Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Oct 1998.
I dont really get the rules.
alt.ascii-art
· 23 messages · 18 Oct 1998 - 21 Oct 1998
XSkreeemxX wrote: > > See, just because this is the ASCII group means I cant have a big sig? I have > this in the other ng's and nobody says anything...also, I had some charactersin > my sig that were not ASCII characters, but thats ok if i use it in the other > ng's...but what does a sig have to do with it? osnt the whole part the > message?? > Actually, you're _less_ likely to be flamed for big sig here than in other groups - _if_ it contains some nice ascii art. Such signatures are on-topic for the group, and often part of the content (ever see llizard's final "twist" to messages by adding a comment in her sig?). However, you are _more_ likely to be flamed because you use some "bad" character - anywhere in your message! (except possibly if it is needed to spell your own name correctly) As a new user you are expected to read the FAQ. If somebody posts pictures made for proportional fonts, or pictures containing "non-standard" characters that in itself suggests that that person did _not_ read the FAQ! > ::confused:: > Mmmm... "RTFF": http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html > Look, a sig with 1 line! :) -- _ __ __ _ _ __ ___.--'_`. \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/ ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr /-' '/ ` ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ '
CJRandall wrote: > XSkreeemxX <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes > >OK, sorry, just forget about this..I just made a sig that fits both ng's. > > > > [][ hi ... i've suss'd from the above that you're using the 'arial' font ? > Or, to put it another way, here's what I see: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-sig.dum.gif (this is a "screen shot", so what you see if you load that picture into your browser is _literally_ _exactly_ what I see on my screen) -- _ __ __ _ _ __ ___.--'_`. \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/ ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr /-' '/ ` ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ '
i cant see that..lol, my parental controls block me. ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| Blue crayons taste the best. ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp".
XSkreeemxX wrote: > > See, just because this is the ASCII group means I cant have a big > sig? I have this in the other ng's and nobody says anything...also, I > had some charactersin my sig that were not ASCII characters, but thats > ok if i use it in the other ng's...but what does a sig have to do with > it? osnt the whole part the message?? Okay. There are general rules to Usenet and there are special rules to Usenet. Ready? General rule for signatures: 1. No signature should ever be more than four lines long, or eighty characters wide. This is called the "McQ" (for McQuarrie) limit. It *can* be longer, but 99 times out of a hundred it doesn't *have* to be. In general people will be tolerant if you are, say, one line over. But if they get angry at you, they will start nit-picking. Special rules for signatures: 1. A signature can be of any length whatsoever in groups that tolerate or encourage this practice. Most of the groups that tolerate this only do so if the signature is on-topic. That means, in alt.ascii-art, overly long signatures MUST have ASCII art in them. Special rule for alt.ascii-art: 1. Never, ever use a character that is not on your keyboard, unless you are speaking in tongues. If you *must* have a long signature, and are in a group that encourages them, it also is 'good netiquette' to leave it unattached when your post is extremely small. (I forget if this is an easy or difficult task on AOL. Is there a checkbox in message composition?) (My signature has about an average of five lines. One is always blank; that's a limitation of the signature randomizer. They also are a little longer than they used to be since I switched back to Netscape and a 72-line window.) If you still don't understand, ask. :) --Muke! -- "Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet. Bad day: barely squeezed in three hours of usenet." --Jen Kilmer ICQ:1936556 http://mc11a.southern.edu/ -Personal [non-C1/C2] homepage http://welcome.to/alt.binaries.games.creatures -Visit the abgc archive!
See, just because this is the ASCII group means I cant have a big sig? I have this in the other ng's and nobody says anything...also, I had some charactersin my sig that were not ASCII characters, but thats ok if i use it in the other ng's...but what does a sig have to do with it? osnt the whole part the message?? ::confused:: Look, a sig with 1 line!
OK, sorry, just forget about this..I just made a sig that fits both ng's. ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| Blue crayons taste the best. ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp".
XSkreeemxX <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes >OK, sorry, just forget about this..I just made a sig that fits both ng's. > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > Blue crayons taste the best. >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > >jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp". [][ hi ... i've suss'd from the above that you're using the 'arial' font ? arial: +---------oOo---------+ -=|[]=----=()O()=----=[]|=- || XSkreeemx || || Je$$ica || -=|[]=----=()O()=----=[]|=- +---------oOo---------+ fixedsys: +---------oOo---------+ -=|[]=----=()O()=----=[]|=- || XSkreeemxX || || Je$$ica || -=|[]=----=()O()=----=[]|=- +---------oOo---------+ stuff posted here usually looks best using fixedsys,Topaz New,Courier New :) i found it irritating trying to do the arial version above 'cos things wouldn't line up properly ... and if i change the font size it all falls apart again :( [][ see yuz [][ colin -- ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
> That can't be done on AOL unless she is using AOL version 4.0
yes, I have AOL 4.0, how do i do it?
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XSkreeemxX wrote: > > i cant see that..lol, my parental controls block me. > Then politely ask "parental controls" to download it for you. It is a picture of the text in the post I replied to, as it appeared on my screen. The purpose of showing it is so that you can see what you are doing wrong. Here are the URLs again (including the ones I made for you earlier): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-editor.dum.gif http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-newsreader.dum.gif http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/xeskrex-sig.dum.gif -- _ __ __ _ _ __ ___.--'_`. \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/ ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr /-' '/ ` ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ '
Angel Rivera wrote: > XSkreeemxX wrote: > > > > See, just because this is the ASCII group means I cant have a big > > sig? I have this in the other ng's and nobody says anything...also, I > > had some charactersin my sig that were not ASCII characters, but thats > > ok if i use it in the other ng's...but what does a sig have to do with > > it? osnt the whole part the message?? > > Special rule for alt.ascii-art: > 1. Never, ever use a character that is not on your keyboard, unless you > are speaking in tongues. > BAD ADVICE! - in an international place like this newsgroup! Different countries - different keyboards. For example, I can find these characters on _my_ keyboard: ����������������������������� they look like this on my screen: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/rubbish/baddies.dum.gif If you want to make a description that will work of which characters to use you'll simply have to list them. This is no trouble since such a list already exists: ================================================================= | | | 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/ '
Veronica Karlsson probably wrote: > > Angel Rivera wrote: > > Special rule for alt.ascii-art: > > 1. Never, ever use a character that is not on your keyboard, unless > > you are speaking in tongues. > > > > BAD ADVICE! - in an international place like this newsgroup! [snip response to my error] Oops... I forgot about other people. Doh. The advice does work on my computer, and most likely on Jessica's, but you're right it's not a universal rule and I'm stupid. (I even had the chart already, on my old web page, hoo boy, I'm in trouble with me now..) Also, i'm still wrong, as the [Tab] character on my keyboard should also never be used in Ascii art. Urg beh. :;rolls over and dies;: --Muke! (nevertheless, there are 17 of them in this message) -- "According to IE4, I'm a blank space with a red crossed white box in the top left hand corner. It's not fair - I only look like that on really, really bad days." --Matthew Lawrenson ICQ:1936556 http://mc11a.southern.edu/ -Personal [non-C1/C2] homepage http://welcome.to/alt.binaries.games.creatures -Visit the abgc archive!
CJRandall wrote: > In article <199...@ng33.aol.com>, XSkreeemxX > <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes > >i cant see that..lol, my parental controls block me. > > > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > > Blue crayons taste the best. > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > > > >jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp". > [][ hi ... > > make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial > to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art > > leave note: in prominent position on the desktop > > check status: harass (nicely) the parental controller until it is done > > when done: pat self on back :) > Parental Controller Is Watching You! \ \ ________ _| .| ''''. |:| .| 0/0 ? \| .| ,--|D_/\---, |________| '. o , \ __|___|__ __/_|___o____|/<___ [_________] ,--------, b'ger ========/ -- `, ,\, # |/ ? | ~ )\ /_ /\ \____ joris bellenger (b'ger) / \_/ \ e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html / < ______ _> \ /___/ ,___/____) |\/
>make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial > to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art how? I didnt find anyoption for thqat, and when i went to pref.s, it only changes sendong Email and doing IMs. All I do now, is make pictures on NOTEPAD and C & P them onto here. | | | | <--a really | | demented | | smile \ / \ / "~~-,___,-~~"
In article <199...@ng33.aol.com>, XSkreeemxX <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes >i cant see that..lol, my parental controls block me. > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > Blue crayons taste the best. >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > >jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp". [][ hi ... make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art leave note: in prominent position on the desktop check status: harass (nicely) the parental controller until it is done when done: pat self on back :) ))(( ))(( ))(( ))(( (( )) (( ))(( ))(( )) ))(( ))(( ))(( ))(( (( )) (( ))(( ))(( )) ))(( ))(( ))(( ))(( (( )) (( ))(( ))(( )) ))(( ))(( ))(( ))(( (( )) (( ))(( ))(( )) ))(( ))(( ))(( ))(( (( )) (( ))(( ))(( )) 22jul98 [][ see yuz [][ colin -- ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
CJRandall wrote: > > In article <199...@ng33.aol.com>, XSkreeemxX > <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes > >i cant see that..lol, my parental controls block me. > > > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > > Blue crayons taste the best. > >||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| > > > >jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp". > [][ hi ... > > make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial > to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art I think she ment that she couldnt view the picture. -- <`.THE PRINCE ,'> `.`/""""""\,',' SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ ,'\_|||||_/`. ,',' ||| `.`.kro...@gtcom.net <,' TIME TO DIE `.>Remove no.to.spam to reply
>From: Angel Rivera <rea...@bigfoot.com> >If you *must* have a long signature, and are in a group that encourages >them, it also is 'good netiquette' to leave it unattached when your post >is extremely small. (I forget if this is an easy or difficult task on >AOL. Is there a checkbox in message composition?) Yes, right under the reply text window. | | | \ / -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
>From: CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> >>||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| >> Blue crayons taste the best. >>||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|| >> >>jEsSlCa...heh heh, my initials spell "jElp". >[][ hi ... > >make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial > to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art > >leave note: in prominent position on the desktop > >check status: harass (nicely) the parental controller until it is done That can't be done on AOL unless she is using AOL version 4.0. `\._._./' `+._.+' |"| | | -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
Lester5374 wrote: > > >From: xsk...@aol.comspamNONO (XSkreeemxX) > > >> That can't be done on AOL unless she is using AOL version 4.0 > > > >yes, I have AOL 4.0, how do i do it? > > It should be somewhere in your preferences (select MEMBERS menu > across the top of AOL window, then select PREFERENCES). There isn't a "Members" menu in AOL 4.0.... And the font setting under "Preferences" says it only works for mail, chat, and IM's, and doesn't change Usenet settings. :( <-- small, but classic ascii --Muke! -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Einstein ICQ:1936556 http://mc11a.southern.edu/ -Personal [non-C1/C2] homepage http://welcome.to/alt.binaries.games.creatures -Visit the abgc archive!
>From: xsk...@aol.comspamNONO (XSkreeemxX) >> That can't be done on AOL unless she is using AOL version 4.0 > >yes, I have AOL 4.0, how do i do it? > | | > | | <--a really > | | demented > | | smile > \ / > \ / > "~~-,___,-~~" It should be somewhere in your preferences (select MEMBERS menu across the top of AOL window, then select PREFERENCES). /^\ (___) `--H--' H' Rosebud `H Lester-AMC H' `H H -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
>From: xsk...@aol.comspamNONO (XSkreeemxX) >>make note: ask parental controller to adjust viewing font from arial >> to a monospaced font when reading alt.ascii-art > >how? I didnt find anyoption for thqat, and when i went to pref.s, it only >changes sendong Email and doing IMs. All I do now, is make pictures on >NOTEPAD >and C & P them onto here. It is probably the same font to adjust for chat text, I'll tell you once I get 4.0, unless you figure it out first, then please tell me. :) _____ /_..._\ (0[###]0) `' `' -Lester AMC -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
>Message-id: <199...@ng81.aol.com> > It is probably the same font to adjust for chat text, I'll tell you once >I >get 4.0, unless you figure it out first, then please tell me. :) I don't think that it is there... I'm on 4.0 now and the font options only apply to chat, email, and IMs... not for newsgroups... at least I can't find it anywhere... let me know if you do find it... -joan -- , _ {`--. { \/`o;====- {:}'-.}>, joan stark .----'-/`-/ {.--' )) _ mailto:spu...@juno.com `'-..-| / __ // /_/ /\/\ \_\_((_/___ ASCII ART GALLERY: jgs `--` )) \_\ http://www.ascii-art.com
>From: spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) Oh boy, there I go getting second hand help. Sorry, someone in the Tips and Tricks chat room told me it could be done, I guess it was bad advise. Train? .--------------. .--------------. .-------.__ |[][][][][][][]|_|[][][][][][][]|_.---'[][I][] | `-*-*------*-*-' `-*-*------*-*-' `-*-*------*-*-' >>Message-id: <199...@ng81.aol.com> > >> It is probably the same font to adjust for chat text, I'll tell you >once >>I >>get 4.0, unless you figure it out first, then please tell me. :) > >I don't think that it is there... I'm on 4.0 now and >the font options only apply to chat, email, and IMs... not for newsgroups... >at >least I can't find >it anywhere... let me know if you do find it... -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
I doan git no rules, eether. I doan foller no rules halfa time,
No one 'plains to me. I reckon it are a funxtion of age. I are
old, so peeple let me be. May if'n you git older, no one will
'plain to you. Now, today, my foot are sore. It hurt lik dambnation.
I em glad no one are 'plainin' at me, on accout of I mite
be tempted to shoot this here 'puter screen, if they was.
Hmmm..... I advise you to git older, and have a sore foot.
JRO
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