Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 19 May 1999.
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A CLEAR CASE OF TAUNTY-FACE PRIORITY
alt.ascii-art
· 5 messages · 19 May 1999 - 26 May 1999
Gharlane of Eddore <gha...@ccshp1.ccs.csus.edu> heaves: > I was just dumping out a bunch of Ancient Crud on one of our > old removeable disk packs, and noticed something from an > old "News" archive whizzing by that looked familiar, to wit: > > Newsgroups: rec.humor > From: swo...@nl.oracle.com (Sebastiaan Wouterse TMG Uitzendkracht) > Subject: Re: Strange but True Names > Organization: Oracle Europe > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 07:38:04 GMT > |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | \|/ ____ \|/ \|/ ____ \|/ | > | @~/ oO \~@ Don't reject others, @~/ Oo \~@ | > | /_( \__/ )_\ if you don't wont to be rejected. /_( \__/ )_\ | > | \_U__/ \__U_/ | > |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| > Therefore, I specifically yield priority on this particular image to > Sebastiaan Wouterse, unless he says he got it somewhere else! > ( If S.W. did his as a reduced-format version of Mike Jittlov's > much-vaunted and earlier 42-character version, then we have a > clear case of direct derivation and prior publication, leaving > the whole thing firmly on the Wizard's desk! ) Wizard rummages through virtual desk... <rustle-rummage> > My only real originality appears to have been the 3-D effect added to > the "taunty faces" I was thinking I'd invented. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > \|/ __\/ \|/ \|/ _\/_ \|/ \|/ \/__ \|/ \|/\/___ \|/ > @~/ Oo\~@ @~/ Oo \~@ @~/Oo \~@ @~Oo \~@ > /_( \__/)_\ /_( \__/ )_\ /_(\__/ )_\ /_\__/ )_\ > \___U/ \__U_/ \_U__/ \U___/ > > + + >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ( merge the two " + " characters for 3-D effect. (c) GoE, 1997 ) This Wizard affirms: The 3-Dimensional Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Smiley Guy is a true Gharlanean invention! But as for the HHGTTG ASCII figurelle itself...*that* was born a little earlier... 1992-3 -- 4 of the many faces of Bill the Cat (none by me): _ __/| \`O.o' =(_ _)= -- by ? U _ __/| \`O.o' =(_X_)= -- by ? U <------- ____ &&& / \ __ _____, `-- | o \' ` &&/ `| | o },-' \____( )__/ ,' \' \ /~~~~~~|. | .}~~~\ -- by ? ,-----( . | .}--. | . /\___/ `----^,\ \ \_/ |\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/| )=U_ \U/| _)=U_ \U/| _)=U _\U /|_)=U _\U /|_) ./|\'o.O' o./|\'o.O' o./| \'o.O'o./| \'o.O'o. \'o=(___)= \'o=(___)= \'o =(___)=\'o =(___)=\ =(___)U =O'=(___)U =O'=(___) U=O'=(___) U=O'= /|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/ -- Jorn Barger Then, on Dec 13, 1993, at the finale of my "Happy Holidays" flame-rebuttal, I ASCII-grafted Bill to the anon net-Bat: *%\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*<*>*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/%* * X ! X ! X ! X ! ! X ! X ! X ! X * * O O O O O O O O * * * * \|/ , \|/ * * _..-'( _ __/| )`-.._ * * ./'. '||\\. \`O.o' .//||` .`\.. * * ./'.|'.|||||\\|.. =(_ _)= ..|//||||`.`|.`\. * * ./'..|'.||||||||\`````-. ,U. ,-'''''/||( )|||.`|..`\. * * ./'.||'.||||~||||||||||||.V V.|||||||||||||||||.`||.`\. * * /'|||'.||||( >|||||||||||||. .||||||||||||||||||^||.`|||`\ * * '.|||'.|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||( )|.`|||.` * * '.||| |||||||||||/' ``\||`|( )|'||/'' `\||||< ||| |||.` * * |/' \./' `\|/ \||\ /\V/ \|/' ~`\./ `\| * * V V V V `||\\ ` V V V * * ` ` ` ' || \\ _ ' ' ' * * (( \\// * * \\ \/ * * /_\ * * " " * * * ****************************************************************jittlov And added my name, because I made such a nice box around it. NOTE: These all looked a LOT better on my Amiga 2000's Commodore monitor and its monospaced font. So stop flaming me about why it's all scrambled on your PCs. I got email. I got Fame! I got the ASCII Spirit unchained!! I couldn't stop, I tell ya!!! ASCIInspiration ran rampant!!! Evolution of MJ's version of the HHGTTG Smiley Guy, Dec'93 \|/ .-----. \|/ 0-/ . . \-O /_( \_____/ )_\ \ \_-\/ / \__\`\/ \_) \|/ .-----. \|/ Y-/ . . \-Y /=( \_____/ )=\ \ \_ -/ / \__) \/ \__) .+, ____ \|/ Y-/ .. \-Y /_( \__/ )=> \__U_/ \|/ ____ \|/ @'/ -- \~@ <_( \__/ )_> \__U_/ \|/ ____ \|/ @~ / \-@ \_( \__/ )_> \__U_/ \|/ ____ \|/ @~/ ,. \~@ /_( \__/ )_\ ~ \__U_/ ~ --OK, good enough (first used on "BIG.MONEY.NOW!!") For the original BIG.MONEY.NOW! (or the one-day-late April 1st posting...coulda sworn I also posted Xmas93), see Corgi's Wizdex: http://www.sff.net/people/Corgi/wizdex.htp Here it's broken up into 5 parts -- as was its original posting, done when you could insert an invisible control code (^L) that stopped a posting's scroll, until the reader hit the Space bar. Doug Scofield also saved the full version: http://www.mangonet.com/~doog/kruft/big_money.html The critical excerpts: Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov,alt.religion.kibology,alt.ascii-art Subject: BIG.MONEY.FAST! NEW & IMPROVED!! Date: 2 Apr 1994 10:27:33 GMT {and lotsa stuff erased} ______________________________________________ ___._`.*.'_._ _________ Mike Jittlov - Wizard etc . . + * .o o.* `.`. +. Church of the Creative Spirit ' * . ' ' |\^/| `. * . * & alt.fan.mike-jittlov (: May All Your \$/ Good Dreams <Yes, it's a real newsgroup!> and Fine Wishes /_\ Come True:) =================================================== _/ \_ ============ "By the Profit, Sum, and the Wholly Gross -- Hollywood be thy name!" Copyright 1994 by Mike Jittlov \|/ ____ \|/ And to think i could Like THIS really works, uh huh @~/ ,. \~@ be wasting all this Special Thanx to Lirpa Loofs! /_( \__/ )_\ energy on making <fnord><fnord><fnord><fnord> \__U_/ another movie! NOTE: I actually got an email from a lass in Australia, asking why I thanked her. Didn't have the heart to say that her name spelled April Fool backwards. Then again, maybe she was trollin' the wiz ;-) And when the first 3-D sig appeared, in 1994: _-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~ ! Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam ! "Lawn ! !Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg! service!" ! ! Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam ! -Stup ! !Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg! ! ! Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam ! atspragg@ ! !Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg Spragg! ucdavis.edu ! ! Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam ! GO AGS! ! _-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~ I crafted one using a winking HHGTTG + "Bob" + reclining femmes (you need a Lonely Guy imagination to see those) (or mi Amiga 2K): 4242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424 242424242424242424242424FNORD42424242424242424242424242424242424242424242 ___ ___ ___ /_ _\ /_ _\ /_ _\ |/ ~ \| |/ ~ \| |/ ~ \| \|/____\|/ |'-.-`|\|/____\|/ |'-.-`| \|/____\|/|'-.-`| \|/____\|/ M/ .. \J (|e|e|? M/ o- \J (|e|e|? M/ oo \J (|e|e|? M/ .. \J /( \__/ )\ `._^_,'/( \__/ )\ `._^_,' /( \__/ )\`._^_,' /( \__/ )\ ~ \__U_/ ~ \\=// ~ \__U_/ ~ \\=// ~ \__U_/ ~ \\=// ~ \__U_/ ~ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ \& @/ \& @/ \& @/ \& @/ /\S\ /Y/\ /\S\ /Y/\ /\S\ /Y/\ /\S\ /Y/\ 4242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424 242424242424242424242424FNORD42424242424242424242424242424242424242424242 But settled on this, with the Spirit of Showbiz lurking behind: BOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBfNoRdBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`::::! !:::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::! !:::|/ ~ \|`::::|/ ~ \| `::|/ ~ \|' `|/ ~ \|::' |/ ~ \|::::'|/ ~ \|:::! !:::|'-.-`| :::|'-.-`| :|'-.-`| |'-.-`|: |'-.-`|::: |'-.-`|:::! !:: (|e|e|? ::(|e|e|? ' (|e|e|? ` ' (|e|e|? ` (|e|e|?.: (|e|e|? ::! !. `._^_,'' :`._^_,'..' `._^_,'`...'`._^_,' `..`._^_,'. ``._^_,' .! !. \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// .! : U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ : @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \& Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S E$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$E %%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%WiZ Alas, the ASCII Spirit left me sometime in 1996, and flew to embrace the astoundingly prolific & creative *Joan Grace Stark* http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ Now and forever the unquestionable ASCII-Master of the Internet! (...ASCII-Mistress? ASCII-Mastress? Help me out here, JGS! ;-) As for the the HHGTTG Guy -- hey, *I* copied Douglas Adams' book cover art. Everything came from somewhere. "Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism." And then again, some things are just part of the Cosmic Gestalt -- id est, the MASS MIND. Which Gharlane of Eddore certainly is @;-) Re that thot and in honor of today's National Premiere of "Star Wars, The Reverse Engineered Episode Uno", here's another interesting example of artistic co-creation: http://www.wizworld.com/stars/wookylooky.jpg NOTE: that webpage is still in the HTML stage -- it's where I'm selling the poster I drew for "Star Wars" back in 1974, -= Yes! Star Wars memorabilia that PREDATES Star Wars!! =- and the astounding yet marginally True Story of why Some say I'm Darth Vader's father. Check www.wizworld.com/stars/ over the next week, in case I get this behemoth pictorial on net before PR mania wanes and the Lucasfilm Ltd Lawyers call. Oh. One more humble bandwidth-bustin 3D sig: ___________________________________________________________________________ [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] | [] [] [] =========================================================================== * : * : * : * : * : * .' `: .' `. : .' `. : .' `. : .' `. :' `. ike Jittlov Mike.Jittlov Mike Jittlov.Mike Jittlov Mike Jittlov Mike Jittlo The Wizard` The Wizard. The Wizard . The Wizard .The Wizard 'The Wizard * of . * * of * * of * . * of * * of* * . o* \^/Speed . |\^/|Speed |\^/| Speed |\^/| Speed|\^/| Spee|\^/| . Spe|\^/ \V/ and . \V/ and .\V/ and \V/ and \V/. and \V/ . and\V/ /_\Time! . /_\ Time! ./_\ Time! /_\ Time! /_\. Time!/_\ . Time/_\ / \_ . _/ \_ _/ \_ _/.\_ _/ \_ _/ \_ . _/ \ =========================================================================== WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________/-/;'-./' .'--'.-*^^^*'-`:=-.-/'- Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc (: Mmm:@ll Yyur+//"\\Gggd:Dreams mike@wizworld,com (: May.All Your ~\V/~Good.Dreams http://www.wizworld.com /n/ F/n/ W/s/e/ '/ \\C/m/ T/u/;) alt.fan.mike-jittlov and Fine Wishes//_/\\Come True:! ==============================================//=//=========== *{PLEASE RETURN YOUR EYES TO THEIR NORMAL OPERATING POSITION}*
[major snip] > _____________________________/-/;'-./' .'--'.-*^^^*'-`:=-.-/'- > Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc (: Mmm:@ll Yyur+//"\\Gggd:Dreams > mike@wizworld,com (: May.All Your ~\V/~Good.Dreams > http://www.wizworld.com /n/ F/n/ W/s/e/ '/ \\C/m/ T/u/;) > alt.fan.mike-jittlov and Fine Wishes//_/\\Come True:! > ==============================================//=//=========== > *{PLEASE RETURN YOUR EYES TO THEIR NORMAL OPERATING POSITION}* Woahhhh! Mike's got his own newsgroup. If *I* was joan I'd be green jealous. / / ) ( /( (\___/) )\ ( #) \ (..)| ( # ||___c\ > '__|| ||**** ),_/ **'| .__ |'* ___| |___*'| \_\ |' ( ~ ,)'| (( |' /(. ' .)\ | \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________ / '-, \ / ,-' \ / (// \\) b'ger >;D joris
joris bellenger wrote: > [major snip] > > > _____________________________/-/;'-./' .'--'.-*^^^*'-`:=-.-/'- > > Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc (: Mmm:@ll Yyur+//"\\Gggd:Dreams > > mike@wizworld,com (: May.All Your ~\V/~Good.Dreams > > http://www.wizworld.com /n/ F/n/ W/s/e/ '/ \\C/m/ T/u/;) > > alt.fan.mike-jittlov and Fine Wishes//_/\\Come True:! > > ==============================================//=//=========== > > *{PLEASE RETURN YOUR EYES TO THEIR NORMAL OPERATING POSITION}* > > Woahhhh! Mike's got his own newsgroup. > If *I* was joan I'd be green jealous. > / > / > ) ( > /( (\___/) )\ > ( #) \ (..)| ( # > ||___c\ > '__|| > ||**** ),_/ **'| > .__ |'* ___| |___*'| > \_\ |' ( ~ ,)'| > (( |' /(. ' .)\ | > \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________ > / '-, \ / ,-' \ > / (// \\) b'ger > > >;D > joris Damn, I can't believe I sent that to all those newsgroups. Gotta be more carefull.
>Message-id: <374...@xs4all.nl> > Woahhhh! Mike's got his own newsgroup. > If *I* was joan I'd be green jealous. > / > / > ) ( > /( (\___/) )\ > ( #) \ (..)| ( # > ||___c\ > '__|| > ||**** ),_/ **'| > .__ |'* ___| |___*'| > \_\ |' ( ~ ,)'| > (( |' /(. ' .)\ | > \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________ > / '-, \ / ,-' \ > / (// \\) b'ger > heehee.. maybe when I'm a big Hollywood producer too... -joan -- /\\ //\ | \\ // | -= it's a bad hare day =- \ \\ // / \ \\ // / joan stark \ '""' / <spu...@juno.com> /__ __\ (##/==\##) ASCII ART GALLERY / \/ \ <http://www.ascii-art.com> =\ __ /= jgs '-.__.-'
Spunk1111 wrote: > >Message-id: <374...@xs4all.nl> > > > Woahhhh! Mike's got his own newsgroup. > > If *I* was joan I'd be green jealous. > > / > > / > > ) ( > > /( (\___/) )\ > > ( #) \ (..)| ( # > > ||___c\ > '__|| > > ||**** ),_/ **'| > > .__ |'* ___| |___*'| > > \_\ |' ( ~ ,)'| > > (( |' /(. ' .)\ | > > \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________ > > / '-, \ / ,-' \ > > / (// \\) b'ger > > > > heehee.. maybe when I'm a big Hollywood > producer too... Oooh...I've always wanted to be a James Bond girl. / ,,,. _____________ # , , | '\\\\\\ C` \ | ' ____|_ ) = | + '||:::::: ___/ /\__\ | '||_____| / / ~ \ \ \'_______|_____| / )/_)_/_) \ ___/____|___\___ __( '-. ___(__ \___| _ ' <<<:| / '-) \__ _|_________'___o_o| / \\'__)---.___) b'ger\ (________________________________________) )_(| '----/ /\ \ |)_( | || || | /||`. \ || | | |) || )/ || ) \ (| | | | () ,'/ () 7\ \ | | |_| / / '-` |_| (_) \/ (_)
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