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dinosaur and request

dinosaur and request

alt.ascii-art · 6 messages · 19 Sep 1999 - 24 Sep 1999
Lauri Kangas <epl...@kolumbus.fBi> ASCII art 19 Sep 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
i've tried everything and found only bugs
in the programs :(

and here's a dinosaur, not by me. anyone recognice?


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--
Lauri Kangas
epl...@kolumbus.fBi
Remove B for reply
-----------------------
"Give hammers to spammers"

Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
> i've tried everything and found only bugs
> in the programs :(
> 

I think the most reliable method is the "plastic bag method". What you
do is you copy the outlines of your picture on a plastic bag or OH film,
tape that to your monitor (yes! really! no kidding! I know it *sounds*
like a tippex-on-the-screen joke but this actually works!) so that it
overlaps your text editor. Then you try to "copy" it by writing text in
the editor.

[You can use some programs, like "html editors" or drawing programs but
be careful, I know at least one person who accidentally hit "save" after
finishing a picture and found that her work had been turned into a
bitmap...]

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Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Lauri Kangas wrote:
> >
> > can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
> > i've tried everything and found only bugs
> > in the programs :(
>...
> I think the most reliable method is the "plastic bag method". What you
> do is you copy the outlines of your picture on a plastic bag or OH
> film, tape that to your monitor (yes! really! no kidding! I know it
> *sounds* like a tippex-on-the-screen joke but this actually works!) so
> that it overlaps your text editor. Then you try to "copy" it by
> writing text in the editor.
>...

I use the `tab method'. That is, I position the text editor window over
the window with the picture in it on the computer screen (most of my
conversions are of pictures in electronic format anyway). Then I use
Command+Tab (if I'm in MacOS) or Alt+Tab (if I'm in Windows or fvwm) to
switch between the windows every few seconds, drawing a few characters
each time.

ttfn
-- 
Matthew `mpt' Thomas
http://critique.net.nz/
ASCII ART FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/faq/

In article <7s2bbg$rtf$1...@news.kolumbus.fi>, Lauri Kangas
<epl...@kolumbus.fBi> writes
>can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
>i've tried everything and found only bugs
>in the programs :(
>
>and here's a dinosaur, not by me. anyone recognice?
>
>
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>                                       ?/$="'"  """^SATAN$~\
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>
I'm sure I recognise this (it's Barney), probably from *years* ago... I
think it came with something like the following:

Take the roman numerals from  BARNEY THE PURPLE DINOSAUR
                                          V  L  DI
changing the U to a V, and changing two other letters to an X and a C --
I can't remember exactly, though it might have been the Y and S...

Then, add them all together (D is 500, C is 100, L is 50, X is 10, V is
5 and I is 1), and you get the number 666  (and the picture above
contains phrases like "Satan is my friend", "I like Satan", "Death to
all kids" -- Barney is EVIL!) :-)
-- 
Philip Taylor
philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk

Charl <cha...@yahoo.com> 22 Sep 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
Hi

Sheesh, that's one corrupted view of old Barney!  I say that 'cause of
all the sentences formed in the lines and stuff.

Bubye
  -Charl

Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
> i've tried everything and found only bugs
> in the programs :(
> 
> and here's a dinosaur, not by me. anyone recognice?
> 
>                                          _oI<LIKE>=vo__
>                                        ?/$="'"  """^SATAN$~\
>                                      .&?/'              `""$$,
>                                    ,/?/'       /-"^\.   .-=~\T,
>                                  ,/?/'        /SATAN|  |<MY- ,??
>                                ./?/'          `\?IS#'  `$?FRIENDi\.
>                               ,*??              `"       ""' `b'\\$$&&\.
>                              ,Td'                             `&:`H' "&7,
> .__
>                  ._.         H||            .                  `*\H,
> `&$$S:7|
>                 |????        M|,         ,--&|\                  `&?b
> ""://'
>        .,o--vo\,PJ'H|,       H|L         ``'"H?b                 ,-`?\
> ,&&'
>       ,P?-""^==:=' ||b       `L9,            `H`&,               |?:!|| ,P&
>       `b?\          9/?       ??H,            |L *b.,'"\          :$:&  H]'
>        `b$\o.        */\.      ??*b.           9.  `\\:(|     .,/$6d'  |\T
>          ``\Z\\       `\7b.    ,To?&b.          \(\:-.-S:-~=-"'',P     MJ'
>             `\?*b       ?&&\.  d\|<_ `\o_       `&&M\:SATAN>\IS,&'    |LT
>               `\?\\      ``\?\^I/HATE@:~:$=v\.    `$k<MY&PAL@%#J'     HJ'
>                 `\?\.       `\b/$KIDS!-?&<?::P\\    `"^-^-?b=Sd'     |\T
>     _o~=~$&$>==v\.??\,         `\d `\$$'9P'I-LOVE=SATAN\/$$~?$\     ,R/
>  /$?~^'"""""`"\\&&< ?b               "`~$P:c: /v==v,#::?<<&:'T|   d$/'
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>               ||M          `=Z\:""                 H|T"            `&H&>v_
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>                ||H  _DEATH~>TO9H|                  `?*\              ?$`#'H
>                 9ALL|1KIDS*  .$/                    `bZ&\       ,o\&KILL&/'
>                  \?$.:?ooo/*""'                       `\$$b_   |\MAIM*:./'
>                   `"""'  `'                              `~?&qDESTROY#/'
> 
> --
> Lauri Kangas
> epl...@kolumbus.fBi
> Remove B for reply
> -----------------------
> "Give hammers to spammers"

Mayfair89 <may...@aol.com> 24 Sep 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
whoever made the dinasaur should be locked up AND medicated

Lets all pray for that tortured soul

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