Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Oct 1999.
Alien ascii...
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· 12 messages · 18 Oct 1999 - 10 Nov 1999
http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/
Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC...
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"I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
>Subject: Alien ascii... >From: Ville Jouppi vjo...@sci.fi >Date: Mon, 18 October 1999 12:18 AM EDT >Message-id: <dao...@4ax.com> > >http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ > >Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... Hey that's pretty damn cool. ObASCII: Conversion from a scan of some of my pen art doodling. MMMM M MM MM M M M MM M M M M M M M M M M MMM MMM M MM M MM MMM M M M M MM MM M M M M MM MM M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M MM M M M M M M M MM M M M MMMMMMMMMMMM MM M M M MM M M M M M M M M MM M M MM MM M MMMM MM MM M MM M MMMMM MMMM MM MMMMM MM MM MMMMMM M M M MMMM MM MM M M MM MMMMM MM M M MM MMM MMMMM MMM M M MMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMM MMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MM MMM MMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMM MMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMAMCMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMM MMMM MMMM MM MM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMMMM MMMM MM MM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMM MMMMM MMM -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Tony's ASCII Zine* http://www.zinezone.com/users/TonyCucchiara *Yahoo! Clubs horror movie fanatix* http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/horrormoviefanatix
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 07:18:34 +0300 Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> found it necessary to say: >http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ > >Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... WOW! This one is great! -- groetings, Rand ICQ#:32336803 (\---/) (\---/) ( � � ) ( � � ) ----���--x--���---- & ----���--x--���---- � Taz '98 (remove ".geenspam" to reply by e-mail) "Gun Control:" a solution in search of a problem.
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:26:12 GMT, "(-: Rand :-)" <ran...@chello.nl> wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 07:18:34 +0300 Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> found >it necessary to say: > >>http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ >> >>Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... > >WOW! This one is great! Yeah looks nice, but needs some heavy optimization.. Every character has a font tag that defines it's colour.. Straight from the conversion proggy.. :-) -- Universal CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, "Student" Email: vjo...@sci.fi, URL: http://www.sci.fi/~vjouppi/ GSM: +358-40-5679999, IRCNet: Jope "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
Cool!!! Ville Jouppi wrote: > http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ > > Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... > -- > Universal CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, "Student" > Email: vjo...@sci.fi, URL: http://www.sci.fi/~vjouppi/ > GSM: +358-40-5679999, IRCNet: Jope > "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. -- >-Shaun Mead >- >-EMAIL >-sha...@ns.sympatico.ca >-ICQ >-26586042 >-WEBPAGE >-http://shauns.cool.homepage.com
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:27:25 +0300 Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> found it necessary to say: >>>http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ >>>Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... >>WOW! This one is great! > >Yeah looks nice, but needs some heavy optimization.. Every character >has a font tag that defines it's colour.. Straight from the conversion >proggy.. :-) I tried saving it to my hdd, but couldn't get to work. I thought maybe it's just an jpg file. But I guess it isn't. Well I bookmarked it. It seems that The Internet is my hdd! :-) -- groetings, Rand ICQ#:32336803 (\---/) (\---/) ( � � ) ( � � ) ----���--x--���---- & ----���--x--���---- � Taz '98 (remove ".geenspam" to reply by e-mail) 'If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.' -- Terry Pratchett, concerning popcorn, _Moving Pictures_
: Yeah looks nice, but needs some heavy optimization.. Every character : has a font tag that defines it's colour.. Straight from the conversion : proggy.. :-) Thats because it changes color for every character .. it's supposed to be that way .. could'nt be otherwise.
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:43:12 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" <REM...@CeeJay.findhere.com> wrote in message <7uo2s4$177$3...@news.inet.tele.dk>: >: Yeah looks nice, but needs some heavy optimization.. Every character >: has a font tag that defines it's colour.. Straight from the conversion >: proggy.. :-) > >Thats because it changes color for every character .. it's supposed to be that >way .. could'nt be otherwise. actually, it doesn't... look at the source... :) m�spher. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:20:23 GMT, jta...@SPAMBLEDEGGSatt.net (m�spher (JT)) wrote: >On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:43:12 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" ><REM...@CeeJay.findhere.com> wrote in message ><7uo2s4$177$3...@news.inet.tele.dk>: > >>: Yeah looks nice, but needs some heavy optimization.. Every character >>: has a font tag that defines it's colour.. Straight from the conversion >>: proggy.. :-) >> >>Thats because it changes color for every character .. it's supposed to be that >>way .. could'nt be otherwise. > >actually, it doesn't... look at the source... :) I've made several attempts to start optimizing it, but i just can't be bothered.. :-D -- Universal CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, "Student" Email: vjo...@sci.fi, URL: http://www.sci.fi/~vjouppi/ GSM: +358-40-5679999, IRCNet: Jope "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
>Subject: Re: Alien ascii... >From: Gunter Ohrner gun...@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de >Date: Tue, 09 November 1999 10:15 AM EST >Message-id: <382...@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> > >"(-: Rand :-)" wrote: > >> >>>http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ >> >>>Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... >> >>WOW! This one is great! >> I tried saving it to my hdd, but couldn't get to work. I thought maybe >> it's just an jpg file. But I guess it isn't. Well I bookmarked it. It >> seems that The Internet is my hdd! :-) > >It is an ASCII-FIle, you can select parts of it. It�d be interesting to write >a program that converts bitmaps to >ASCII-data... Email Effects will do that. ObASCII: * <---A tick. -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Tony's ASCII Zine* http://www.zinezone.com/users/TonyCucchiara *Yahoo! Clubs horror movie fanatix* http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/horrormoviefanatix
"(-: Rand :-)" wrote: > >>>http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ > >>>Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... > >>WOW! This one is great! > I tried saving it to my hdd, but couldn't get to work. I thought maybe > it's just an jpg file. But I guess it isn't. Well I bookmarked it. It > seems that The Internet is my hdd! :-) It is an ASCII-FIle, you can select parts of it. It�d be interesting to write a program that converts bitmaps to ASCII-data... Gunter Ohrner
On 09 Nov 1999 23:12:36 GMT, ton...@aol.commander (The Super Happy Karate Monkey) wrote: >>Subject: Re: Alien ascii... >>From: Gunter Ohrner gun...@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de >>Date: Tue, 09 November 1999 10:15 AM EST >>Message-id: <382...@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> >> >>"(-: Rand :-)" wrote: >> >>> >>>http://www4.telge.kth.se/~d99_kme/ >>> >>>Check it out. Someone pasted the URL to me on IRC... >>> >>WOW! This one is great! >>> I tried saving it to my hdd, but couldn't get to work. I thought maybe >>> it's just an jpg file. But I guess it isn't. Well I bookmarked it. It >>> seems that The Internet is my hdd! :-) >> >>It is an ASCII-FIle, you can select parts of it. It�d be interesting to write >>a program that converts bitmaps to >>ASCII-data... > > Email Effects will do that. > >ObASCII: > >* <---A tick. No, it's hairy ball! o * * Hairy Ball plays catch with his younger, balder brother... [*] Hairy Ball listens to acid rock on his headphones. [*]zzzzz.... Hairy Ball begins to dream... ** The dream begins with Hariy Ball making love to... Himself?... ** | / \ Jimi Hendrix, actually... > > > > > Oooh, very abstract... > > > > > > > > Heeeyyyyy...you snipped! > > > > > > Yeah, I was getting tired of having 700+ line messages. > > > > > > Besides, I think we've annoyed the kind folk of a.a.v.f.f.f. for long enough. > > > > No, you haven't annoyed us for long enough yet. I'd recommend that you keep going until the thread meets or exceeds it's previous length. > > Yeah! We want more hairy ball adventures! . hairy ball got a buzzcut. ! Hairy Ball gets a mohawk. ? Hairy Ball's mohawk discovers the wind. � Hairy Ball's mohawk got wet and droopy. ./ Hairy Ball is very happy, because other balls find the droopy | mohawk sexy. m�spher. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
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