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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Jun 1996.
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alt.ascii-art · 29 messages · 5 Jun 1996 - 16 Jun 1996
Weible <wei...@aol.com> 5 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the rest
of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.

  |   Christopher Weible    ><IXOYE>           /_____________,
-- -- Wei...@aol.com                  <=======| ______________>
  |   The...@msn.com                      \
  |   [Let the wicked fear the hand of God]



  |   Christopher Weible    ><IXOYE>           /________________,
-- -- Wei...@aol.com                  <=======| _________________>
  |   The...@msn.com                      \
  |   [Let the wicked fear the hand of God]

Vic Hoover <to...@Radix.Net> ASCII art 6 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
Weible (wei...@aol.com) wrote:
: Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
: with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the rest
: of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.

*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.

	}:>

--
     +-----------------------+----------------------------------------+
     |     Vic Hoover        |   My new home since the takeover and   |
     |     to...@radix.net     |   fall of TSR/Ameritel.                |
     +-----------------------+----------------------------------------+

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 6 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4p5it1$fs...@news1.radix.net>, to...@Radix.Net (Vic Hoover)
writes:

>Weible (wei...@aol.com) wrote:
>: Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
>: with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the
rest
>: of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.
>
>*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.
>
>	}:>
>
>-

Alright, maybe not everyone else uses monospacing, but enough do to make
it rude to post proportional ascii art without letting people know that it
IS proportional.

BTW- If you look at my (monospaced) sig, you'll see that I'm not just on
AOL.  I've been getting on the internet for five years (longer than AOL
has offered internet access).  Please don't think that just because my
address is at AOL that I'm a newbee.

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

brian odom <bod...@cs.indiana.edu> ASCII art 6 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
to...@Radix.Net (Vic Hoover) writes:

>Weible (wei...@aol.com) wrote:
>: Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
>: with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the rest
>: of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.

>*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.

argh!  there is *1* internet.  can't you guys on aol just change your font?
i'm sure aol has a fixed-space font somewhere.  neighbors?  us?  will wonders
ever cease.  i really can't say too much.

here, have a disk!  i already have a ton of formatted disks.

.----------_----------.
|[]|     ,'_`.     |[]|
|  |   ,'"   "`.   |  |  
|  | ,'|  AOL  |`. |  |
|  |/___\.___./___\|  |
|  |America  Online|  |
|  `---------------'  |
|     ___________     |
|    || ||||||   |    |
 \___||_||||||___|___/

--
brian odom 

wei...@aol.com (Weible) writes:

>BTW- If you look at my (monospaced) sig, you'll see that I'm not just on
>AOL.  I've been getting on the internet for five years (longer than AOL
>has offered internet access).  Please don't think that just because my
>address is at AOL that I'm a newbee.

>               <>         Christopher Weible
> ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
>           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
><>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
>           \\
>             \\              Wei...@aol.com
>               <>         The...@msn.com

aol *and* msn?  wow, your monthly bills must be huge!!
msn is nothing to brag about.
--
brian odom
i guess the next logical step is gnn.com, compuserve.com, prodigy.com,
and ix.netcom.com.   :P

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 7 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4p7tlr$g3...@piano.cs.indiana.edu>, bod...@cs.indiana.edu (brian
odom) writes:

>
>argh!  there is *1* internet.  can't you guys on aol just change your
font?
>i'm sure aol has a fixed-space font somewhere.  neighbors?  us?  will
wonders
>ever cease.  i really can't say too much.
>
>

YES. there is only *1* internet.  But, that's just like there is only *1*
USA.  We are neighbors from different parts.  And, *NO* aol software does
NOT allow the font to be changed. (Just being cheap I guess).  Just
because your prejuduced against aol doesn't mean it's members are stupid!

  |   Christopher Weible    ><IXOYE>           /_____________,
-- -- Wei...@aol.com                  <=======| ______________>
  |   The...@msn.com                      \
  |   [Let the wicked fear the hand of God]

mskirvin <msk...@mcs.net> 7 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
On 6 Jun 1996, Weible wrote:

> >*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.
> 
> BTW- If you look at my (monospaced) sig, you'll see that I'm not just on
> AOL.  I've been getting on the internet for five years (longer than AOL
> has offered internet access).  Please don't think that just because my
> address is at AOL that I'm a newbee.

C. Weible is right.  I've been on the Net for about 8 or 9 years. Such 
line spacing can be jarring and annoying to those of us far-from-newbies.

Did I just say that danged word that used to be associated with 
Volkswagens?  (Sounded like farfignewton.)

MSkirvin

Meph <mep...@connix.com> 7 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
: BTW- If you look at my (monospaced) sig, you'll see that I'm not just on
: AOL.  I've been getting on the internet for five years (longer than AOL
: has offered internet access).  Please don't think that just because my
: address is at AOL that I'm a newbee.

This is too good to pass up...

It's spelled 'newbie.'

-=- Mephistoe       -=- If you see a meaningful, touching quote here...
-=- mep...@connix.com -=-
-=- Hacsoft '96     -=- ...you must be mistaking me for someone else.
OmniQuote2k -=- 11:16.56 -=- Fri,06/07/1996
"I'm funny, you just have to be brain-dead to get my jokes." 

VampLadee <vam...@aol.com> ASCII art 8 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4p5qqs$ed...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, wei...@aol.com (Weible)
writes:

>In article <4p5it1$fs...@news1.radix.net>, to...@Radix.Net (Vic Hoover)
>writes:
>
>>Weible (wei...@aol.com) wrote:
>>: Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
>>: with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the
>rest
>>: of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.
>>
>>*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.
>>
>>	}:>
>>
>>-
>
>Alright, maybe not everyone else uses monospacing, but enough do to make
>it rude to post proportional ascii art without letting people know that
it
>IS proportional.
>
>BTW- If you look at my (monospaced) sig, you'll see that I'm not just on
>AOL.  I've been getting on the internet for five years (longer than AOL
>has offered internet access).  Please don't think that just because my
>address is at AOL that I'm a newbee.
>
>               <>         Christopher Weible
> ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
>           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
><>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
>           \\
>             \\              Wei...@aol.com
>               <>         The...@msn.com
>
>

:::sigh:::  Why would having an AOL address give people the
impression that you are a newbie?  Are you embarrassed by
your AOL address?  I'm well aware of how ISPers feel about
AOL members.  Just a thought...

This group is for ASCII art which stands for American Standard
Code for Information Interchange.  So bascally, artwork should
be kept to that font.  But what font is that?  Courier?  Is that
what text programs use such as Windows Notepad?

In article <4p7tlr$g3...@piano.cs.indiana.edu>, bod...@cs.indiana.edu (brian
odom) writes:

[snippies]
>argh!  there is *1* internet.  can't you guys on aol just change your
font?
>i'm sure aol has a fixed-space font somewhere.  neighbors?  us?  will
wonders
>ever cease.  i really can't say too much.
>
[snippies]
--
>brian odom 

No, I don't believe we guys can change our font, I've looked.  But if
someone knows how, I'd sure like to know.  The only way I can create
ASCII art is to do it in Windows Notepad, copy/paste into a new post. 
It's
really not all that difficult.

Is it all that difficult for ISP programs to change their fonts to view
proportional art?

~The Ladee Vamp ^v^

                 _)           (_
               _)  \         /  (_
             _)   \\\ /\_/\ ///   (_
           _)  _____\\(O_O)//____  (_
            )_        \(oo)       _(
              )_===oOo==|\=oOo===_(
                Vam...@aol.com
                ========| \======
                 Reality|  \is a
                  Crutch(   )for
                 People(     )Who
                  Can't (___)Handle
                   Science Fiction

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 8 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4p9hlc$1b...@comet.connix.com>, mep...@connix.com (Meph) writes:

>This is too good to pass up...
>
>It's spelled 'newbie.'
>
>
Show it to me in a dictionary and I'll change the way I spell it.

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible <wei...@aol.com> ASCII art 8 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4p9sgo$iv...@piano.cs.indiana.edu>, bod...@cs.indiana.edu (brian
odom) writes:

>aol *and* msn?  wow, your monthly bills must be huge!!
>msn is nothing to brag about.

Did I say I was paying for them? :)

I'm a computer salesman, my company expects me to be aware of the
different services.  I hold accounts with msn and aol, others in my
company hold accounts with netcom, sprynet, gnn, and a couple of local
ISPs.  I getting ready to add compuserve and someone else is going to add
prodigy.  This way we have access to all the major services, and can
properly help our clients with the one they choose.  The company pays the
bills.

               <>             W E I B L E
 ><IXOYE>    //          CyberKnight of Arcadia
           //
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

I am on aol- started as a newbie (or newbee or nubee or whatever) last
year.  I draw on windows notepad and copy over to the newsgroup here on
aol.  It looks funky from my end (as all of yours do) but on my notepad
and in windows it looks fine.

Perhaps what you may request is that if someone is from aol, they not draw
their art in 'compose mail' or 'send response'.   They should use notepad
or something else.  Thoughts?  Is it that important anyhow?  I've only
noticed a couple of users who have used the 'odd' spacing of aol.

I am also on Juno--  I wish they had access to newsgroups and I would drop
aol all together!

~Joan  (Spu...@aol.com   and  Spu...@juno.com)

colef <ale...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article: <4pbcoe$pu...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>  vam...@aol.com (VampLadee) writes:
> Path: 
cgfarm.demon.co.uk!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!
EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-f
or-mail

> 
> :::sigh:::  Why would having an AOL address give people the
> impression that you are a newbie?  Are you embarrassed by
> your AOL address?  I'm well aware of how ISPers feel about
> AOL members.  Just a thought...
> 
> This group is for ASCII art which stands for American Standard
> Code for Information Interchange.  So bascally, artwork should
> be kept to that font.  But what font is that?  Courier?  Is that
> what text programs use such as Windows Notepad?
> 

AAaaargh!!! don't you get it? ascii is not a font! it is (as you said) simply the american 
standard code for information interchange, just as bcd is binary coded decimal.... you can use 
any bloody font you like

and btb you should be embarrassed by your aol adress; it makes you look like a newbie because 
everybody except a newbie knows how crap america online is

p.s. ME TOO!!!! ;)


luv--alx 


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                                                         ||












        
                    

                          
                       

Mike Cinpinski <lci...@execpc.com> ASCII art 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
Weible wrote:
> 
> In article <4p7tlr$g3...@piano.cs.indiana.edu>, bod...@cs.indiana.edu (brian
> odom) writes:
> 
> >
> >argh!  there is *1* internet.  can't you guys on aol just change your
> font?
> >i'm sure aol has a fixed-space font somewhere.  neighbors?  us?  will
> wonders
> >ever cease.  i really can't say too much.
> >
> >
> 
> YES. there is only *1* internet.  But, that's just like there is only *1*
> USA.  We are neighbors from different parts.  And, *NO* aol software does
> NOT allow the font to be changed. (Just being cheap I guess).  Just
> because your prejuduced against aol doesn't mean it's members are stupid!
> 

No, its just that their members do stupid things.  Their online conduct 
is atrocious at times.  Might I refer you to a screename MarioSucks who 
runs an extensive "I'm a dickhead!  Hate me!" campaign in the 
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.pit-penguins newsgroup.
-- 
 ..       ..  .  .     .  ......
 F9      $ F  $  $   :P   F     
 F $    J" F  $  $ .$     F     
 F 'k  4F  F  $  $"?k     F"""""
 F  'r P   F  $  $   *L   F     
 F   9$    F  $  $    '$. k.....

Mike Cinpinski
http://www.execpc.com/~lcinpin/mikezone.html
lci...@execpc.com

VampLadee <vam...@aol.com> ASCII art 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4pclvo$61...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, spu...@aol.com
(Spunk1111) writes:

>I am on aol- started as a newbie (or newbee or nubee or whatever) last
>year.  I draw on windows notepad and copy over to the newsgroup here on
>aol.  It looks funky from my end (as all of yours do) but on my notepad
>and in windows it looks fine.
>
>Perhaps what you may request is that if someone is from aol, they not
draw
>their art in 'compose mail' or 'send response'.   They should use notepad
>or something else.  Thoughts?  Is it that important anyhow?  I've only
>noticed a couple of users who have used the 'odd' spacing of aol.
>
>I am also on Juno--  I wish they had access to newsgroups and I would
drop
>aol all together!
>
>~Joan  (Spu...@aol.com   and  Spu...@juno.com)
>
>

I wonder why it is though that AOL uses proportional fonts when most
all ISPs don't.  Just trying to be difficult?  That's exactly the way I
do my ASCII art, too.  In notepad.  All art here has to be copy/pasted
to notepad to view it properly.

Juno?  Me, too!  I like the program, but since installing it, I'm having
conflicts with my WINRPICOM.DRV.  Have you had any problems
since installing?

                 _)           (_
               _)  \         /  (_
             _)   \\\ /\_/\ ///   (_
           _)  _____\\(O_O)//____  (_
            )_        \(oo)       _(
              )_===oOo==|\=oOo===_(
                Vam...@aol.com
                ========| \======
                 Reality|  \is a
                  Crutch(   )for
                 People(     )Who
                  Can't (___)Handle
                   Science Fiction

VampLadee <vam...@aol.com> ASCII art 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <475...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk>, colef
<ale...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk> writes:

>In article: <4pbcoe$pu...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>  vam...@aol.com
(VampLadee)
>writes:
>> Path: 
>
>cgfarm.demon.co.uk!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!usenet2
.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!
>
>EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!news
bf02.news.aol.com!not-f
>or-mail
>
>> 
>> :::sigh:::  Why would having an AOL address give people the
>> impression that you are a newbie?  Are you embarrassed by
>> your AOL address?  I'm well aware of how ISPers feel about
>> AOL members.  Just a thought...
>> 
>> This group is for ASCII art which stands for American Standard
>> Code for Information Interchange.  So bascally, artwork should
>> be kept to that font.  But what font is that?  Courier?  Is that
>> what text programs use such as Windows Notepad?
>> 
>
>AAaaargh!!! don't you get it? ascii is not a font! it is (as you said)
simply
>the american >standard code for information interchange, just as bcd
>is binary coded decimal.... you can use any bloody font you like
>and btb you should be embarrassed by your aol adress; it makes you
>look like a newbie because everybody except a newbie knows how
>crap america online is 

>p.s. ME TOO!!!! ;)
>
>
>luv--alx 

:::sigh, again:::

Yes, dear, I get it as I stated so.  But did =you= know that Courier
=is= a non-proportional font?

I don't know how ISPs work, but not all fonts are non-proportional.
Perchance you can fill me in, eh?  If you change =your= font= to
oh, let's say ARIAL, do you get the same results?  Tell me, please.

I'm always willing to learn something new, usually from an
intelligent mature person, but you'll have to do.  I have nothing to be
embarrassed about and I am not going to argue with you about it.

                _)           (_
               _)  \         /  (_
             _)   \\\ /\_/\ ///   (_
           _)  _____\\(O_O)//____  (_
            )_        \(oo)       _(
              )_===oOo==|\=oOo===_(
                Vam...@aol.com
                Vam...@juno.com
                ========|  \=====
                 Reality|   \is a
                  Crutch(    )for
                 People(      )Who
                  Can't (____)Handle
                   Science Fiction

wei...@aol.com (Weible):
> >It's spelled 'newbie.'
> Show it to me in a dictionary and I'll change the way I spell it.

http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/n/newbie.html

So there.

>                <>         Christopher Weible
>  ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
>            //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
> <>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
>            \\
>              \\              Wei...@aol.com
>                <>         The...@msn.com

http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/w/warlording.html

HTH.

Sven

SweetCdn <swe...@aol.com> ASCII art 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <31B...@execpc.com>, Mike Cinpinski <lci...@execpc.com>
writes:

>  Might I refer you to a screename MarioSucks who 
>runs an extensive "I'm a dickhead!  Hate me!" campaign in the 
>alt.sports.hockey.nhl.pit-penguins newsgroup.

Hey, MarioSucks must be a real dummy. He should post at alt.nintendo.games

   \\\////\\\\////
�   \�{���}�/
�       \ � /    Swe...@aol.com
                  oc:la
                  (no wise cracks re: aol please)

Up until TODAY, AOL did not have a fixed-width font. but with version
3.0, I believe it is possible to format messages with different styles,
including different fonts. (Not that I've checked it out myself...)

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <31B...@execpc.com>, Mike Cinpinski <lci...@execpc.com>
writes:

>No, its just that their members do stupid things.  Their online conduct 
>is atrocious at times.  Might I refer you to a screename....

Do aol members do any more of that kind of thing than other ISPs?  Or is
it just easy to pick on AOL because they're a nationally recognized
provider?

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <4pf80j$2b...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, vam...@aol.com
(VampLadee) writes:

>I wonder why it is though that AOL uses proportional fonts when most
>all ISPs don't.  Just trying to be difficult?  That's exactly the way I
>do my ASCII art, too.  In notepad.  All art here has to be copy/pasted
>to notepad to view it properly.
>
>

I believe it's laziness on the part of their programmers.  Having a
college degree in Programming (not just computer science), I know how easy
it would be for a half-way decent windows programmer to allow a change of
fonts.  For some reason aol has left this out.

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 9 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <slr...@neumann.math.fu-berlin.de>,
guc...@neumann.math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes) writes:

>> >It's spelled 'newbie.'
>> Show it to me in a dictionary and I'll change the way I spell it.
>
>http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/n/newbie.html
>
>

I stand corrected. 'Newbie' it is.

BTW- I found this University of Amsterdam web page to be very well done
and a very good resource.  Goes on my favorites list right away.

http://www.fwi.uva.nl/


               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 10 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <475...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk>, colef
<ale...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk> writes:

>and btb you should be embarrassed by your aol adress; it makes you look
like
>a newbie because 
>everybody except a newbie knows how crap america online is
>
>
Do they have America Online in the U.K.?

How would you know what AOL v3.0 is like? It doesn't go live for a few
more weeks.  I'm running the beta now, and it's GREAT. It has support for
html 3.0 built in, and for links in e-mail (among other things).  If I
ever find my aol address embarrassing, I'll change providers.  I find the
goof-up newbies, and self-rightious blow-hards embarrassing.

BTW- the font used by notepad, dos, unix, lynix, etc. is called 'system'
or 'terminal', and it's been around as long as the computer terminal has
existed. You can't have written words without SOME font.  Most people
think of a system or terminal font when dealing with ascii art. Others,
like AOL, use newer fonts.

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 10 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <148...@tclbbs.com>, nat...@tclbbs.com
(Nathan Shores) writes:

>Up until TODAY, AOL did not have a fixed-width font. but with version
>3.0, I believe it is possible to format messages with different styles,
>including different fonts. (Not that I've checked it out myself...)
>
>

You can change font size and color, but I haven't found a place to change
the typeface used.  BTW - aol v3.0 prints aol messages in arial and usenet
messages in courior(mono).

               <>         Christopher Weible
 ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
           //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
<>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
           \\
             \\              Wei...@aol.com
               <>         The...@msn.com

Weible wrote:
 
 In article <4p9hlc$1b...@comet.connix.com>, mep...@connix.com (Meph) writes:
 
 >This is too good to pass up...
 >
 >It's spelled 'newbie.'
 >
 >
 Show it to me in a dictionary and I'll change the way I spell it.
 
                <>         Christopher Weible
  ><IXOYE>    //  <*Let the wicked fear the hand of God*>
            //        Oceanside #381, Oceanside, CA
 <>(((((((({@}::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::======-
            \\
              \\              Wei...@aol.com
                <>         The...@msn.com

A dictionary is not the diffinitive source for internet spelling, grammar or syntax.

I don't care what service people use just as long as they use internet courtesy (the
Windows suggestion for creating ASCII art was good input).  It's too bad that AOLers
have many newbies that don't know internet ettiquet, but it's also too bad that 'netters
feel that they must flame them so hard.

Gangs are everywhere, even on the internet...

Mike Cinpinski <lci...@execpc.com> ASCII art 12 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
Weible wrote:
> Do they have America Online in the U.K.?That's why it's AMERICA Online! (responding to previous guy not 
"Weible")
> 
> How would you know what AOL v3.0 is like? It doesn't go live for a few
> more weeks.  I'm running the beta now, and it's GREAT. It has support for
> html 3.0 built in, and for links in e-mail (among other things).  If I
> ever find my aol address embarrassing, I'll change providers.

I think most people hate America Online because it is an online service 
and they can be restricting (i.e. censor just about everything).  Plus, 
they are seldom economical.  For unlimited use, it is about $19.95 in 
most areas with Internet.  AOL is $9.95 a month for 5 hrs and I can 
assure you I use close to that everyday.  Summation:  AOL doesn't give 
EVERYONE the "bang for the buck" but others don't mind. 
-- 
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 F $    J" F  $  $ .$     F     
 F 'k  4F  F  $  $"?k     F"""""
 F  'r P   F  $  $   *L   F     
 F   9$    F  $  $    '$. k.....

Mike Cinpinski
http://www.execpc.com/~lcinpin/mikezone.html
lci...@execpc.com

amp <Ada...@iol.ie> ASCII art 12 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
Weible wrote:
> 
> In article <31B...@execpc.com>, Mike Cinpinski <lci...@execpc.com>
> writes:
> 
> >No, its just that their members do stupid things.  Their online conduct
> >is atrocious at times.  Might I refer you to a screename....
> 
> Do aol members do any more of that kind of thing than other ISPs? 

Yes.

                                                                Or is
> it just easy to pick on AOL because they're a nationally recognized
> provider?
> 

Yes


Maybe it's because they tend to start off-topic threads and if not 
start them.. then keep them going.

Try alt.aol-sucks (if aol actually carry it)

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JD <jdu...@ix.netcom.com> ASCII art 12 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
In <4p7tlr$g3...@piano.cs.indiana.edu> bod...@cs.indiana.edu (brian odom) writes: 
>
>to...@Radix.Net (Vic Hoover) writes:
>
>>Weible (wei...@aol.com) wrote:
>>: Please do not post ascii art on the newsgroups, unless you designed it
>>: with a fixed-space font.  AOL don't use a fixed-space font, but the rest
>>: of the internet does.  Let us be kind to our neighbors.
>
>>*boggle*  "the rest of the internet"?  *sigh*  It's hopeless.
>
>argh!  there is *1* internet.  can't you guys on aol just change your font?
>i'm sure aol has a fixed-space font somewhere.  neighbors?  us?  will wonders
>ever cease.  i really can't say too much.

Well, at least they're being civil... compared to many of the AOL bashers out
there...  (myself not having been to kind to AOL either) but you can't blame AOL
users for being ignorant when AOL makes a point of keeping people ignorant... 
Oh well...

>here, have a disk!  i already have a ton of formatted disks.
>
>.----------_----------.
>|[]|     ,'_`.     |[]|
>|  |   ,'"   "`.   |  |  
>|  | ,'|  AOL  |`. |  |
>|  |/___\.___./___\|  |
>|  |America  Online|  |
>|  `---------------'  |
>|     ___________     |
>|    || ||||||   |    |
> \___||_||||||___|___/
>
>--
>brian odom 
>

I like that ascii AOL disk btw  :)
-- 
                 ,,,
                (o-o)
==-=-=-=---.oOO--(_)--OOo.---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-=-=-=-==
                              Jean Dupree
               Spod Extraordinaire & Overall Silly Person
              http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1073/
==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==

Weible <wei...@aol.com> 16 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink
I move we drop the whole tread and get back to what this group is all
about: ascii-art.


  |   Christopher Weible    ><IXOYE>           /_____________,
-- -- Wei...@aol.com                  <=======| ______________>
  |   The...@msn.com                      \
  |   [Let the wicked fear the hand of God]

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