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The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1
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drsquare wrote: > Next week: > > Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely > from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... Pretty funny. But in next week's episode, could you please work something in about Kulkis' denial about running Netscape on Windoze 98? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
drsquare wrote: > > The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > > Note: > Must be viewed with a fixed width font, preferable fixedsys. > If you're not a regular in comp.os.linux.advocacy, then you > probably won't understand any of this. > Line wrapping set to 80, but if the wrapping is wrong, I > apologise. > > .------------------------------------. > .======. | Hello boys and girls! I'm flatfish, '. > }\: : | everyone's favourite c.o.l.a wintroll! \ > } - - - -8| ---| Today, I'm going to be installing | > }/: : | Mandrake Linux 1.0 pre-alpha devlopment | > '======' | edition, and using it to base my entire | > : opinion of Linux on! Sounds fun, eh? | > '---------------------------------------' > > > > .-----------------------------. > .' Ah, here it is. No, wait '. > ___ / a minute, this might be one \ > / \ .======. | of the copies I illegally burned | > | | : :/{ ----| to give to my imaginary friends. | > | O | |8- - - - { | Ah well, I'll give it a go anyway! | > | | : :\{ '-----------------------------------' > \___/ '======' > > .------------------------------------------------. > ______| Now, this does present a dilemma. | > _____________/__ | How to reach the computer from here I wonder... | > | __ / | '-----------------------------------------------' > | }<__8 | _____ > | | _________ /___ /| > |________________| .'_______.'|====| | > | ______________ | || || |====| | > || || || || |--- | | > || || ||_______|| | ooo| | > || || |_________|/| | | > || || /_______\/ |____|/ > > .--------------------------. ________ > | Oh look, there's Erik | (________) > .======. | Funkenbusch. Hi Erik, can | |__ __| > : /| you help me install Linux? | |. \/. | > - - - -8| '--------------------------' | /_ | > : .------------------------. ___ | ## | > '======' | Vot?? Installing ze |/ | .--. | > | Linux? Vait until ze | \____/ > | Kaizer hears about this! | ___|__|___ > '------------------------' / \ > > > .----------------------------. > .' Oh dear, that was no help '. .======. > | at all. I'll have to solve | : :/{ > | this problem myself. They never |----- 8- - - - { > | said installing Linux was so | : :\{ > | much trouble. Windows is much | '======' > | easier to install. I just buy | > | a PC from the shop and its | > | installed! Why can't Linux | > | be as easy? | > '-------------------------------' > > .--------------------------------------------. > ______| Maybe I could nudge the tank towards the | > _____________/__ | computer so I can insert the disk. | > | __ / | '--------------------------------------------' > | }<__8 | _____ > | | _________ /___ /| > |________________| .'_______.'|====| | > | ______________ | || || |====| | > || || || || |--- | | > || || ||_______|| | ooo| | > || || _ |_________|/| | | > || || [_] /_______\/ |____|/ > > .--------------------------. > <nudge> | Just a few more inches... | > ________________ / '--------------------------' > | __ |/ > | }<__8| _____ > | | _________ /___ /| > |________________| .'_______.'|====| | > | ______________ | || || |====| | > || || || || |--- | | > || <nudge> || ||_______|| | ooo| | > || || _ |_________|/| | | > || ||[_] /_______\/ |____|/ > / > / > / > Brick > > .--------. > | Oh fuck. | > /'-._ '--------' > / '-._ / > /____________.____ *fizz* > /'-._ __ '. \ _____ > //'-._'-._}<__8 /| \____ /___ /| > // '-._'-._ /_/ \_.'|====| | > // '-. '/ | ||| |====| | > // //| | \| |--- | | > //||_|*hiss*| | ooo| | > //_|__| __ \/*crackle* > //[_]/_| |__| | |____|/ > <tip> > > ________ > (________) > |__ __| .-----------------------------------------------------. > |. \/. | .' Bwahaha. My attempt to foil ze installation \ > | /_ | | by placing ain brick near ze computer, zereby tipping \ > | ## | | over ze tank and destroying ze computer has succeeded. | > | .--. | | I can hardly contain my joy. | > \____/ '--------------------------------------------------------' > ___|__|___ > / \ > > > Meanwhile: .-----------------. > \ | | | | Help! I'm being | > _ _ \ /\ /\ | electrocuted to / > / \ /\ / \ / '. death! / > / _ \ ____/ \/ \/ \_____ /'-------------' > \ *spark* *crackle*/ > _ _ \ / / __ > / / *fizz* \ Reader's voice: > _ /___ __\ __ .------------------------. > _ / *hiss* \ | Oh look, Flatfish is |____ > / /_____ ____ ___\ \ \ | being fried alive. What | > / \ / \ / '. a shame. .------' > / \/ \/ \ '---------------' > > > The next day: > > .--------------------------------. > | Grrr...Linux is crap, you can't | > |even install it without editing a | | | > | hundred config files and being | | | Reader's voice: > | electrocuted to death. | | \ .------------------------------. > '--------------------------------' | \| Maybe, but this fried flatfish | > \ _|_ | and chips sure is delicious! | > \ | | | '------------------------------' > \ _____________________|~|~| _______ > ___/ __ __ __ {~~~~~~} __\__ > ( __\ \___ \_\/ /_ __/__/ /__/\ / / ) > (___\ \ /__/_/ / \/ /\/ / \ \/_\_\_\/ /____) > /_\_/_\_\/_/_\_\/_\_/__/\_\_____| / > \---------------------------------/ > \ / > \ / > \___________________________/ > > Next week: > > Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely > from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... LOL! That's a keeper! -- http://www.guild.bham.ac.uk/chess-club
In article <vo0...@4ax.com>, drsquare wrote: >The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > >Note: >Must be viewed with a fixed width font, preferable fixedsys. >If you're not a regular in comp.os.linux.advocacy, then you >probably won't understand any of this. >Line wrapping set to 80, but if the wrapping is wrong, I >apologise. Fuckin' *ROFLMAO*!!! I'm saving this one... And I think line wrapping should be at 76 by some RFC or another, but I can't be sure. Looks fine on slrn. Richard
On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 12:54:42 -0400, Donn Miller <dmm...@cvzoom.net> wrote: >drsquare wrote: > >> Next week: >> >> Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely >> from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... > >Pretty funny. But in next week's episode, could you please work >something in about Kulkis' denial about running Netscape on Windoze 98? > Better yet, work in something about drsquare also being a wintroll and dancing in joy upon hearing about the WTC and Pentagon bombings.
In article <vo0...@4ax.com>, drsquare wrote: >The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > >Note: >Must be viewed with a fixed width font, preferable fixedsys. >If you're not a regular in comp.os.linux.advocacy, then you >probably won't understand any of this. >Line wrapping set to 80, but if the wrapping is wrong, I >apologise. > > .------------------------------------. > .======. | Hello boys and girls! I'm flatfish, '. > }\: : | everyone's favourite c.o.l.a wintroll! \ > } - - - -8| ---| Today, I'm going to be installing | > }/: : | Mandrake Linux 1.0 pre-alpha devlopment | > '======' | edition, and using it to base my entire | > : opinion of Linux on! Sounds fun, eh? | > '---------------------------------------' > > > > .-----------------------------. > .' Ah, here it is. No, wait '. > ___ / a minute, this might be one \ > / \ .======. | of the copies I illegally burned | >| | : :/{ ----| to give to my imaginary friends. | >| O | |8- - - - { | Ah well, I'll give it a go anyway! | >| | : :\{ '-----------------------------------' > \___/ '======' > > .------------------------------------------------. > ______| Now, this does present a dilemma. | > _____________/__ | How to reach the computer from here I wonder... | >| __ / | '-----------------------------------------------' >| }<__8 | _____ >| | _________ /___ /| >|________________| .'_______.'|====| | >| ______________ | || || |====| | >|| || || || |--- | | >|| || ||_______|| | ooo| | >|| || |_________|/| | | >|| || /_______\/ |____|/ > > .--------------------------. ________ > | Oh look, there's Erik | (________) >.======. | Funkenbusch. Hi Erik, can | |__ __| > : /| you help me install Linux? | |. \/. | >- - - -8| '--------------------------' | /_ | > : .------------------------. ___ | ## | >'======' | Vot?? Installing ze |/ | .--. | > | Linux? Vait until ze | \____/ > | Kaizer hears about this! | ___|__|___ > '------------------------' / \ > > > .----------------------------. > .' Oh dear, that was no help '. .======. > | at all. I'll have to solve | : :/{ > | this problem myself. They never |----- 8- - - - { > | said installing Linux was so | : :\{ > | much trouble. Windows is much | '======' > | easier to install. I just buy | > | a PC from the shop and its | > | installed! Why can't Linux | > | be as easy? | > '-------------------------------' > > .--------------------------------------------. > ______| Maybe I could nudge the tank towards the | > _____________/__ | computer so I can insert the disk. | > | __ / | '--------------------------------------------' > | }<__8 | _____ > | | _________ /___ /| > |________________| .'_______.'|====| | > | ______________ | || || |====| | > || || || || |--- | | > || || ||_______|| | ooo| | > || || _ |_________|/| | | > || || [_] /_______\/ |____|/ > > > .--------------------------. > <nudge> | Just a few more inches... | > ________________ / '--------------------------' > | __ |/ > | }<__8| _____ > | | _________ /___ /| > |________________| .'_______.'|====| | > | ______________ | || || |====| | > || || || || |--- | | > || <nudge> || ||_______|| | ooo| | > || || _ |_________|/| | | > || ||[_] /_______\/ |____|/ > / > / > / > Brick > > .--------. > | Oh fuck. | > /'-._ '--------' > / '-._ / > /____________.____ *fizz* > /'-._ __ '. \ _____ > //'-._'-._}<__8 /| \____ /___ /| > // '-._'-._ /_/ \_.'|====| | > // '-. '/ | ||| |====| | > // //| | \| |--- | | > //||_|*hiss*| | ooo| | > //_|__| __ \/*crackle* > //[_]/_| |__| | |____|/ > <tip> > > ________ > (________) > |__ __| .-----------------------------------------------------. > |. \/. | .' Bwahaha. My attempt to foil ze installation \ > | /_ | | by placing ain brick near ze computer, zereby tipping \ > | ## | | over ze tank and destroying ze computer has succeeded. | > | .--. | | I can hardly contain my joy. | > \____/ '--------------------------------------------------------' > ___|__|___ > / \ > > > >Meanwhile: .-----------------. > \ | | | | Help! I'm being | > _ _ \ /\ /\ | electrocuted to / > / \ /\ / \ / '. death! / > / _ \ ____/ \/ \/ \_____ /'-------------' > \ *spark* *crackle*/ > _ _ \ / / __ > / / *fizz* \ Reader's voice: > _ /___ __\ __ .------------------------. > _ / *hiss* \ | Oh look, Flatfish is |____ > / /_____ ____ ___\ \ \ | being fried alive. What | > / \ / \ / '. a shame. .------' > / \/ \/ \ '---------------' > > >The next day: > > .--------------------------------. >| Grrr...Linux is crap, you can't | >|even install it without editing a | | | >| hundred config files and being | | | Reader's voice: >| electrocuted to death. | | \ .------------------------------. > '--------------------------------' | \| Maybe, but this fried flatfish | > \ _|_ | and chips sure is delicious! | > \ | | | '------------------------------' > \ _____________________|~|~| _______ > ___/ __ __ __ {~~~~~~} __\__ > ( __\ \___ \_\/ /_ __/__/ /__/\ / / ) > (___\ \ /__/_/ / \/ /\/ / \ \/_\_\_\/ /____) > /_\_/_\_\/_/_\_\/_\_/__/\_\_____| / > \---------------------------------/ > \ / > \ / > \___________________________/ > > >Next week: > >Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely >from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... I'm truly impressed - you have a talent there. -- Mark Kent Take out the ham to mail me.
On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:33:39 +0100, drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > >Note: >Must be viewed with a fixed width font, preferable fixedsys. >If you're not a regular in comp.os.linux.advocacy, then you >probably won't understand any of this. >Line wrapping set to 80, but if the wrapping is wrong, I >apologise. > [snip] > >Next week: > >Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely >from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... Great I can't wait until next week ;)
On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:33:39 +0100, drsquare dashed off:
>The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1
Hey that was good, at last I'm repaid for de-killfiling
DrSquare.
Keep up the humour DrSquare, cause your Debian critisisms
suck giant green Acturian monkey dick thru a straw!
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:33:39 +0100, drsquare dashed off: >The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > > .------------------------------------. > .======. | Hello boys and girls! I'm flatfish, '. > }\: : | everyone's favourite c.o.l.a wintroll! \ > } - - - -8| ---| Today, I'm going to be installing | > }/: : | Mandrake Linux 1.0 pre-alpha devlopment | > '======' | edition, and using it to base my entire | > : opinion of Linux on! Sounds fun, eh? | > '---------------------------------------' > Ok DrSquare, what app did you use to do this excellent ascii art, comeon tell us all about it, even if its Windoze ? -- Kind Regards from Terry My Desktop is powered by GNU/Linux. Free Micro Burner http://w3w.arafuraconnect.com.au/~tp/burn.html ** Registration Number: 103931, http://counter.li.org **
Rolo Tomasi wrote: > On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 12:54:42 -0400, Donn Miller <dmm...@cvzoom.net> > wrote: >>drsquare wrote: >> >>> Next week: >>> >>> Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely >>> from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... >> >>Pretty funny. But in next week's episode, could you please work >>something in about Kulkis' denial about running Netscape on Windoze 98? >> > > Better yet, work in something about drsquare also being a wintroll and > dancing in joy upon hearing about the WTC and Pentagon bombings. And saying stupid/ridiculous things about debian package management. However that post was very funny and well done.
drsquare wrote: > > The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > <snip some very creatve ascii art work> > Next week: > > Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely > from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... > Very funny drsquare. You are quite talented and I certainly enjoyed your work. I look forward to more work like this in the future. By the way, the artwork came across perfectly. -- Since the last power outage 10:43pm up 2 days, 12:36, 1 user, load average: 1.09, 1.14, 1.16 Spammers, feel free to eat these... bob...@sudanmail.com van...@freeze.com adm...@byemails.com abu...@skynetweb.com sup...@skynetweb.com msd...@microsoft.com ric...@eudoramail.com abu...@msn.com
mmn...@mmnnoo.org wrote:
> However that post was very funny and well done.
I especially liked his personification of Erik Funkenbusch -- that was
my favorite part. That, and the electrocution. (Whom do you suppose
this "Kaizer" was? Maybe Bill G.?)
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:33:39 +0100, drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> tried to confuse everyone with this message: >The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 >Next week: > >Our hero Flatfish attempts to install Redhat 1.0 entirely >from source, but Erik Funkenbusch has other ideas... Hey, weekly comics are bad... I just can't wait for the next episode... -- _______________________________________________________________________________ /Grue <grue sobaka mail.ru> |And to auoide tediouse repetition of these \ |Mike Throll comic strip at: |woordes: is equalle to: I will sette as I | |http://grue.freeservers.com |doe often in woorke use, a paire of paralleles,| |Bugsoft Perm at: |or Gemowe lines of one lengthe, thus === , | |http://bugsoft.freeservers.com |bicause noe .2. thynges, can be moare equalle. | | /spoil.zip <---. |_______________________________________________| |Bugsoft Spoiler Space Maker | |Robert Recorde, "The Whetstone of Witte', 1557.| \_______________________________|______________________________________________/
In article <vo0...@4ax.com>, "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: > The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1 > > Note: Must be viewed with a fixed width font, preferable fixedsys. If > you're not a regular in comp.os.linux.advocacy, then you probably won't > understand any of this. Line wrapping set to 80, but if the wrapping is > wrong, I apologise. Ok, that was actually funny. One problem though: the lines were slightly too long and dome of the pictures didn't come out properly :-( -Ed -- You can't go wrong with psycho-rats.) (u98ejr)(@)(ecs.ox)(.ac.uk) /d{def}def/f{/Times findfont s scalefont setfont}d/s{10}d/r{roll}d f 5/m {moveto}d -1 r 230 350 m 0 1 179{1 index show 88 rotate 4 mul 0 rmoveto} for /s 15 d f pop 240 420 m 0 1 3 { 4 2 1 r sub -1 r show } for showpage
drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
>The adventures of Flatfish, Part 1
Does Funkybreath really have a Hitler mustache?
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