Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Jun 1997.
gif2ascii
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 18 Jun 1997 - 2 Jul 1997
does anyone know of any software to convert gifs to ascii? advTHANKSance -- J. Pliml http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8150/
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:46:54 -0500, "J. Pliml" <jac...@mail.geocities.com> wrote: >does anyone know of any software to convert gifs to ascii? >advTHANKSance > >-- >J. Pliml >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8150/
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In a message of 19 Jun 97 Joe wrote to All:
J> On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:46:54 -0500, "J. Pliml" <jac...@mail.geocities.com>
J> wrote:
>> does anyone know of any software to convert gifs to ascii? advTHANKSance
>> --
>> J. Pliml
>> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8150/
Shouldn't this have been posted in a binaries group? Thanks for a piece of
crap, not everyone is using a PC you know! Do you want to pay my phone bill?
no, I suspect you don't and my sysop (runs darkside bbs) has to download all of
the messages, which cost him and me money.
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On Monday, June 30th, Edward Farrow rants: >Shouldn't this have been posted in a binaries group? Thanks for a piece of >crap, not everyone is using a PC you know! Do you want to pay my phone bill? >no, I suspect you don't and my sysop (runs darkside bbs) has to download all of >the messages, which cost him and me money. Lighten up Edward, not everyone is almighty powerful like you! Remember what it's like to be new? True, newbies should lurk a long time before posting, but with the flood of new people to the web every day, not everyone knows. Why not gently encourage newcomers, instead of making everyone feel like shit? :( mn -- ---- __ __ () _ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ ___ ___ o | \_|_\ | \/ |--| '(| =| | \| |/o \ " /|_/ O | O ) () o |_|_| | |_\__/_|__|_|_|__| |_|\__|_/\_|_|___|__/|_\_\ o_/||\/ \|__\| Michael Naylor, http://www.math.fsu.edu/~mnaylor _/\_
Edward Farrow wrote: > > In a message of 19 Jun 97 Joe wrote to All: > > J> On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:46:54 -0500, "J. Pliml" <jac...@mail.geocities.com> > J> wrote: > >> does anyone know of any software to convert gifs to ascii? advTHANKSance > > Shouldn't this have been posted in a binaries group? Why? It is about ascii art... (and the other groups on that subject all consist of 99% garbage anyway...) What could be argued here is that it is one of the most common questions here and the correct answer to this guy would be "READ THE FAQ before asking questions like that!". > Thanks for a piece of > crap, not everyone is using a PC you know! So? What's wrong with using a PC? Lots of people do. I don't happen to be one of them myself but I don't go around swearing at those who are. > Do you want to pay my phone bill? > no, I suspect you don't and my sysop (runs darkside bbs) has to download all of > the messages, which cost him and me money. And mine just had to download a load of abusive shit from you... Here is a picture for you (I did not make it and I do not know who did): _______ / _____ \ | / \ | | \_____/ | | | | _____ | | ----- | | ------- | | | | | | | | | | _____ | | ------- | ______| ---- |______ / | ------ | \ | | --- | | | | | |_____ | | | | \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________ | / \ | | / \ | \ | / \ | \ \__ \ | | \ \| | \ | | \ \ | \ \ | \ | \ | \ | \ / \___ / It is on-topic for this newsgroup and hopefully made _this_ post a little bit _less_ offensive to the majority of readers of alt.ascii-art. Have a nice day and try to understand that even though not everybody is a unix user they deserve to live and breathe too. (and spend your aggressive energy on the real spam instead, such as "cum and see the biggest sex site on the net" or "$$$ get very very RICH today!!! $$$"...) -- :) Veronica Karlsson ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ) ( llizard's fanclub: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/llpages )
Michael Naylor wrote: > > Aha! > > I had an incomplete thread, I realize Edward was ranting about the > posting of a large program which does eat up a lot of time for folks > with slow connections who have to receive everything. Hmmm... you are not the only one.... such things should be posted as links to places where those interested can go and fetch them if they want to... > > My bad, I thought he was ranting about someone asking for a program > instead of looking for themselves. That is definitely the impression that I got too. I think he was possibly replying to the wrong post because what I saw was definitely a typical newbie question that got answered with nothing but abuse... > > My apologies. The sentiment about being nice to newbies still stands, > however. > I agree, even though sometimes that means telling them to "read the f*****g FAQ!!!"... (the question "why don't those pictures look good in my mail?" does really get on one's nerves sometimes...) -- :) Veronica Karlsson ( e93...@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ) ( llizard's fanclub: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/llpages )
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