Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 2 Nov 1998.
_ _ _ _ _ _ | | | |___ ___ _ __ ___| |_ / \ _ __ ___| |__ (_)_ _____ | | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __| / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \ | |_| \__ \ __/ | | | __/ |_ / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V / __/ \___/|___/\___|_| |_|\___|\__| /_/ \_\_| \___|_| |_|_| \_/ \___|
ATTN: Joan Stark [Fwd: "We Ain't Afraid o' No Spiders..."]
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 2 Nov 1998
>Message-id: <Pin...@clarion.korrnet.org> >Looks like the _spammers_ are now pirating your ascii art :( >I quess it was inevitable... > >I suppose you're glad they did not include your "jgs" though... > Thanks for noting it.... well, it's not a first, unfortunately... I've seen Elmo travel a lot with a fake posting from the American Cancer Society... hehe... maybe I ought to stick them with a bill for commerical use of my ASCII pics! ;) __ __ .' '.' `. _.-| o | o |-._ .~ `.__.'.__.'^ ~. .~ ^ / \ ^ ~. \-._^ ^| | ^_.-/ `\ `-._ \___/ ^_.-' /' `\_ `--...--' /' `-.._______..-' /\ /\ __/ \__ | |/ /_ .'^ ^ `. .' `__\ .' ^ ^ `.__.'^ .\ \ .' ^ . ^ . ^ .' \/ / / ^ \'.__.' | ^ /| ^ | \ \|^ ^ | `\^ | ^ | `~| ^ | | ^ ^ | \^ / `. ^ .' jgs : ^ ; .-~~~~~~ | ^ ~~~~~~-. / ^ ^ | ^ \ \^ ^ / \ ^ ^ / `~~~~~~~~' `~~~~~~~~~' -joan -- _ _ hehehehe (.)(.) \ / () \ _ \ '--' / _ joan stark spu...@juno.com { '-`""""`-' } `"/ \"` \ / ascii art gallery: _/ /\ \_ http://www.ascii-art.com jgs { / \ } `"` `"`
jeanne <jea...@korrnet.org> wrote: >Looks like the _spammers_ are now pirating your ascii art :( >I quess it was inevitable... >I suppose you're glad they did not include your "jgs" though... >-jeanne Yeah, the spammers are giving us hell right now with crossposted threads titled TIME TRAVEL IS *POSSIBLE* but _without_ pictures so I guess you can expect Ascii pics to be spammed to groups that do _not_ like pictures. Seems to have been the Silly Season right through 1998 so far. It just has to be those giant solar flares? >* > * Giant Solar Flare >88boo * >888888bo */ >88888888b/ /(\\)\-___ .--- -- - - >888888888/\( == = /\\~~~-- -- -{ (O) >888888888-.--.//~~~ ~--- -- - >88888888P\* \ >888888P" \ -Nate- >88P"" * > * >* >* > * Giant Solar Flare >88boo * >888888bo */ >88888888b/ /(\\)\-___ .--- -- - - >888888888/\( == = /\\~~~-- -- -{ (O) >888888888-.--.//~~~ ~--- -- - >88888888P\* \ >888888P" \ -Nate- >88P"" * > * >* Ho Hum,
Related ASCII art in the Gallery
Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:
Make your own ASCII art
Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.
About this thread.
These messages were posted publicly to the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art
in 1998 and are mirrored here unchanged as part of the Historic Archives – only email addresses are masked.
The artwork and text belong to their original authors: if you copy a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit them where you can.
Are you one of the authors? Contact us to get your posts attributed, connected to your artist profile, or removed.
Report this message
Help us keep the archive clean and accurate. Reports are reviewed by a person – nothing is changed automatically.