 
> Oh, sorry, didn't know that... I'll remember the next time :)
> 
> 
> -Felix



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<FONT FACE="Verdana">Op 15-03-2002 18:24, in het artikel 3C9...@web.de, &quot;Felix Rieger&quot; &lt;hue...@web.de&gt; schreef:<BR>
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&gt; <BR>
&gt; Faux_Pseudo schrieb:<BR>
&gt; <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#006600">&gt;&gt; That was great. &nbsp;As a non vidit (video idiot) and a non-windows user<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000098">&gt; <BR>
&gt; Yeah, Linux :) Always a better OS...<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mac's better.<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000098">&gt; <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#006600">&gt;&gt; I fell out laughing.<BR>
</FONT>&gt;&gt;<FONT COLOR="#006600"> If this is your first then you need to start<BR>
&gt;&gt; writting more of them.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000098">&gt; <BR>
&gt; Thanks! I had the idea a looong time ago, and yesterday when I saw these<BR>
&gt; Nerd Boy episodes, I just thought I'd have to do my own... Normally, I<BR>
&gt; really cant draw, especially not human beings and such, but... it seems<BR>
&gt; you have atleast concluded that it should be a human sitting in fron tof<BR>
&gt; the box :)<BR>
&gt; <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#006600">&gt;&gt; So I would go with something like -| instad of &nbsp;&acute;.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000098">&gt; <BR>
&gt; Oh, sorry, didn't know that... I'll remember the next time :)<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; -Felix<BR>
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>     Mac's better.

Well, maybe. But only if you don't post HTML.

Joey

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