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WARNING: Control Codes

WARNING: Control Codes

alt.ascii-art · 182 messages · 8 Jan 1996 - 9 Nov 1998
===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Skot Fred <sko...@sprynet.com> ASCII art 30 Apr 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
HTML color codes would be fine, but the post is refering to the ESCAPE 
sequences and/or ANSI codes that are normally used to produce colors.

The BossTone wrote:
> 
> why does this sound like a crock of shit? you can post other HTML'ed
> items, why not color codes? You better explain...
> 
> Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> >
> > ===================================================================
> >
> >                                WARNING
> >
> > ====================================================================
> >
> > PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
> > ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> >
> > It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

-- 
Dean "Scott" Fredrickson      ,    ,
a.k.a. Skot Fred             ("\''/").___..--''"`-._
                             `9_ 9  )   `-.  (     ).`-.__.`)
sko...@sprynet.com         (_Y_.)'  ._   )  `._ `. ``-..-' 
fre...@dpg.devry.edu     _..`--'_..-_/  /--'_.' .'         
                          (il).-''  ((i).'  ((!.-'           

http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/skotfred/

why does this sound like a crock of shit? you can post other HTML'ed 
items, why not color codes? You better explain...

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> 
> ===================================================================
> 
>                                WARNING
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
> ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> 
> It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
> 
> If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
> 
> Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
> avoided entirely.
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
> and titles.
> 
>      The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
>      Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
>      things and can even cause a system to crash.
> 
> This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> 
> ====================================================================

The BossTone (rcb...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu) wrote:

>why does this sound like a crock of shit? you can post other HTML'ed 
>items, why not color codes? You better explain...

Dunno what your point is about posting HTML items. Do they actually
contain any control codes or machine code ?

Why do you think we have UUencode/UUdecode on the Net ?

About 6 months ago we had a spate of readers in alt.ascii-art
screaming for people to please turn the color off in their postings
of ascii art. The color codes were creating mayhem and the same applies
to Escape Codes used in ascii animations.

Tell you what...I do not go to the trouble of regular postings
of warning messages for enjoyment...they take time and are a
tedious chore.

Also...may I suggest you grab a copy of the Ascii Art FAQ and read
it thoroughly...it will tell you about uuencode/decode and lots
of other useful things.

Bye,


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

In article <4mai7i$75...@orm.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite
<cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes
>>why does this sound like a crock of shit? you can post other HTML'ed 
>>items, why not color codes? You better explain...
>
>Dunno what your point is about posting HTML items. Do they actually
>contain any control codes or machine code ?

Duh -- no.  The whole point of HTML is that every piece
of formatting, and every nonstandard character, in the display
produced is described in source text which is 100% bog
standard ascii.

                      
--Regards,                          
  X E M U

Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine (dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>In article <4mai7i$75...@orm.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite
><cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes
>>>why does this sound like a crock of shit? you can post other HTML'ed 
>>>items, why not color codes? You better explain...
>>
>>Dunno what your point is about posting HTML items. Do they actually
>>contain any control codes or machine code ?

>Duh -- no.  The whole point of HTML is that every piece
>of formatting, and every nonstandard character, in the display
>produced is described in source text which is 100% bog
>standard ascii.


HTML is Bog standard ascii ?  Great...no problems. 

Sorry I have ignored HTML and all its wonders. One day I shall 
perhaps explore its joys and delights.  :-) 

So...the moral of all this is stick to Bog Standard Ascii and we 
will have no screams on alt.ascii-art like:

      " Please turn off the colour (color) ! "

and  

      " Please uuencode ascii animations before posting. "

Bye,


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes:
>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

  Isn't that a deficiency in the -receiving- ends software?  I mean 
really, if they can't handle plain old ansi codes, they're running a 
dinosaur, eh?  


Roscinante (ros...@fbn.globalent.net) writes:
> cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes:
>>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
> 
>   Isn't that a deficiency in the -receiving- ends software?  I mean 
> really, if they can't handle plain old ansi codes, they're running a 
> dinosaur, eh?  

No. What you have to remember is that there are hundreds of different
types of computers hooked up to the Internet. Some are PCs (DOS, Windows,
OS2), some Macintoshes, many many Unix boxes, VMS, VM/CMS, Honeywell, HP -
any type of computer or operating system you can think of, there's
probably somebody out there connected to it. Each operating system
interprets the control codes a little differently. Just take the problems
with French accents (the ISO standards, the DOS code pages, etc.) and the
incompatibilities, and multiply that a thousandfold. Heck, the IBM
mainframes use EBCDIC, not ASCII, so a conversion table is necessary to
hook them up to everybody else.

ASCII is the lowest common denominator that everybody understands. Once
you get into the control codes, the possible interpretations multiply,
creaitng a nightmare of (non-)standards.

--
#####    |\^/|     Colin R. Leech     ag414 or crl...@freenet.carleton.ca
##### _|\|   |/|_  Civil engineer by training, transport planner by choice.
##### >         <  Opinions are my own. Consider them shareware if you want.
#####  >_./|\._<   "If you can't return a favour, pass it on." - A.L. Brown


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Vapor <obs...@unknown.origin> ASCII art 8 Jul 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
On 4 Jul 1996 19:10:35 GMT, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) wrote:

>
>===================================================================
>
>                               WARNING
>
>====================================================================
>
>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
>ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
>
>If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
>
>Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
>avoided entirely.  
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
>and titles.  
>
>
>     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
>     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
>     things and can even cause a system to crash.  
>
>
>This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
>to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 
>
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>

Ok, so how listing what these control codes are so that
I'll be able to avoid posting any
                                              
                 \=/,        ____    _________ ________ _______ ________
                |  @___oo   ( __ |  / /___    |___  __ \__  __ \___  __ \ 
      /\  /\   / (___,,,}_--= __ | / / __  /| |__  /_/ /_  / / /__  /_/ /
     ) /^\) ^\/ _)        =__ __ |/ /  _  ___ |_  ____/ / /_/ / _  _, _/
     )   /^\/   _)          ( _____/   /_/  |_|/_/      \____/  /_/ |_| 
     )   _ /  / _)                            
 /\  )/\/ ||  | )_)                ________________________________                                   
\  /      |(,,) )__)              /                                \
 ||      /    \)___)\            | Hey! This id be a great place    |                   
 | \____(      )___) )___        |  to put my real address an stuff |                                             
  \______(_______;;; __;;;        \________________________________/ 
             
             
           
  


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Vapor <obs...@unknown.origin> ASCII art 9 Jul 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
On 9 Jul 1996 16:57:01 GMT, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) wrote:

>
>===================================================================
>
>                               WARNING
>
>====================================================================
>
>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
>ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
>
>If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
>
>Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
>avoided entirely.  
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
>and titles.  
>
>
>     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
>     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
>     things and can even cause a system to crash.  
>
>
>This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
>to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 
>
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>

                                              
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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 12 Jul 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> 
> ===================================================================
> 
>                                WARNING
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
> ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> 
> It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
> 
> If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
> 
> Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
> avoided entirely.
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
> and titles.
> 
>      The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
>      Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
>      things and can even cause a system to crash.
> 
> This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> 
> ====================================================================





                Gosh! If only I knew what a Control Code is.
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===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> 
> ===================================================================
> 
>                                WARNING
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
> ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> 
> It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
> 
> If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
> 
> Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
> avoided entirely.
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
> and titles.
> 
>      The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
>      Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
>      things and can even cause a system to crash.
> 
> This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> 
> ====================================================================


... How so?  Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and 
newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just 
be interpreted as gibberish?  How could posting something on a newsgroup 
cause someone's system to crash?  

If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right 
"codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently.

Are there any system administrators out there who could shed some light 
on this?


<Mark Walters>
--

In message <31F...@Grci.com>
        "Mark A. Walters" <MWa...@Grci.com> writes: 

> ... How so?  Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and 
> newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just 
> be interpreted as gibberish?  How could posting something on a newsgroup 
> cause someone's system to crash?  

The control codes are 0-31 and 127 so you don't need extended (8-bit) 
ASCII to have them (i.e. extended ASCII adds the chars 128-255).

> If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right 
> "codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently.

Duuno about systems crashing but my newsreader sometimes comes up 
with a bright yellow screen which I *think* *might* be a result of 
control codes confusing it. 

> Are there any system administrators out there who could shed some light 
> on this?

Oh, I'm not a system administrator, maybe I shouldn't have replied!?!!?!?!.


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===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

From: Per Edman (2:200/213.42)

In a message of 30 Jul 96; MWa...@Grci.com  wrote: 
 M> ... How so?  Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and
 M> newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just
 M> be interpreted as gibberish?  How could posting something on a newsgroup
 M> cause someone's system to crash? 

A control code is more than just 8bit-ascii; it's a string of them making a sequence that is caught by some systems, hanging them up sometimes. 

 M> If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right
 M> "codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently.

You're forgetting there's such a thing as Windows-computers on our dear ArpaNet these days... *sigh*


   / Poeten
... If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer,
    try multiplying with the page number.
--- JetMail 0.99beta21
 * Origin: Point of the Poet - FidoNet (2:200/213.42)


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to 
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  

====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

} Extended Character Set:
} ----------------------
} 
} The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
} Art are:  
}                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
} 
} The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
} Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
} posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

I post often using the acute accent mark (which is among the extended
character set) as my apostrophe/quote character (I use the grave accent,
which is under 127, for the other quote). Also, I've seen many people with
accented letters in their names post using the accents (Such as Mar�a).
I've also seen use of the bullet character �, and others. 

I've never seen any problems caused by this, except sometimes the chars get
mistranslated, coming out as little boxes or other odd characters (I once
had all my acutes turn into Yen symbols).

       Jeremy J. Olson <ols...@ici.net>
 o o   http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/olson/olson.html
  U
 /v\   Macintosh Regit!

kat...@netcom.com 22 Dec 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) wrote:

: ===================================================================
:                                WARNING
: ====================================================================

: Control Codes:
: -------------
: PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
: to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
: It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
: If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
: Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
: avoided entirely.  


: Extended Character Set:
: ----------------------
: The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
: Art are:  
:                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
: The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
: Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
: posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  
: ====================================================================
: Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
: and titles.  
:      The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
:      Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
:      things and can even cause a system to crash.  
: This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
: to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 
: ====================================================================

I have been trying for a long time to find this.. but can someone point 
me  to the right direction where I can get these color control codes?
or maybe email it to me? thanks


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 1 Mar 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <5dd84k$on...@orm.southern.co.nz>, cfb...@southern.co.nz says...
>===================================================================
>                               WARNING
>====================================================================
>Control Codes:
>-------------
>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

Is it safe to post html (java script) code? I have now finished the animation 
of some tango dancers dancing to a small band.

Here,as a preview, is one frame:

        ~o O__.                         O        ~~O /    )>==O
          \-+-'                       =\\^^^//:   <|@@-=    \/
         /%\|\                         =\\///:     |\       /|
ejm97    /|/ |                          |    \    / |       \ \



NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent";
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In article <331...@lagoon.idirect.com>, llizard
<cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> writes
>>Control Codes:
>>-------------
>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>Is it safe to post html (java script) code?

Yes.  The reference is to posting character codes
other than  the  printable ones 32 to 128,
especially the control codes below 32,
as they can give news-servers indigestion.
If it has nonprintable bytes in, then UUencode it.
HTNL gives no problems as it's plain ascii.

Some people also moan about uuencodes or html
being a nuissance in text discusions --- but I reckon
short chunks of Java are perfectly relevant here.

-- 
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  (@ (@       I can feel the breeze from here."  GROUCHO MARX
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  #####  |    Dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk   quote collection---cfbd
  ~\_====+    www.xemu.demon.co.uk/   picture---Ian Broverman
            

llizard (cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca) wrote:
>In article <5dd84k$on...@orm.southern.co.nz>, cfb...@southern.co.nz says...
>>===================================================================
>>                               WARNING
>>====================================================================
>>Control Codes:
>>-------------
>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>Is it safe to post html (java script) code? I have now finished the animation 
>of some tango dancers dancing to a small band.
>
>Here,as a preview, is one frame:
>
>        ~o O__.                         O        ~~O /    )>==O
>          \-+-'                       =\\^^^//:   <|@@-=    \/
>         /%\|\                         =\\///:     |\       /|
>ejm97    /|/ |                          |    \    / |       \ \


Sorry, I am not familiar with HTML or Java but there has been
plenty of flak about posting HTML in newsgroups and Java is said to
be open to viruses but I have never seen Java posted in newsgroups.

I think I have seen HTML spams in "news.groups" and the messages
look a real mess...irrespective of the spam content usually about
hot sexy girls being available.


This newsgroup is for pure ASCII and anything other than that
requires UUencoding.

There are two other ascii art newsgroups:

        alt.ascii-art.animation
        alt.binaries.pictures.ascii

These two groups carry UUencoded material ( or should ).

Of course this newagroup is free and unmoderated and users can post
whatever they like...and take the consequences if other users do
not like their postings !

Bye,

llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 3 Mar 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <8Xw...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk says...
>
>In article <331...@lagoon.idirect.com>, llizard
><cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> writes
>>
>>Is it safe to post html (java script) code?
>
>Yes.  The reference is to posting character codes
>other than  the  printable ones 32 to 128,
>especially the control codes below 32,
>as they can give news-servers indigestion.
>If it has nonprintable bytes in, then UUencode it.
>HTNL gives no problems as it's plain ascii.
>
>Some people also moan about uuencodes or html
>being a nuissance in text discusions --- but I reckon
>short chunks of Java are perfectly relevant here.

Well, it's not exactly short. But Veronica Karlsson has kindly put my animated 
tango dancers onto her webpage http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/

The animation is at:
http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn/docs/anim/tango.html

Please be advised that it can only be viewed if you have Netscape 3.0. I don't 
know how to animate any other way but this one. If anyone can tell me how to 
do it so people with lower than Netscape 3.0 can view it, please tell me.


NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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                                       ,^
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                           "    "
           llizard aka ejm  cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

llizard wrote:
> 

[ 8< 8< 8< ]

> Well, it's not exactly short. But Veronica Karlsson has kindly put my animated
> tango dancers onto her webpage http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/
> 

Hmmm.... sorry llizard, but if you go there you will only find my
ordinairy homepage... you wanted the part I keep for your html pages and
animations... That can be found here:

http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn/docs/


:)
Veronica
( e93...@sm.luth.se  http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )

llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 5 Mar 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <331...@sm.luth.se>, e93...@sm.luth.se says...
>
>llizard wrote:
>
>[ 8< 8< 8< ]
>
>> Well, it's not exactly short. But Veronica Karlsson has kindly put my 
animated
>> tango dancers onto her webpage http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/
>> 
>
>Hmmm.... sorry llizard, but if you go there you will only find my
>ordinairy homepage... you wanted the part I keep for your html pages and
>animations... That can be found here:
>
>http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn/docs/

Oops, once again, I was unclear. I was trying to give you a little 
advertisement, Veronica. My wording should have been:


"
  But Veronica Karlsson (webpage http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/)
  has kindly put my animated tango dancers at
  
  http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn/docs/anim/tango2.html

                                                           "

-llizard, who is foolishly wasting more time on yet another animation.

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            ============== 


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

travis <gsi...@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.EDU> ASCII art 8 Apr 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
any idea where i can get these codes, and how to use them? (for non
newsgroup and internet related purposes of course)  Are there any
newsgroups designed for these codes?

curiously,

Travis
     (aka MUD)
                                   ''~``
                                  ( o o )
+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=.oooO--(_)--Oooo.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+

                 one fine day in the middle of the night
                     two dead men got up to fight
                   back to back they faced each other
                  drew their swords & shot each other!

                              .oooO
                              (   )   Oooo.
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\ (----(   )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-+
                                \_)    ) /
                                      (_/

     e-mail:  gsi...@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
webpage:  gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu:80/student/gsi02656
	note:  webpage still in infancy


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Paul Smith wrote:
> 
> On 12 May 1997 18:50:52 GMT, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
> found somthing lodged firmly up his ass and wrote:

(How mature....*sigh*)

> <Snip his royal highness's bitching>
> 
> >This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> >to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> 
>         That's right pal, complain about one rule, and break another
> (Spamming repetatly). That's a really spiffy way to loose your
> account.
> 
> *Plonk!*

Oh you puny mortal!!
This is one the of the regular postings here!
Cant' you read???????
Also known as one of the FAQ's

Colin has been here since the start, and he has posted the
FAQ, WARNING:Control Codes, TUTORIAL and POINTER=>Ascii Art Sites

So I think you should stop whining and go lurk about for a month
or so until you get a feeling of normal behaviour in the ascii art
groups!
(Or even better: Get back to primary school!)


Defender of Ascii Art Culture
Erik K. Veland
Wicked Ascii Art <http://wigwam.askoyv.no/Ascii/>

far be it from me to get into a screaming argument with internet purists
without completely knowing what i'm talking about, but...


>Colin has been here since the start, and he has posted the
>FAQ, WARNING:Control Codes, TUTORIAL and POINTER=>Ascii Art Sites

well, who cares? unless he's God or the server sysop or something, that
doesn't automatically mean he can tell the entire internet what to do.

>> >This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
>> >to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
>Oh you puny mortal!!
>This is one the of the regular postings here!
>Cant' you read???????
>Also known as one of the FAQ's

uh, huh.. right.. fine.. WE STILL _DON'T_ KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
CONTROL CODES. No one has bothered to tell us what they are. you ignored
the most important line:

>>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>>
>>And why the hell not?

and the answer is...? go ahead, enlighten me.

anyway, the original 'FAQ' was posted to alt.pictures.binaries.ascii. I
thought various codes were the entire reason they set up the .binaries
groups? so people who wanted to post codes would have somewhere to do so.

-mcclure111
just making things worse
 _______
/       \
|       /
       /
      /
     /
     |

     o

pau...@wauknet.com meinte am 12.05.97
zum Thema "Re: WARNING: Control Codes":

p> >PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes
p> >to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
p>
p> And why the hell not? It's ascii, it's cool, and it's popular. I

It's ANSI, not ASCII. If you look at ANSI codes using a program or
hardware that only supports pure ASCII, you see all the messy control
sequences.

p> >It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
p>
p> *Trying not to laugh* hehe.. Such as?

Such as making your artwork unreadable for lots of others,
which should concern you.

Ciao
  Bernd
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mcclure111 wrote:
> >Colin has been here since the start, and he has posted the
> >FAQ, WARNING:Control Codes, TUTORIAL and POINTER=>Ascii Art Sites
> 
> well, who cares? unless he's God or the server sysop or something, that
> doesn't automatically mean he can tell the entire internet what to do.

He is just nice enough to keep posting the FAQ's for crying out
loud! Is that spamming???? Hardly!

> >> >This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
> >> >to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
> >Oh you puny mortal!!
> >This is one the of the regular postings here!
> >Cant' you read???????
> >Also known as one of the FAQ's
> 
> uh, huh.. right.. fine.. WE STILL _DON'T_ KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
> CONTROL CODES. No one has bothered to tell us what they are. you ignored
> the most important line:
> 
> >>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes
> >>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
> >>
> >>And why the hell not?
> 
> and the answer is...? go ahead, enlighten me.

OK, so it's not going to crash your entire system but (I quote):
"Such as making your artwork unreadable for lots of others,
which should concern you."
(Bernd Wolff, previous posting)

> anyway, the original 'FAQ' was posted to alt.pictures.binaries.ascii. I
> thought various codes were the entire reason they set up the .binaries
> groups? so people who wanted to post codes would have somewhere to do so.

Yes.
Post your bloddy control codes and color ANSI's as binaries to
the alt..pictures.binaries.ascii group.
<aaa> is not for posting control codes, mirc codes, colors, ansi
etc.
Stick to the proper groups.

If you have an intelligent answer to this, then reply.
If you are just gonna continue to ramble away, don't!

Erik K. Veland
Wicked ascii art <http://wigwam.askoyv.no/>

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 14 May 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
Paul Smith (pau...@wauknet.com) wrote:
>On 12 May 1997 18:50:52 GMT, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
>found somthing lodged firmly up his ass and wrote:
>
>
>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>And why the hell not? It's ascii, it's cool, and it's popular. I
>havn't herd one single complaint about it yet. In fact, I've seen alot
>of people requesting more. The only problem I saw was that the
>origional poster was leaving the initials out. 
>
>>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

> *Trying not to laugh* hehe.. Such as?

Hmm...why do you think UUencode/UUdecode are used on the Net ?  


>>Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
>>avoided entirely.  

> Agreed- Has anyone done that here though anyway? 
> <Snip his royal highness's bitching>

Yes...about two years ago alt.ascii-art was flooded with " Please 
turn off the colour " postings.

That was what prompted his royal highness to post his WARNING notice
regularly.

This newsgroup alt.ascii-art is totally free and unmoderated so 
anyone can post what ever they like...other users will react accordingly.  


[...snip...]


> *Plonk!*

Thanks for the *plonk!* it means I won't get another flame from you
about my postings to alt.ascii-art.

If by chance you are still reading this...try *KERPLOOP*. It is the 
sound of someone hitting the bottom of their own killfile. 
Anyone want to do a picture ?  :-)


   .
  /:\
  |:|
  |:|
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,_|:|_,   /  )                     |                            |        
  (Oo    / _I_                     |  LONG LIVE  alt.ascii-art  |        
   +\ \  || __|            ^       |                            |       ^
      \ \||___|            |       |     Free & Unmoderated     |       |
        \ /.:.\-\          |  (*)  |_   _   _   _   _   _   _   |  \^/  |
         |.:. /-----\      | _<">_ | `_' `-' `_' `-' `_' `-' `_'| _(#)_ |
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        |_____\  :  /        /_^_\ |                            | /_^_\
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         | |   | |           d|_|b_T____________________________T_d|_|b
         \ /   | \___              /                           /
         / |   \_____\           /                            /
         `-'                   /                             /  -cfbd-
____________________________ /                              /___________


Bye,

mcclure111 (mcc...@earthlink.net) wrote:
>
>uh, huh.. right.. fine.. WE STILL _DON'T_ KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
>CONTROL CODES. No one has bothered to tell us what they are. you ignored
>the most important line:
>
>>>>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>>>>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>>>
>>>And why the hell not?

>and the answer is...? go ahead, enlighten me.

>anyway, the original 'FAQ' was posted to alt.pictures.binaries.ascii. I
>thought various codes were the entire reason they set up the .binaries
>groups? so people who wanted to post codes would have somewhere to do so.

Think again. 

Binaries still have to be UUencoded before posting to the binary 
newsgroups such as alt.binaries.pictures.ascii or alt.binaries.misc.

If you don't know why on all this...email your Systems Administrator 
at your access site and ask why, the folks here in alt.ascii-art 
are not here to educate rude or abusive newcomers to this newsgroup
even if they possess the knowledge.

BTW when are you going to post an ASCII picture ?  *8-)

Bye,


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

thanks for info on extended characters.


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Hmm. Maybe the problem is with  Southern InterNET service's software or
system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going
to read any postings from this guy in future.

All the best...

In article <60jjtp$qv9$5...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite
<cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes
>
>===================================================================
>
>                               WARNING
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>Control Codes:
>-------------
>
>PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
>to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  
>
>It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
>
>If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
>
>Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
>avoided entirely.  
>
>
>
>Extended Character Set:
>----------------------
>
>The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
>Art are:  
>               Decimal characters   32 to 127.
>
>The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
>Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
>posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  
>
>
>====================================================================
>
>
>Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
>and titles.  
>
>
>     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
>     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
>     things and can even cause a system to crash.  
>
>
>This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
>to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 
>
>
>====================================================================
>
>

  "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick 
   themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." 

Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) wrote:

>Hmm. Maybe the problem is with  Southern InterNET service's software or
>system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going
>to read any postings from this guy in future.
>
>All the best...

[...snip...]

>  "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick 
>   themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." 

The above is a very appropriate Signature in view of the earlier contents 
of your message about Control Codes. *8-) 

Bye,

Darrell A. Larose (ad6...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
>
>Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) writes:
>> Hmm. Maybe the problem is with  Southern InterNET service's software or
>> system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going
>> to read any postings from this guy in future.
>> 
>> All the best...

>Colin wrote the FAQ and the charter of this newsgroup. 

Well actually I didn't write any of the FAQs and, because it is an alt.*
newsgroup I don't think it has a Charter.

However, I did write the WARNING posting because about 2 or 3 years ago
the newsgroup alt.ascii-art was full of screams from readers to
" TURN OFF THE COLOUR ".  I got tired of daily screams and decided to
write and post the WARNING notice and I have posted it regularly
ever since.

>Your reply reeks
>of ignorance of the problem that control codes can cause. NOT EVERYONE is
>using Netscpae to read news. There are Macs, PC, VT-100 terminals and
>UNIX systems. Just because it doesn't affect your system, doesn't mean
>it won't affect others. On my system UNIX box running Freeport software
>control codes (in fact last week in another NG) switched my screen to
>unreadable extended ASCII characters. I didn't even open the article, 
>the poster thought it would be cute to put escape codes in his Subject
>header line. 

New users just do not know about these things so they think anything
goes on the Net...it does...but if other users get annoyed about
what you are doing you have to expect reactions to your activities.

I post the WARNING notice...and _that_ upsets some people. :-)

Bye,

BrockBadge <bro...@aol.com> 30 Sep 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <wB1...@willows-end.demon.co.uk>, Dave Wallace
<DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam> writes:

>I am certainly not going
>to read any postings from this guy in future.

Make sure you ignore any ASCII that has a 'cfbd' at the end of it then...

>>BKNambo ":P"
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Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

> Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) wrote:
> >I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going
> >to read any postings from this guy in future. [...]
> >  "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick 
> >   themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." 
> The above is a very appropriate Signature in view of the earlier 
>contents of your message about Control Codes. *8-) 

Colin, I have to say I'm with Dave on the question of the danger of
control codes.  Back when alt.ascii-art was first created, there was
a great wave of new animations being created and posted without
being uuencoded.  So many, in fact, that a.a-a.animation was
created to reduce the burden.

Somehow a report that control codes could be used by a malicious
hacker to format people's hard drives got escalated into a mass
shift to demanding uuencoded animations, which quickly killed the
entire genre, because it required so much extra effort to view.

But I searched far and wide at the time for anyone who'd actually
been victimized by control codes, and the result I got was that
it's never happened in modern times, because all reasonable software
disabled those particular codes long ago.

So I'd like to see this 'warning' retired, until someone comes up
with proof that it's valid.


j
 

Jorn Barger wrote:
> So I'd like to see this 'warning' retired, until someone comes up
> with proof that it's valid.

Well, I think maybe it might need to be reworded, but I'm for
continuing to post it.  Firstly, because this is an ascii newsgroup
and control codes don't belong here.  Secondly, they are still a
very large pain.  I don't know about other systems, but my lowly
little Unix box doesn't understand them and at best they get mangled
into garbage and at worse (if I'm reading News through my primitive
command line news viewer - which I sometimes do - or even "worst"
if I'm not paying attention and mail one to myself to file) it
can actually do funky things to the window (terminal emulator) that
I am working in.  It might not be anything unrecoverable - but it
is a major annoyance.  There really are those of us who are still
using computers other than pcs and when you've been doing this as
long as I have you tend to stick with the old tools that you are
the most familiar with.  And the old tools, still work the old way.
(Gosh, I hope this makes sense.  :^)

Meanwhile, I for one, would really appreciate it if anytime someone
posts non-ascii characters to the newsgroup they would please
uuencode it first.  (I know, another oldie but a goodie.)

Just my thoughts.

Sandy


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================


===================================================================

                               WARNING

====================================================================


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


====================================================================

Mike <com...@yahoo.com> 6 Dec 1997 00:00 · permalink · report

ummmm, though I'm not that new to USENET, I have no idea what you are
talking about, can you ummm n=maybe clear this up for me a bit so I don't
make a mistake like a complete idiot and have the whole internet population
flamming my mail-box.

mikeb at webspan dot net

change the at to @ and the dot to . 
SPAM SUCKS

Mike (com...@yahoo.com) wrote:

>ummmm, though I'm not that new to USENET, I have no idea what you are
>talking about, can you ummm n=maybe clear this up for me a bit so I don't
>make a mistake like a complete idiot and have the whole internet population
>flamming my mail-box.


Grab a copy of the latest FAQ from this newsgroup and read up the first 
section of it.  

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 13 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 22 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML warning added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 7 May 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 20 May 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Hello Colin,

>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>        *                                                   *
>        *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
>        *                                 ^^^               *
>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

  La-TeX, HTML, MIME and UUE are ASCII

KOSMO(POLITAN)
## CrossPoint v3.1 ##


On 21 May 1998 13:43:00 +0200, kos...@narnia.lahn.de (Karsten Meyer) wrote:

> >Hello Colin,
> >
> >>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>        *                                                   *
> >>        *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
> >>        *                                 ^^^               *
> >>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> >  La-TeX, HTML, MIME and UUE are ASCII
> >
> >KOSMO(POLITAN)
> >## CrossPoint v3.1 ##


Kosmo,

	They might be made up of ASCII characters, but they're not ASCII art.

-r-

-- enq...@npvq.bet

 RaD Man % ACiD Productions Founder % Artpacks Archive Founder

 http://www.acid.org - Members pages, contact information, releases & more.
 http://artpacks.acid.org - Over 1.2gigs of ANSI, ASCII, RIP and hirez art.

 "On the other side of every fear there is a freedom." -- M. Ferguson

Lester5374 <les...@aol.com> 22 May 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Hello Colin,
>
>>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>        *                                                   *
>>        *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
>>        *                                 ^^^               *
>>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>  La-TeX, HTML, MIME and UUE are ASCII

La-TeX, HTML, MIME and UUE are ASCII are not ASCII art. I suppose you're just
nit-picking that "art"  wasn't at the end of that sentence.
.
http://members.aol.com/lester5374/index.htm  -  Ansi home page 
FTP://members.aol.com/lester5374/ansi  - To download the ANSI format

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 2 Jun 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 18 Jun 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 27 Jun 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 11 Jan 98

====================================================================


*** HTML added ****


Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 17 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML warning added and the Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 20 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 2 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> ASCII art 3 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
brian tivol wrote:
> 
> Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes:
> > The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
> > be used in ASCII artwork.
> 
> I learned the important of the space character when I tried to insert
> some back into Sarah Day's set of Sorceress cartoons the other week.
> Could you bump the upper limit on control characters down to 31 and
> put 32 back in the legal range? :)
> 

I think he meant "the first 32 characters", i.e. decimal 0 to 31.  :)

Here's the usual table of "good characters":


=================================================================
|                                                               |
| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
|                                                               |
| No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart!       |
|                                                               |
=================================================================


-- 
              _    __   __                _             _
  __   ___.--'_`.  \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _   .'_`--.___   __
 ( _`.'. -   'o` )  \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
 _\.'_'      _.-'    \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|  `-._      `_`./_
( \`. )    //\`                                         '/\\    ( .'/ )
 \_`-'`---'\\__,      uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/     ,__//`---'`-'_/
  \`        `-\            r93...@fz.yhgu.fr           /-'        '/
   `  ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/   '

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes:
> The Decimal Characters 0 to 32 are control codes and should not
> be used in ASCII artwork.

I learned the important of the space character when I tried to insert
some back into Sarah Day's set of Sorceress cartoons the other week.
Could you bump the upper limit on control characters down to 31 and
put 32 back in the legal range? :)

--brian

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 11 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 12 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 16 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 22 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 3 Sep 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 7 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 17 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

what? i dont get it.  no, i had to change screennames, first, because i had
such a nice name =( (XSkreemX) then, they billed us about 100 dollars for a
communication charge, and then  we had to cancel, so when i got it back, i
couldnt get my old name back, so i had to add an extra E, then this person
named Topk...threatened to report me for no reason, so I changed my sn to an
extra x (a really strange name now, lol!)

and as for the com.norn, that has to do with a junk block.....and the
come.norn. has to do with the alt.games.creatures...lol! my favorite comp game
in the world...

||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||
   Blue crayons taste the best.
||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||

jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp".

Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> I have _no_ idea of what those look like on _your_ computer - which is
> one of the reasons those are not recommended! 

The character is Alt-0149 in the Windows character set, which is mapped
to U+2022 (BULLET) in Unicode.

Usually used by browsers in <UL></UL> lists.

Unfortunately, not ASCII, and especially bad because it doesn't carry
across operating systems gracefully.  :\

				--Muke!
-- 
Keep out of reach of children--they can hurt you.

ICQ:1936556  http://mc11a.southern.edu/ -Personal [non-C1/C2] homepage 
http://welcome.to/alt.binaries.games.creatures -Visit the abgc archive!

Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> ASCII art 18 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
XSkreeemxX wrote:
> 
> >           The ones you mustn't use are control codes
> 
> does this mean that yuo cant put the letters in that order, or not press that
> button?
> 

No, it means you should not use characters not in this table:

=================================================================
|                                                               |
| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
|                                                               |
| No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart!       |
|                                                               |
=================================================================

Actually, "ascii control codes" are the ones between 0 and 31 (note that
the table begins with 32), but you should avoid other "bad characters"
as well, not just the "control codes".

I see somebody spotted some bad characters in your sig. This is what
that looks like to me:

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-newsreader.dum.gif
http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-editor.dum.gif

I have _no_ idea of what those look like on _your_ computer - which is
one of the reasons those are not recommended! (If I had spotted this
when I flamed your signature for its size earlier I would not have been
so nice to you then...)

For more info, read the FAQ:

http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html

You did read this document before doing _any_ posting to alt.ascii-art,
right? This document is Required Reading for new readers to the group!
And what is this post of yours doing in the animation newsgroup?
[followups set]


-- 
              _    __   __                _             _
  __   ___.--'_`.  \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _   .'_`--.___   __
 ( _`.'. -   'o` )  \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
 _\.'_'      _.-'    \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|  `-._      `_`./_
( \`. )    //\`                                         '/\\    ( .'/ )
 \_`-'`---'\\__,      uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/     ,__//`---'`-'_/
  \`        `-\            r93...@fz.yhgu.fr           /-'        '/
   `  ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/   '

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 18 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In alt.ascii-art Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
>XSkreeemxX wrote:
>> 
>> >           The ones you mustn't use are control codes
>> 
>> does this mean that yuo cant put the letters in that order, or not press that
>> button?
>> 

>No, it means you should not use characters not in this table:

>=================================================================
>|                                                               |
>| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
>| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
>| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
>| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
>| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
>| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
>| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
>| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
>| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
>|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
>|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
>|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
>|                                                               |
>| No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart!       |
>|                                                               |
>=================================================================

>Actually, "ascii control codes" are the ones between 0 and 31 (note that
>the table begins with 32), but you should avoid other "bad characters"
>as well, not just the "control codes".

>I see somebody spotted some bad characters in your sig. This is what
>that looks like to me:

> (If I had spotted this when I flamed your signature for its size
> earlier I would not have been so nice to you then...)


Ah, try me...I am nice to everyone...especially very young and juicy
clueless newbies. *8-)


                                    _,--~~~,
                                  .'        `.
    " Aaah, yet another           |           ;
      juicy young child           |           :
      ...and clueless newbie?    /_,-==/     .'
                               /'`\*  ;      :
       Come 'ere to me       :'    `-        :
         My Precious!        `~*,'     .     :
                                :__.,._  `;  :
      I'll look after you.      `\'    )  '  `,
          Trust Me.                 \-/  '     )
                                    :'          \ _
            Aaaaah! "                `~---,-~    `,)
                     ___                   \     /~`\
               \---__ `;~~~-------------~~~(| _-'    `,
             ---, ' \`-._____     _______.---'         \
            \--- `~~-`,      ~~~~~~                     `,
           \----      )                                   \
           \----.  __ /                                    `-
            \----'` -~____                        -szaman-
                          ~~~~~--------,.___
                                            ```\_


Mweanwhile read...

============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Later,

In alt.ascii-art Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
>XSkreeemxX wrote:
>> 
>> >           The ones you mustn't use are control codes
>> 
>> does this mean that yuo cant put the letters in that order, or not press that
>> button?
>> 

[...snip...]

> For more info, read the FAQ:

> http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html

I have just now reposted the FAQ and others have posted it this last
week. I'm sure these newbies ignore the FAQs. Too lazy?


> You did read this document before doing _any_ posting to alt.ascii-
> art, right? This document is Required Reading for new readers to
> the group!

> And what is this post of yours doing in the animation newsgroup?
> [followups set]

Actually, I am beginning to remember that this "Jessica" from
aol.com has been here before in alt.ascii-art. Do you not remember
her and that weird address? xsk...@aol.come.norn (XSkreeemxX).

"Jessica" may well be an AOL troll so all these people in alt.ascii-
art responding to Jessica's posts are not following the prime anti-
troll rule to strictly and totally ignore all their postings.


From The Troll FAQ:
-----------------------
1. Hidden identities work well.  As has been noted in the past, AOL
gives 5 screen names.  Now, those can be used to good advantage.
The troller can appear to be 5 altogether different people as
he/she/it carefully fans the flames.  Seemingly endless off-topic
threads that say nothing and go absolutely nowhere can be
constructed in this fashion. But if someone notices that there seem
to be 'too many' AOLers in the group, there's always:
-----------------------


Later,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 25 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 4 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised  18 Jul 98

====================================================================



*** HTML added and Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation 
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes 
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,
 

Responding :� WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

>  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
>  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
>  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{

     You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in 
violation of your own post.

     BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color codes, 
meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will produce colors on 
some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional but can be annoying as 
it produces unpredictable results.

     -S





I live, therefore I die.

Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> ASCII art 4 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

> The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
> Art are:  
>                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
                                            ^^^
126, not 127.  You clarify later, but this should be changed.

And a tiny nit: it's ASCII, not Ascii.

-- 
         ,=<#)-=#  <http://incolor.inetnebr.com/wotw/> (The War of the Worlds)
    ,_--//--_,
 _-~_-(####)-_~-_  "Did you see that Parkins boy's body in the tunnels?" "Just
(#>_--'~--~`--_<#)  the photos.  Worst thing I've ever seen; kid had no face."

Hilton Janfield <val...@bcgroup.net> ASCII art 4 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
> > Responding :# WARNING: Control Codes
> > Written By :# Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
> > Msg. Status:# No reply necessary!
> >  ############
> 
> [#s above were non-ASCII characters ...]

In the DOS charset, lines - PERFECTLY understandable on a BBS system.

> > >  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
> > >  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
> > >  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{
> >
> >      You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in
> > violation of your own post.
> >
> >      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
> > codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
> > produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional
> > but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable results.
> 
> On the contrary, Colin's post contains absolutely no non-ASCII
> characters at all. It would appear that the post was corrupted somewhere
> between your BBS's news server and your computer.

What he means is that BBS' interpret them as control codes.
I should know - I've run a variety of BBS systems.
On most modern free or cheap BBS softwares, a | symbol followed by 00-15
will produce colors. i.e. |04 would produce red. % is also used on many, as
info codes - i.e. %UN on many systems will display the user's name.

To Wildfire:
I suggest you tell your SysOp to go and download one of the many great doors
available which will make user's news reading experience more enjoyable.
These doors interpret messages better (sent as plain text, and some even
strip HTML), and send more internet-friendly messages. And they should work
with whatever mailer your SysOp more-than-likely has to use.

-- 
 _ _ ___ _   ___ _ _ ___
| | / o | |_| o ) | |_ -| v a l d u s @    ICQ: 7107014
 \_/|_|_|___|__/|___|___| bcgroup . net    Hilton Janfield

High message: 9434567. Message last read: 9.

Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> ASCII art 5 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:
>Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

>>> The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
>>> Art are:  
>>>                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
>                                             ^^^
>> 126, not 127.  You clarify later, but this should be changed.
>>
>> And a tiny nit: it's ASCII, not Ascii.

> Gee, I get really brassed off trying to do anything positive in this 
> newsgroup at times.  Why bother?
> 
> Why the blue blazes does _anyone_ bother to write and maintain FAQs 
> etc. with all the negative attitudes that get shown here?  
> 
> It's so easy, cheap, and nasty, and popular to just Piss in the Soup!


Sheesh, just try to offer a tiny correction to improve a ASCII-art FAQ and
someone BYTES your head off.

I guess I should have included:
     __  ___________  __
    /_/\/_/_______\_\/\_\
    \ \/\ \__   __/ /\/ /
     \  __ \ | | / __  /
      \_\/\_\|_|/_/\/_/   gbe...@cse.unl.edu, 1989
      / /_/ /| |\ \_\ \
     / __  /_| |_\  __ \
    /_/ /_/_______\_\ \_\

My fault in assuming others would understand I was just trying to be
helpful.  Might as well give up trying to help anyone if all I get is
grief and scorn.

-- 
         ,=        <http://incolor.inetnebr.com/wotw/> (The War of the Worlds)
    ,_--//\\_,
 _-~_-(####()_~-_  "Did you see that Parkins boy's body in the tunnels?" "Just
(#>_--'~--~`--_<#)  the photos.  Worst thing I've ever seen; kid had no face."

In alt.ascii-art Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>In article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:
>>Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>>>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

>>>> The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
>>>> Art are:  
>>>>                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
>>                                             ^^^
>>> 126, not 127.  You clarify later, but this should be changed.
>>>
>>> And a tiny nit: it's ASCII, not Ascii.

>> Gee, I get really brassed off trying to do anything positive in this 
>> newsgroup at times.  Why bother?
>> 
>> Why the blue blazes does _anyone_ bother to write and maintain FAQs 
>> etc. with all the negative attitudes that get shown here?  
>> 
>> It's so easy, cheap, and nasty, and popular to just Piss in the Soup!


>Sheesh, just try to offer a tiny correction to improve a ASCII-art FAQ and
>someone BYTES your head off.

Those comments were not aimed specially at you they were aimed at the ongoing 
negativity we have seen here for almost the whole of this year.

Even you would have to admit that criticism is far easier that postitve
input and you have been around alt.ascii-art and rec.arts.ascii off and on 
since their was creation so you are no way a clueless newbie with no knowledge
of the history of the Ascii Art groups or how and why the FAQs 
and WARNING notices have been written and modified over time.

I originally wrote this WARNING notice due to daily screams here of "TURN OFF
THE COLOUR!"  TURN OFF THE COLOUR! - IT'S CRASHING MY SYSTEM!"

Nobody at that time did anything else but SCREAM!!! loudly!!!...
So I wrote the WARNING Notice...it was not perfect...it has never been perfect...
and with the clueless newcomers who come to this newsgroup...it never will
be perfect.

If you believe that you personally can write a perfect version of the WARNING
Notice...then GO TO IT!  I'll be more than happy...I'll be delighted for you
to take the task over 'cos _I_ sure am sick of being asked to revise it.

Why the blazes would I want to maintain and post this Notice for a pack of
seeming ingrates?  I assure you I am heartily sick of doing so!   

Wanna take over?  Be my Welcome Guest...it does Sweet Fanny Adams for me!

Toodle-oo,


 

Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> ASCII art 5 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In alt.ascii-art.animation article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

> If you believe that you personally can write a perfect version of the WARNING
> Notice...then GO TO IT!  I'll be more than happy...I'll be delighted for you
> to take the task over 'cos _I_ sure am sick of being asked to revise it.

Personally, I do like it, but I have neither the time nor inclination to
take over a task another is rejecting.  I've had my fill of thankless
jobs.  If you're sick of it, find some other rube to take over.

As to being here "off and on", it's more off than on.

-- 
         ,=<#)-=#  <http://incolor.inetnebr.com/wotw/> (The War of the Worlds)
    ,_--//--_,
 _-~_-(####)-_~-_  "Did you see that Parkins boy's body in the tunnels?" "Just
(#>_--'~--~`--_<#)  the photos.  Worst thing I've ever seen; kid had no face."

Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

> >  ############
> [#s above were non-ASCII characters ...]

     Huh.  Strange. Last I knew, the translation on the output side stripped 
all non-ASCII characters.  What were they?

> On the contrary, Colin's post contains absolutely no non-ASCII
> characters at all. It would appear that the post was corrupted somewhere
> between your BBS's news server and your computer.

     I did not say that his message contained any non-ASCII characters.  I 
stated;

> >      You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in
> > violation of your own post.
> >      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
> > codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
> > produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional
> > but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable results.

     Now, that RE-stated, you will see that I explained the situation.  The 
message I received had the | in front of a number or letter;

> > >  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
> > >  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
> > >  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{
                               ^^^This produces a color on my system.

     While I know it is a rare occurance but if one posts "rules" he has to 
also abide by them for other systems which do other things.  Sure, there's 
not a lot of systems out there which do this color code system, or have it 
activated if they do but it does affect some of us.

     -S


     






I live, therefore I die.

Wildfire wrote:
>
> Responding :# WARNING: Control Codes
> Written By :# Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
> Msg. Status:# No reply necessary!
>  ############

[#s above were non-ASCII characters ...]

> 
> >  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
> >  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
> >  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{
> 
>      You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in 
> violation of your own post.
> 
>      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
> codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
> produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional
> but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable results.

On the contrary, Colin's post contains absolutely no non-ASCII
characters at all. It would appear that the post was corrupted somewhere
between your BBS's news server and your computer.

Only the first part of /your/ message contains such characters (quoted
above with the non-ASCII characters #ed out).

Unfortunately, I have no doubt that you will soon read a message almost
identical to this one, but slightly ruder in tone, from Colin himself. I
suggest you grin and bear it, and do not reply.

Toodle-pip,
-- 
   .._o  Matthew Thomas (mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz)
 ..://\/ Visit my site: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
..:_/\   Read my column on Sundays: http://www.newsroom.co.nz/
  ..:/   ASCII ART FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 5 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In alt.ascii-art Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>In article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

>> The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
>> Art are:  
>>                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
                                             ^^^
>126, not 127.  You clarify later, but this should be changed.

>And a tiny nit: it's ASCII, not Ascii.

<deep groan>

Oh...OK then...I've only posted that damn WARNING notice a zillion
times in the last 4 years. It has been amended and added to by other
contributors, and people still find holes in it although it has been
revised several times.

I'm not going to revise Joris's Ten Commandments FAQ in any way...he
can do that if he so wishes.


The bottom line is that these Turkeys who insist on using non-Ascii
characters will still post them...and give you the finger at the
same time...no matter how you word FAQs or WARNING Notices.  Bleah!


===================================================================

                               WARNING        Revised 5 Nov 98

====================================================================



*** HTML warning added and the Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***



Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
avoided entirely.



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:
               Decimal characters   32 to 126.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 127 to 255 made by using the
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ascii characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  -----------------------------------------------------------------
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  -----------------------------------------------------------------

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
and titles.


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
     things and can even cause a system to crash.


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ascii  !      *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 5 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In alt.ascii-art Greg Berigan <gbe...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>In article <910...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>,
>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

>> The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
>> Art are:  
>>                Decimal characters   32 to 127.
                                             ^^^
>126, not 127.  You clarify later, but this should be changed.

>And a tiny nit: it's ASCII, not Ascii.


OH BUGGER. BUGGER BUGGER!   *8-(

And...apologies...Joris Bellenger's Ten Commandments needed no 
revision...he had correctly used "ASCII ART" in this text.



Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation
Subject: WARNING: Control Codes **2nd REVISION**

===================================================================

                               WARNING      2nd Revision 5 Nov 98

====================================================================



*** HTML warning added and the Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***
    Ascii replaced with ASCII.
    Acceptable ASCII characters reduced to  32 to 126.

Control Codes:
-------------

PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
avoided entirely.



Extended Character Set:
----------------------

The only ASCII characters which should be posted and used in ASCII
ART are:
               Decimal characters   32 to 126.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 127 to 255 made by using the
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ASCII characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

  -----------------------------------------------------------------
 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
 }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
 }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
 }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
 }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
 }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
 }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
 }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
 }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
 }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
 }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
 }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
  -----------------------------------------------------------------

           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



====================================================================


Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
and titles.


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
     things and can even cause a system to crash.


====================================================================
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
====================================================================


       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII.        *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================

                                                      E. & O.E.


Gee, I get really brassed off trying to do anything positive in this 
newsgroup at times.  Why bother?

Why the blue blazes does _anyone_ bother to write and maintain FAQs 
etc. with all the negative attitudes that get shown here?  

It's so easy, cheap, and nasty, and popular to just Piss in the Soup!

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 6 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Wildfire <som...@some.where.org> wrote:

>     While I know it is a rare occurance but if one posts "rules" he
> has to also abide by them for other systems which do other things.

Load of Poop...Go Away unless you can come up with a much better argument
than that.


> Sure, there's not a lot of systems out there which do this color
> code system, or have it activated if they do but it does affect
> some of us.

You are the very FIRST person in more than 3 years to bring up this
anything like this!

If you wish to re-write, maintain and regularly issue this WARNING
Notice to suit yourself and others, then...like I told Greg
Berigan...please be my guest.  Berigan ducked out...Surprised? :-)

So...get this straight, get it crystal clear...and get it good. 

I am in no way obliged to put up with your shit...or indeed any one else's
shit. Everything I and other Net Users contribute to the Net is purely 
voluntary. 

Nobody forces you to read anything or even wishes you to have a Net 
Account at all.

                                                       (\
                                                       ( \
                                                       / )
                                                     _/  )___
                            (\                      /    /   \______
                            ( \                    (    (           \
                           /  )__                 __\______________  \
     (\                  /       \__             /                    \
    _/ )_               (   (        \         _(                      )\
   (   /  \__         _(              )      _/  \____________________/  \
  /   (      `)     _/ \_____________/ \    /    \_                       \
 _\__________/\    /  \_                )  (       \___                    )
(   \_       ,_)  (       /           _/    \        _/                  _/
 \____________/    \____/____________/       \_____/____________________/


So...Get lost! Luser!  And no more of your Bullpoop please.


Post some nice interesting Ascii pictures then you'll be one of the
Good Guys, instead of an asshole. :-)




              /                       \
            /X/                       \X\
           |XX\         _____         /XX|
           |XXX\     _/       \_     /XXX|___________
            \XXXXXXX             XXXXXXX/            \\\
              \XXXX    /     \    XXXXX/                \\\
                   |   0     0   |                         \
                    |           |                           \
                     \         /                            |______//
                      \       /                             |
                       | O_O | \                            |
                        \ _ /   \________________           |
                                   | |  | |      \         /
             No More Bullpoop,     / |  / |       \______/
              Here Please...       \ |  \ |        \ |  \ |
                TIA.             __| |__| |      __| |__| |
                                 |___||___|      |___||___|



==========================================================================

                               FLAME FORM

==========================================================================


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    <   ____)                      ) (  ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( )
 /--|  |(  o|                     (  )  ) ((@@(@@ !o! @@@@(@@@@@)() (
|   >   \___|                      ) ( @)@@)@ /---\-/---\ )@@@@@()( )
|  /---------+                    (@@@@)@@@( // /-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@(  .
| |    \ =========______/|@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ .  .
|  \   \\=========------\|@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ O @@@ /-\ @@@ O @@(@@)@@ @   .
|   \   \----+--\-)))           @@@@@@@@@@ !! @@@@ % @@@@ !! @@)@@@ .. .
|   |\______|_)))/             .    @@@@@@ !! @@ /---\ @@ !! @@(@@@ @ . .
 \__==========           *        .    @@ /MM  /\O   O/\  MM\ @@@@@@@. .
    |   |-\   \          (       .      @ !!!  !! \-/ !!  !!! @@@@@ .
    |   |  \   \          )      .     .  @@@@ !!     !!  .(. @.  .. .
    |   |   \   \        (    /   .(  . \)). ( |O  )( O! @@@@ . )      .
    |   |   /   /         ) (      )).  ((  .) !! ((( !! @@ (. ((. .   .
    |   |  /   /   ()  ))   ))   .( ( ( ) ). ( !!  )( !! ) ((   ))  ..
    |   |_<   /   ( ) ( (  ) )   (( )  )).) ((/ |  (  | \(  )) ((. ).
____<_____\\__\__(___)_))_((_(____))__(_(___.oooO_____Oooo.(_(_)_)((_

                      Consider yourself flamed.

==========================================================================


 Dear:

  [ ] Clueless Newbie         [x] Loser
  [ ] AOLer/Euronetter/PIer
  [ ] Me too er               [ ] Pervert         [x] Geek
  [ ] Spammer                 [ ] Nerd            [ ] Elvis
  [ ] Fed                     [x] Freak           [ ] FLAMENET
  [x] Other: Unbearably self-righteous person


 You Are Being Flamed Because:

  [ ] You posted a "test" in a newsgroup other than alt.test/nl.test
  [ ] You posted warez in pieces LESS than 5000 lines
  [ ] You posted a binary in a non-binaries group
  [ ] You quoted an ENTIRE post in your reply
  [ ] You continued a long, stupid thread
  [ ] You started an off-topic thread
  [ ] You posted a "YOU ALL SUCK" message
  [ ] You said "me too" to something
  [ ] You don't know which group to post in
  [x] You suck
  [ ] You brag about things that never happened
  [x] Your sig/alias/server sucks
  [ ] You posted a (phone-sex) ad
  [x] You posted something totally uninteresting
  [ ] You crossposted
  [ ] You posted a message all written in CAPS
  [ ] You posted racism shit
  [x] I don't like your tone of voice
  [ ] I think you might be a member of CO$
  [ ] I think you might be a fed


 To Repent, You Must:

  [x] Give up your AOL/Euronet/Planet/Internet account
  [x] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
  [ ] Jump into a bathtub while holding your monitor
  [ ] Actually post something relevant
  [x] Read the f****** FAQ
  [ ] Be Pat Buchanan's love slave
  [x] Be the guest of honor in alt.flame for a month
  [x] Apologize to everybody in this newsgroup
  [ ] Post your tests to alt.test/nl.test


 In Closing, I'd Like to Say:

  [ ] Blow me
  [ ] Get a life
  [ ] Never post again
  [ ] I pity your dog
  [ ] Go to hell
  [ ] I think your IQ must be 7
  [ ] Take your s*** somewhere else
  [ ] Learn to post or f*** off
  [ ] Do us all a favor and jump into some industrial equipment
  [ ] See how far your tongue will fit into the electric outlet
  [x] All of the above

End of Flame.

Have a nice day,

==========================================================================


Toodles,

chi...@zahadum.com ASCII art 6 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Colin Douthwaite bombarded alt.ascii-art with:

[snip]

> ==========================================================================

>                                FLAME FORM

> ==========================================================================


>                                          )  (  (    (
>                                          (  )  () @@  )  (( (
>                                      (      (  )( @@  (  )) ) (
>                                    (    (  ( ()( /---\   (()( (
>      _______                            )  ) )(@ !O O! )@@  ( ) ) )
>     <   ____)                      ) (  ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( )
>  /--|  |(  o|                     (  )  ) ((@@(@@ !o! @@@@(@@@@@)() (
> |   >   \___|                      ) ( @)@@)@ /---\-/---\ )@@@@@()( )
> |  /---------+                    (@@@@)@@@( // /-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@(  .
> | |    \ =========______/|@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ .  .
> |  \   \\=========------\|@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ O @@@ /-\ @@@ O @@(@@)@@ @   .
> |   \   \----+--\-)))           @@@@@@@@@@ !! @@@@ % @@@@ !! @@)@@@ .. .
> |   |\______|_)))/             .    @@@@@@ !! @@ /---\ @@ !! @@(@@@ @ . .
>  \__==========           *        .    @@ /MM  /\O   O/\  MM\ @@@@@@@. .
>     |   |-\   \          (       .      @ !!!  !! \-/ !!  !!! @@@@@ .
>     |   |  \   \          )      .     .  @@@@ !!     !!  .(. @.  .. .
>     |   |   \   \        (    /   .(  . \)). ( |O  )( O! @@@@ . )      .
>     |   |   /   /         ) (      )).  ((  .) !! ((( !! @@ (. ((. .   .
>     |   |  /   /   ()  ))   ))   .( ( ( ) ). ( !!  )( !! ) ((   ))  ..
>     |   |_<   /   ( ) ( (  ) )   (( )  )).) ((/ |  (  | \(  )) ((. ).
> ____<_____\\__\__(___)_))_((_(____))__(_(___.oooO_____Oooo.(_(_)_)((_

>                       Consider yourself flamed.

May I make a slight rediddle?



                                         )  (  (    (
                                         (  )  () @@  )  (( (
                                     (      (  )( @@  (  )) ) (
                                   (    (  ( ()( ,---.   (()( (
     _______                            )  ) )(@ !O O! )@@  ( ) ) )
    <   ____)                      ) (  ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( )
 /--|  |( o||                     (  )  ) ((@@(@@ !H! @@@@(@@@@@)() (
|   >   \__>|                      ) ( @)@@)@ ,---\-/---. )@@@@@()( )
|  /-------()]           __        (@@@@)@@@( ///-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@(  .
| | @  \ =========------'  |@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ .  .
|  \   \\=========------.__|@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ O @@@ /-\ @@@ O @@(@@)@@ @   .
|   \   \----+--\-)))             @@@@@@@@ !! @@@@ % @@@@ !! @@)@@@ .. .
|   |\______|_)))/              .   @@@@@@ !! @@ /---\ @@ !! @@(@@@ @ . .
 \__==========           *        .    @@ /MM  /\O   O/\  MM\ @@@@@@@. .
    |   ,-.   \          (       .      @ !!!  !! "-" !!  !!! @@@@@ .
    |   |  \   \          )      .     .  @@@@ !!     !!  .(. @.  .. .
    |   |   \   \        (    /   .(  . \)). ( |O  )( O! @@@@ . )      .
    |   |   /   /         ) (      )).  ((  .) !! ((( !! @@ (. ((. .   .
    |   |  /   /   ()  ))   ))   .( ( ( ) ). ( !!  )( !! ) ((   ))  ..
    |   |_<   /   ( ) ( (  ) )   (( )  )).) ((/ |  (  | \(  )) ((. ).
____<_____\\__\__(___)_))_((_(____))__(_(___.oooO_____Oooo.(_(_)_)((_     

                      Consider yourself flamed.

Very impressive.  Can I use it as long as I name you as the original artist?

-- 
  /` |_  .  _   _  ,_  _     (aka Kristen Steward)     chi...@zahadum.com
  \, | | | ||| (/, |  /~\   Keele University, England.   CompSci + AstPhys
 gCode version3.12 - GCS/S>$ d s- a-- C++@ US>++ L>++ E---- W+>++ N++ w-- 
 O? M V-- PS+ PE- Y+ PGP- t--/---(-) 5++/+++ X+ R/+ tv b+ D G e>Phd h+ y?

Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

> >     While I know it is a rare occurance but if one posts "rules" he
> > has to also abide by them for other systems which do other things.
> Load of Poop...Go Away unless you can come up with a much better argument
> than that.

     It isn't an arguement.  It's a simple statement of fact.  If you're 
going to go postal about it, then I suggest you kindly refrain from posting 
any "rules" which you yourself refuse to abide by.

> > Sure, there's not a lot of systems out there which do this color
> > code system, or have it activated if they do but it does affect
> > some of us.
> You are the very FIRST person in more than 3 years to bring up this
> anything like this!

     So?  It makes no difference.  A color code is a color code, whether you 
know about it or not.

> If you wish to re-write, maintain and regularly issue this WARNING
> Notice to suit yourself and others, then...like I told Greg
> Berigan...please be my guest.  Berigan ducked out...Surprised? :-)
> So...get this straight, get it crystal clear...and get it good.
> I am in no way obliged to put up with your shit...or indeed any one else's
> shit. Everything I and other Net Users contribute to the Net is purely
> voluntary.

     I contributed the fact that you posted a color code quite voluntarily.  
I did not see any reason for you to be such a dick about it.  I figured that 
if you were going to post rules, I should let you know.  You are severely 
over-reacting.

>                       Consider yourself flamed.
> ==========================================================================
>  Dear:

     Ah, the subrf.  Too bad you're too clueless as to when the PROPER time 
is to use it.  It applies more directly to yourself than it does to me.  I 
simply stated a fact and you went buggy.  Deal or leave.  Killfile me, I 
could really care less.  As you yourself stated;

> Nobody forces you to read anything or even wishes you to have a Net
> Account at all.

     So piss off.

     Sean





I live, therefore I die.

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 6 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
chi...@zahadum.com wrote:
>Colin Douthwaite bombarded alt.ascii-art with:

>Very impressive.  Can I use it as long as I name you as the original artist?

> May I make a slight rediddle?

It isn't my original picture.

It's been around in this sort of format for a very long time and
there have been numerous diddles and variants posted, so I guess it
should really carry an attribute as follows:


                                          )  (  (    (
                                          (  )  () @@  )  (( (
                                      (      (  )( @@  (  )) ) (
                                    (    (  ( ()( /---\   (()( (
      _______                            )  ) )(@ !O O! )@@  ( ) ) )
     <   ____)                      ) (  ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( )
  /--|  |(  o|                     (  )  ) ((@@(@@ !o! @@@@(@@@@@)() (
 |   >   \___|                      ) ( @)@@)@ /---\-/---\ )@@@@@()( )
 |  /---------+                    (@@@@)@@@( // /-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@(  .
 | |    \ =========______/|@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ .  .
 |  \   \\=========------\|@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ O @@@ /-\ @@@ O @@(@@)@@ @   .
 |   \   \----+--\-)))           @@@@@@@@@@ !! @@@@ % @@@@ !! @@)@@@ .. .
 |   |\______|_)))/             .    @@@@@@ !! @@ /---\ @@ !! @@(@@@ @ . .
  \__==========           *        .    @@ /MM  /\O   O/\  MM\ @@@@@@@. .
     |   |-\   \          (       .      @ !!!  !! \-/ !!  !!! @@@@@ .
     |   |  \   \          )      .     .  @@@@ !!     !!  .(. @.  .. .
     |   |   \   \        (    /   .(  . \)). ( |O  )( O! @@@@ . )      .
     |   |   /   /         ) (      )).  ((  .) !! ((( !! @@ (. ((. .   .
     |   |  /   /   ()  ))   ))   .( ( ( ) ). ( !!  )( !! ) ((   ))  ..
     |   |_<   /   ( ) ( (  ) )   (( )  )).) ((/ |  (  | \(  )) ((. ).
 ____<_____\\__\__(___)_))_((_(____))__(_(___.oooO_____Oooo.(_(_)_)((_
                   -cfbd/after others-


By the same token I guess you could use the attribute:

                -chimera/after others-

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 6 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Wildfire <som...@some.where.org> wrote:

>      So?  It makes no difference.  A color code is a color code,
> whether you know about it or not.

Actually the irony of it all is that it was "Llizard" who compiled
the "Table of Characters" you have been complaining about...not that
she deserves to be on the receiving end of any of your Braindead Crap
either...she was only being helpful but you have to come along like the LUSER
you clearly are and simply try your best to "piss in the soup" in your very
first post to "alt.ascii-art".

Bleah!
                                           __
       /  | /         /                   /|            /
      (   |(___  ___ (___       ___      ( |       ___ (     ___
      | / )|   )|   )|         |   )       | |   )|   )|___)|___)\   )
      |/|/ |  / |__/||__       |__/|       | |__/ |    | \  |__   \_/
                                                                   /

                            ,_________,
                           /           \
                          / __^    __^  \
                         / (o_)   (o_)   \
                        |   _______       \
                        |  / ____  '\     |
                        |  |/    '\  \    |
                        |  |       |  \   |/~\
                        |   \/~~~~~|  |   |   '/~~\
                         \         |  |  /    /    \
                          |        |  | |    /     '/~~\
                          |        |  \ |   /      /   '/~~\
                          |        |__/ |  /      /   ,/   /__
                          |             |_/__   /'   /   /'   \
                          |             |     '\   /'  /'   ,,/
                          |             |       '\/  /'   ,/   \
                          |             |         '\/   /'    /'
                        /'|                         ',/'    /'~~,
                      /'  |                           ',,_/'   /
                     /                                   \   /'__
                    /                                     ',/    \
                    |                                      |   ,/'_
                    |                                      |~~~   /
                    |                                      |____/'
                    |                                     /     '\,
                     \                                   /,______/
                      \                                 /       '\
                       '\                              /\,______/'
                          ',_______________/          /,       '\
                               \       /  \          /\ \__,   /
                                \     /    \       /'  \,,,,\~~
-K. Wheeler  (Rosebud)-          \___/      \     /
                                  ||         \___/
                                  ||          ||
                         ________//___        ||
                        V  ___/----~~~V       ||
                          V          ________//____
                                    V ____/-----~~~V
                                     V


> I did not see any reason for you to be such a dick about it.

It is you who are the Big Prick here!



> then I suggest you kindly refrain from posting any "rules" which
> you yourself refuse to abide by.

And _I_ suggest that _you_ write _your own_ WARNING Notices if you don't
like mine for some reason.

Until someone appoints you Moderator of this unmoderated newsgroup,
alt.ascii-art please refrain from telling other people what to post
here, Luser!


   .
  /:\
  |:|
  |:|
  |:|
  |:|      __                        *_   _   _   _   _   _   _   *
,_|:|_,   /  )                       | `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-'|
  (Oo    / _I_                       |                            |
   +\ \  || __|              ^       |  LONG LIVE  alt.ascii-art  |
      \ \||___|              |       |      free & unmoderated    |       |
        \ /.:.\-\            |  (*)  |_   _   _   _   _   _   _   |  \^/  |
         |.:. /-----\        | _<">_ | `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-'| _(#)_ |
         |___|::oOo::|      o+o \ / \0                            0/ \ / (=)
         /   |:<-T->:|       0'\ ^ /\/                            \/\ ^ /`0
        |_____\ ::: /          /_^_\ |                            | /_^_\
         | |  \ \:/            || || |                            | || ||
         | |   | |             d|_|b_T____________________________T_d|_|b
         \ /   | \___                /                           /
         / |   \_____\             /                            /
         `-'                     /                             /
______________________________ /            -cfbd98-          /____________



>     So piss off.

>     Sean


DITTO...And please...don't bang the door when you leave!



 ~-_                                                              _-
    ~-_                                                        _-~
       ~-_                                                  _-~
          ~-______________________________________________-~
           |                                             |
           |          ___________________________        |
""- __     |         |                           |       |  __---~~~|
""--__~~|  |         |                           |       | |        |
 /  / | |  |         |           O   O           |       | |        |
      | |  |         |                           |       | |  EXIT  |
  /   | |  |         |                           |       | |        |
      | |  |         |          `-----'          |       | |        |
______| |  |         |___________________________|       | |        |
   /  | |  |                                             | |        |
      | |  |           __________________________        | |        |
 / /  | |  |          |           _____          |       | |        |
      | |  |          |           \ o /          |       | |        |
 /    | |  |          |            ~~~           |       | |        |
      | |  |          |            Dux           |       | |        |
__--""__|  |          |                          |       | |        |
__--""     |          |                          |       | |      O |
           |           --------------------------        | |        |
           |               |   __------__   |            | |        |
           |              /  ./  ,.....,  \. \           | |        |
           |            /  ./   .   _   .  \.  \         | |        |
           |          /    /     --   ~~    \   \        | |        |
           |         (     (  ~     ~     _ )    )       | |        |
           |          \     \.   ~_~~_~~  ./    /        | |        |
           |            \     \.________./    /          | |        |
           |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _\                /_ _ _ _ _ _ | |        |
         ,'                   \.========./                '|.       |
       ,'                     I          I                   '.     |
     ,'                       I          I                     '.   |
   ,'                        /]          [\    -cfbd-            '. |
 ,'                         //            \\                       '.
'                          \\_____________//                         '.



Good Bye, Good Riddance, ( And please remember to flush! )

Wildfire <som...@some.where.org> ASCII art 6 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

> >      So?  It makes no difference.  A color code is a color code,
> > whether you know about it or not.
> Actually the irony of it all is that it was "Llizard" who compiled
> the "Table of Characters" you have been complaining about...not that
> she deserves to be on the receiving end of any of your Braindead Crap
> either...she was only being helpful but you have to come along like the LU
> you clearly are and simply try your best to "piss in the soup" in your ver
> first post to "alt.ascii-art".
> Bleah!

     Looks like someone got u pon the wrong side of the bed.  I did not 
COMPLAIN about them.  I simply stated the facts as they stand.  You don't 
like a statement of fact, a simple explanation that I made, then that's just 
too bad.

> Until someone appoints you Moderator of this unmoderated newsgroup,
> alt.ascii-art please refrain from telling other people what to post
> here, Luser!

     Take your own advice then.  You posted rules to an unmoderated newsgroup 
about not posting colors and then get on my ass for letting you know that 
they contained codes which produce colors on my system.  Luser?  I think you 
should take a long hard look in the mirror before you pass judgement my 
friend.

> And _I_ suggest that _you_ write _your own_ WARNING Notices if you don't
> like mine for some reason.

     I never said I did not like the rules which you posted.  I think you 
completely misconstrued what I posted.  Somewhere your warped little mind 
took what I said as some sort of offront to your sensibilities.  I like the 
rules, which is why I posted to let you know that they contain codes which 
produce color on my system.


     +--------+
     |        |
     |        |
     |        |
     |        |    .
     |        |  ~ .
     |        |  . ~
     |        |  __
     |        | |__| 
     |        |/ /
     |~~~~~~~/ /
     |     / /|
     |___/_/__|
    /__________\

     Here, take a hit, pass it on, relax.  Things aren't as bad as they seem.

     -S





I live, therefore I die.

 Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> writes
>Wildfire wrote:
>>
>> Responding :# WARNING: Control Codes
>> Written By :# Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
>> Msg. Status:# No reply necessary!
>>  ############
>
>[#s above were non-ASCII characters ...]
>
>> 
>> >  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
>> >  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
>> >  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{
>> 
>>      You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in 
>> violation of your own post.
>> 
>>      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
>> codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
>> produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional
>> but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable results.
>
>On the contrary, Colin's post contains absolutely no non-ASCII
>characters at all. It would appear that the post was corrupted somewhere
>between your BBS's news server and your computer.
>
>Only the first part of /your/ message contains such characters (quoted
>above with the non-ASCII characters #ed out).
>
[][ hi ...

 i fink wot 'wildfire' meant was that the '|' (pipe) char gets interpreted
by his operating.system as a CSI (control sequence introducer) ... which
also means he may hav problms with the '*' (asterisc) char too
... altho' he may benefit from re-config'ng it to use escapes instead.

[][ scribble ]

         ) \  /   (
        ) ) \/  (   (
       ) ) )  (   (   (
        ) ) /\  (   (
         ) /""\   (
           \""/
            \( _
3nov98       \(@)
              `~`
[][ see yuz
[][ colin
-- 
( () /_ / /\)   _/   /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_
CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk

Hilton Janfield <val...@bcgroup.net> ASCII art 7 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
> So, let me get this straight. A pipe | followed by a number from 00-15
> causes the BBS to change colour? I have a perverse desire to draw
> something using those very things so that it will look completely normal
> to us but have a little message for those unfortunates who insist on
> reading alt.ascii-art in BBS.
> 
>         ___           ha
>       _/   |   \_,^%--- ha
>      |_____|     <\ \ ha        But it's just too
>        ---  ==   >/               |-| /-\ |2 |)
>      [_____]   __>,^         to think of something
>   ejm |   |   //| |

Hehehe...

How bout a sorta christmas tree?
            *
           /|\
          /|04\
         /5%|15\
        /|04$%||\
       /g|04e|07t\
      /|00$|12a|06\
     /|00489|041|07\
    /b|04et|06t|07er\
   /|0049344|00313|07\
  /|001|3X2339|0000|11\
 /NE|03WS|00:|04DO|12OR\
/----------| |----------\
           | |

Should look something like (in a lot of various colors)
            *
           /|\
          /\
         /5%\
        /$%||\
       /get\
      / a\
     /       \
    /better\
   /           \
  /          \
 /NEWS DOOR\
/----------| |----------\
           | |


>          , ,
>          |00)
>         /  `)        <------ it sort of looks like an owl to me.
>   ejm  /   "                   what does it look like on BBS?

Considering the white-on-black look of BBS systems, like this:
          , ,

         /  `)
   ejm  /   "

-- 
 _ _ ___ _   ___ _ _ ___
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High message: 9434567. Message last read: 9.

Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> ASCII art 7 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Hilton Janfield wrote:
> 
> > > Responding :# WARNING: Control Codes
> > > Written By :# Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
> > > Msg. Status:# No reply necessary!
> > >  ############
> >
> > [#s above were non-ASCII characters ...]
> 
> In the DOS charset, lines - PERFECTLY understandable on a BBS system.

Whatever, but this is NOT a BBS system, this is USENET. They're still
non-ASCII characters, therefore, they're still not acceptable on this
group. The vast majority of people subscribed to this group are not
reading it through a BBS.

>...
> > >      You do realize that you have just posted color codes
> > > yourself, in violation of your own post.
> > >
> > >      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
> > > codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
> > > produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not
> > > intentional but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable
> > > results.
> >
> > On the contrary, Colin's post contains absolutely no non-ASCII
> > characters at all. It would appear that the post was corrupted
> > somewhere between your BBS's news server and your computer.
> 
> What he means is that BBS' interpret them as control codes.
> I should know - I've run a variety of BBS systems.
>
> On most modern free or cheap BBS softwares, a | symbol followed by
> 00-15 will produce colors. i.e. |04 would produce red. % is also used
> on many, as info codes - i.e. %UN on many systems will display the
> user's name.

`Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.' If BBS software is stupid
enough to use printable ASCII characters such as | to influence its
display, I have no sympathy for the software at all.

We in the group are certainly not going to stop using the | character in
our pictures just because some silly BBS software reacts strangely to
it. As I say, the vast majority of people subscribed to this group are
not reading it through a BBS.

> To Wildfire:
> I suggest you tell your SysOp to go and download one of the many great
> doors available which will make user's news reading experience more
> enjoyable.
>...

ObAscii: a free door for download, complete with knocker ...
      ______
   ,-' ;  ! `-.
  / :  !  :  . \ 
 |_ ;   __:  ;  |
 )| .  :)(.  !  |
 |"    (##)  _  |
 |  :  ;`'  (_) (
 |  :  :  .     |
 )_ !  ,  ;  ;  |
 || .  .  :  :  |
 |" .  |  :  .  |
 |mt-2_;----.___|

ttfn
-- 
   .._o  Matthew Thomas (mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz)
 ..://\/ Visit my site: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
..:_/\   Read my column on Sundays: http://www.newsroom.co.nz/
  ..:/   [Random interesting quote here]

Wildfire wrote:
>      Looks like someone got u pon the wrong side of the bed.  I did not

<grin> The asciigangsteins were getting up on the wrong side of the bed
all the time, just like Colin these days ...

=========================================================
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[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
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Wildfire <som...@some.where.org> wrote:
>Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
>Written By :� Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
>Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
> ������������


Here is another message addressed at your problem, this time by 
Martin Thomas, the Author/Maintainer of the Main Ascii Art FAQ.  

I make no apologies for reproducing Matthew Thomas's posting in full
because it is not clear just what your BrainDead BBS Software is allowing 
you to see ...and not see...on the Net.

Do...go away now please and study  _ALL_ the _Usenet FAQs_ in the 
newsgroups, "news.newusers.questions", etc until you begin to get 
real clue as to how Usenet works...as opposed to how BBS's work



=================== Matthew Thomas's posting  =======================

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 7 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <364...@spamfree.land>, Matthew Thomas
<mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote:
> 
> Hilton Janfield wrote:
> >
[snip]
> > > >      BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color
> > > > codes, meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will
> > > > produce colors on some systems, such as mine.  This is not
> > > > intentional but can be annoying as it produces unpredictable
> > > > results.
[snip]
> > What he means is that BBS' interpret them as control codes.
> > I should know - I've run a variety of BBS systems.
> >
> > On most modern free or cheap BBS softwares, a | symbol followed by
> > 00-15 will produce colors. i.e. |04 would produce red. % is also used
> > on many, as info codes - i.e. %UN on many systems will display the
> > user's name.
[snip]
> If BBS software is stupid
> enough to use printable ASCII characters such as | to influence its
> display, I have no sympathy for the software at all.
> 
> We in the group are certainly not going to stop using the | character in
> our pictures just because some silly BBS software reacts strangely to
> it. As I say, the vast majority of people subscribed to this group are
> not reading it through a BBS.

So, let me get this straight. A pipe | followed by a number from 00-15
causes the BBS to change colour? I have a perverse desire to draw
something using those very things so that it will look completely normal
to us but have a little message for those unfortunates who insist on
reading alt.ascii-art in BBS.

        ___           ha
      _/   |   \_,^%--- ha
     |_____|     <\ \ ha        But it's just too
       ---  ==   >/               |-| /-\ |2 |)
     [_____]   __>,^         to think of something
  ejm |   |   //| |

However, I'm sure that someone else can come up with something
wonderful!

         , ,
         |00)
        /  `)        <------ it sort of looks like an owl to me.
  ejm  /   "                   what does it look like on BBS?


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
       ___          ha            cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca
     _/   |    ,^%--- ha                      llizard aka ejm
    |11___|  __<_ \ ha
      --- ==   >/
    [_____]  __>,^          ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions
  ejm|   |  //| |        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Hilton Janfield <val...@bcgroup.net>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

> What he means is that BBS' interpret them as control codes.
> I should know - I've run a variety of BBS systems.
> On most modern free or cheap BBS softwares, a | symbol followed by 00-15
> will produce colors. i.e.  would produce red. % is also used on many, a
> info codes - i.e. %UN on many systems will display the user's name.

     Thank you, this is what I was trying to say which seems to have been 
mis-interpreted.

> To Wildfire:
> I suggest you tell your SysOp to go and download one of the many great doo
> available which will make user's news reading experience more enjoyable.
> These doors interpret messages better (sent as plain text, and some even
> strip HTML), and send more internet-friendly messages. And they should wor
> with whatever mailer your SysOp more-than-likely has to use.

     I AM the SysOp.  I happen to like reading my newsgroups right in the 
stock WWIV format.  Sure, threading would be nice but other than that, I've 
been running the BBS for six years now and happen to like the way I read 
messages.  I prefer it over all of the various newsreaders I have tried.

     Sean





I live, therefore I die.

Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Written By :� Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
 ������������

> `Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.' If BBS software is stupid
> enough to use printable ASCII characters such as | to influence its
> display, I have no sympathy for the software at all.

     So, if you're saying that if I was at a UNIX terminal you'd think the 
problem would be worth more merit?

     All who have slammed me, you're all a bunch of fucking moronic 
hypocrites, get a life.

     Sean





I live, therefore I die.

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 8 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Wed, 04 Nov 98 19:10:51 (EST), Wildfire posted:
|
|>  }4  h 5  i 6  j 7  k 8  l 9  m 0  n 1  o |{
|>  }2  p 3  q 4  r 5  s 6  t 7  u 8  v 9  w |{
|>  }0  x 1  y 2  z 3  { 4  | 5  } 6  ~ |       |{
|
|     You do realize that you have just posted color codes yourself, in 
|violation of your own post.
|
|     BBS systems which pull newsgroups many times use "pipe" color codes, 
|meaning that the | followed immediately by a number will produce colors on 
|some systems, such as mine.  This is not intentional but can be annoying as 
|it produces unpredictable results.
|
'-----------------------

I doubt that it will like my quotey bar then eh? Well the fact is that pipe
| characters are very often used in ascii art so if you can`t see them then
the ascii art is going to look pretty crap in this group anyway.

|1 |2 |3 ??? is that how it works?
hmmm
|14 yellow?

Ahh well... If I understand correctly it only happens when the | is followed
by a number, which rarely occurs (it does sometimes though!)

|4 Red?
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.----- On 7 Nov 1998 07:23:46 GMT, Colin Douthwaite posted:
|
|Here is another message addressed at your problem, this time by 
|Martin Thomas, the Author/Maintainer of the Main Ascii Art FAQ.  
|  .
'-/|\------------------------------
   |
   '------ Matthew

 Wildfire <som...@some.where.org> writes
>Responding :� Re: WARNING: Control Codes
>Written By :� Hilton Janfield <val...@bcgroup.net>
>Msg. Status:� No reply necessary!
> ������������
>
>> What he means is that BBS' interpret them as control codes.
[snip loads]
>messages.  I prefer it over all of the various newsreaders I have tried.
>
>     Sean
>
[][ ho
i think that this ng is to be considered as an ascii text only stream
with an exclusive set of characters that are all considered to be
 non-interpretive.

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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.comASCIIart> ASCII art 9 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
  .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.

      .--.                         .--.    
     (_  _)         "SICK"        (_  _) I CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL TODAY
       )(    -by Shel Silverstein   )(   Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
      /__\                         /__\
     [____]   __,--"""""""--,__   [____] "I have the measles and the mumps,
      )  (  _/                 \_  )  (  A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.
      \__/ /     ((((((())))     \ \__/  My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
      [ _]/    (((((((()))))))    \[  ]  I'm going blind in my right eye.
      [(_`"-._(((((((    ))))))--"`_) ]
      [  )   (((( ,_     _, ))))  (   ]  My tonsils are as big as rocks,
      [ /    (()  |*|   |*|  (()   \  ]  I've counted sixteen chicken pox.
      [/    ())   '''   '''   ())   \ ]  And there's one more-  
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      [     ())'.     C====O.'())   / ]  And don't you think
      [(\_/) (() '-._____.-' (()(  (  ]      ...my face looks green?
      ./o  o\())____/   \____())____) . 
     :(=  Y =)@-----'---`-----@--------: My leg is cut, my eyes are blue- 
     |/`----'/|\             /|\        \It might be instamatic flu.
     |``________________________________ I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke
     | |\'.'''.'''.".'.'".'..'".'.'.'."" I'm sure that my left leg is broke.
     | |'\.'"..'...."'"'..'...'.'.'.'.'..'.\ 
     | |.'\.''.'...'''"'..'..'.'.'.'..'. My hip hurts when I move my chin,
     | |.'.\.'"..'.'."".'".'..'.'.".'.'. My belly button's caving in,
     | |.'.'\'.".'.".'.".''.'".'.'".'.'. My back is wrenched, 
     | |.".'.\'.'..'.".'.'.-".'.'.'.- '.'    ...my ankle's sprained,
     | |.'.' .\'.'.''.''.''.''.'.'.''.'' My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
     | |'.'.' .\'".'.-".'.''".''.-'".'.'.'.".'.'.'.\
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           \'.'.'".".'\'.'.".'.-''".".'. My tongue is filling up my mouth,
            \'.".'.'.".\'.'.'.'.".'.'.'. I think my hair is falling out.
             \".'.".'.".\".'-".." .".'.' My elbow's bent-    \
              \'.".''.".'\".'.'." .'.' ".    ...my spine ain't straight.
               \".'.-'.".'\.'.'- .'.".'. My temperature is one-o-eight.
                \".".'.'.'|~.-~~-.~~-~.'~-~-.-'~-~..~~'-~-~-~-~| 
                 \'.'.''.'|.".'.'..-'.'. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
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                      \'.'|'.'.".'.'..'. What's that?  What's that you say?
                       \.'|".''.'-'.'.'. You say today is...Saturday?
                        \'|.-.'-'.-".'." G'bye, I'm going out to play!"
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                           ~~~~`~~~`~~~``~~~~```~~~~~`~~~~`~~~~~ 

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