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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Nov 1999.
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alt.ascii-art · 12 messages · 6 Nov 1999 - 11 Nov 1999
.

the creator of universes was happy ...
he'd just inserted a seven-sided snowflake
into a blizzard as an experiment ...
and no-one had noticed. - t.pratchett


                              `-. .-`
                               .-`-.
                            _-'     `-
                /         .'          `-.          \
               :     _.-^:'--.._   _..--':^''-._    :
             _-':..-'   /       `V`       \     '--:'-.
            `   |      /         ^         \       :   '.
                |     /        .':'.        \      |
                :     \      _'  :  '_      /      :
                :  _-'``;'''`    :    `''';``'-.   :
                \_-     | ' .    :    . ' |     './
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             |    \   /  . - `  . .  ` - .  \   /    |
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               `-_ |      \  -   .   '  /      | _-`
                 '_/       \._..-^-._ '/       \.'
                   `.-._   /'        `-.   _.-.`
                    \   `''`.          /`''   /
                     \      `-_     _-'      /
                      \       `-_ .-`       /
                   _   :   _...-' '...._   :   _
lotus (snowflake)   `'':-'`             `'-:-'`
cjr                    '.                 .'
5nov99                   `               '
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Henry Segerman <sjo...@sable.ox.ac.uk> ASCII art 6 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
CJRandall (col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: .

: the creator of universes was happy ...
: he'd just inserted a seven-sided snowflake
: into a blizzard as an experiment ...
: and no-one had noticed. - t.pratchett


:                               `-. .-`
:                                .-`-.
:                             _-'     `-
:                 /         .'          `-.          \
:                :     _.-^:'--.._   _..--':^''-._    :
:              _-':..-'   /       `V`       \     '--:'-.
:             `   |      /         ^         \       :   '.
:                 |     /        .':'.        \      |
:                 :     \      _'  :  '_      /      :
:                 :  _-'``;'''`    :    `''';``'-.   :
:                 \_-     | ' .    :    . ' |     './
:               .` \      :,     . : .     ,:      / `.
:              /   :     .'       .o.       '.     :   \
:              |    \   /  . - `  . .  ` - .  \   /    |
:          '_  /     '>=.'                   '.=<'     \  _'
:            -<_     |   `-,_    `   '    _,-`   |     _>-
:           .`  -_   |      /   -     '   \      |   _-  `.
:                `-_ |      \  -   .   '  /      | _-`
:                  '_/       \._..-^-._ '/       \.'
:                    `.-._   /'        `-.   _.-.`
:                     \   `''`.          /`''   /
:                      \      `-_     _-'      /
:                       \       `-_ .-`       /
:                    _   :   _...-' '...._   :   _
: lotus (snowflake)   `'':-'`             `'-:-'`
: cjr                    '.                 .'
: 5nov99                   `               '

Nice :) Difficult subject too.

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       uewJ363S hJu3H  `-'

You read Terry Pratchett? Sweet =)

DerBluT

Henry Segerman writes
>CJRandall (col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: .
>: lotus (snowflake)   `'':-'`             `'-:-'`
>: cjr                    '.                 .'
>: 5nov99                   `               '
>
>Nice :) Difficult subject too.
>
thanks ... yes difficult ... i tried smaller ones but deleted them
when you did the 9x9 go board i figured
it'd be too big/difficult for a 19x19
but i was astounded when i saw it

[][ see yuz
[][ colin
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Nils Podewski writes
>You read Terry Pratchett? Sweet =)
>
>DerBluT
>
yes ... and he's still not dead

obascii
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cjr  :'--';;'--';;'--':-(//.\>               </.\\)-:'--';;'--';;'--':
21oct99 - portal (incomplete)
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Just a quick "SUPERB" to CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> who writes
in with a marvellous piece of ascii-math:

|> 
|>                               `-. .-`
|>                                .-`-.
|>                             _-'     `-
|>                 /         .'          `-.          \
|>                :     _.-^:'--.._   _..--':^''-._    :
|>              _-':..-'   /       `V`       \     '--:'-.
|>             `   |      /         ^         \       :   '.
|>                 |     /        .':'.        \      |
|>                 :     \      _'  :  '_      /      :
|>                 :  _-'``;'''`    :    `''';``'-.   :
|>                 \_-     | ' .    :    . ' |     './
|>               .` \      :,     . : .     ,:      / `.
|>              /   :     .'       .o.       '.     :   \
|>              |    \   /  . - `  . .  ` - .  \   /    |
|>          '_  /     '>=.'                   '.=<'     \  _'
|>            -<_     |   `-,_    `   '    _,-`   |     _>-
|>           .`  -_   |      /   -     '   \      |   _-  `.
|>                `-_ |      \  -   .   '  /      | _-`
|>                  '_/       \._..-^-._ '/       \.'
|>                    `.-._   /'        `-.   _.-.`
|>                     \   `''`.          /`''   /
|>                      \      `-_     _-'      /
|>                       \       `-_ .-`       /
|>                    _   :   _...-' '...._   :   _
|> lotus (snowflake)   `'':-'`             `'-:-'`
|> cjr                    '.                 .'
|> 5nov99                   `               '


Seven sides!  In ascii.  Now *that's* work!   Thanks a bunch, CJ.


|> the creator of universes was happy ...
|> he'd just inserted a seven-sided snowflake
|> into a blizzard as an experiment ...
|> and no-one had noticed. - t.pratchett

So which side was colored octarine, then?

As a pathetic reward, here's one from me, nowhere near as good.

It's a (not regular!) dodecahedron, seen from above.

                              -E
                               
                        _______p_______       
                       /       |       \
                      /        |        \
                     /         |         \
                    /   A      ^     B    \ 
                   /         /   \         \   
                  /        /       \        \
                 /       /           \       \    
          -D    /      /               \      \  -C
               /--___/                   \___--\
              /      \         F         /      \
             /        \                 /        \
            /          \               /          \
           /      C     \             /     D      \
            \            \           /            /
              \           \_________/           /
                \         /         \         /
                  \      /           \      /
                    \   /             \   /
                      \/       E       \/    
               -B       \             /     -A
                          \         /    
                            \     /    
                              \ /    
                               q
Cheers,

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Ool <Ulr...@t-online.de> ASCII art 9 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in message news:80888g$hv6$1...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...

> It's a (not regular!) dodecahedron, seen from above.
>
>                               -E
>
>                         _______p_______
>                        /       |       \
>                       /        |        \
>                      /         |         \
>                     /   A      ^     B    \
>                    /         /   \         \
>                   /        /       \        \
>                  /       /           \       \
>           -D    /      /               \      \  -C
>                /--___/                   \___--\
>               /      \         F         /      \
>              /        \                 /        \
>             /          \               /          \
>            /      C     \             /     D      \
>             \            \           /            /
>               \           \_________/           /
>                 \         /         \         /
>                   \      /           \      /
>                     \   /             \   /
>                       \/       E       \/
>                -B       \             /     -A
>                           \         /
>                             \     /
>                               \ /
>                                q



                         _______________
                        /       |       \
                       /        |        \
                      /         |         \
                     /          |          \
                    /         ,' '.         \
                   /        ,'     '.        \
                  /       ,'         '.       \
                 /      ,'             '.      \
                /--.__,'                 '.__.--\
               /      \                   /      \
              /        \                 /        \
             /          \               /          \
            /            \             /            \
            '.            \           /            ,'
              '.           \_________/           ,'
                '.         /         \         ,'
                  '.      /           \      ,'
                    '.   /             \   ,'
                      './               \,'
                        '.             ,'
                          '.         ,'
                            '.     ,'
                              '. ,'
                                '

???


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Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 10 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
"Ool" <Ulr...@t-online.de> writes:
|>                          _______________
|>                         /       |       \
|>                        /        |        \
|>                       /         |         \
|>                      /          |          \
|>                     /         ,' '.         \
|>                    /        ,'     '.        \
|>                   /       ,'         '.       \
|>                  /      ,'             '.      \
|>                 /--.__,'                 '.__.--\
|>                /      \                   /      \
|>               /        \                 /        \
|>              /          \               /          \
|>             /            \             /            \
|>             '.            \           /            ,'
|>               '.           \_________/           ,'
|>                 '.         /         \         ,'
|>                   '.      /           \      ,'
|>                     '.   /             \   ,'
|>                       './               \,'
|>                         '.             ,'
|>                           '.         ,'
|>                             '.     ,'
|>                               '. ,'
|>                                 '

Nice work Ool.   But I note that you, along with many others, often use 
a closing single speech-mark (') where an opening one is clearly needed (`).

Presumeably this is an artefact of some restricted font in common use??

So here'a diddle...

                          _______________
                         /       |       \
                        /        |        \
                       /         |         \
                      /          |          \
                     /         ,' `.         \
                    /        ,'     `.        \
                   /       ,'         `.       \
                  /      ,'             `.      \
                 /--.__,'                 `.__.--\
                /      \                   /      \
               /        \                 /        \
              /          \               /          \
             /            \             /            \
             `.            \           /            ,'
               `.           \_________/           ,'
                 `.         /         \         ,'
                   `.      /           \      ,'
                     `.   /             \   ,'
                       `./               \,'
                         `.             ,'
                           `.         ,'
                             `.     ,'
                               `. ,'
                                 '


                      ,-"~"-.
                     /  ._.  \
                    :  /   \  :    --------------------------------
                    !  !    : !             Bill Taylor  
                    ;  !    ; ;    --------------------------------
                   /    \  / /      W.T...@math.canterbury.ac.nz
                  /      \/ /      --------------------------------
                 /       /`/ 
                /       / /\             Klein bottle for sale.        
                |     .`-'  |
                |    .'.'   |                Apply within.
                |    : :    |  
                |  ..: :..  |      --------------------------------
                |.' .' `. '.|
                `\ '     ` /'
                  `--___--'

Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> 10 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
Bill Taylor wrote:

> 
>                       ,-"~"-.
>                      /  ._.  \
>                     :  /   \  :    --------------------------------
>                     !  !    : !             Bill Taylor
>                     ;  !    ; ;    --------------------------------
>                    /    \  / /      W.T...@math.canterbury.ac.nz
>                   /      \/ /      --------------------------------
>                  /       /`/
>                 /       / /\             Klein bottle for sale.
>                 |     .`-'  |
>                 |    .'.'   |                Apply within.
>                 |    : :    |
>                 |  ..: :..  |      --------------------------------
>                 |.' .' `. '.|
>                 `\ '     ` /'
>                   `--___--'

That Klein bottle looks so good in ascii......



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Ool <Ulr...@t-online.de> 11 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
Shanaka Dias <sdi...@netlane.com> wrote in message news:382...@news.mel.comcen.com.au...
> CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >the creator of universes was happy ...
> >he'd just inserted a seven-sided snowflake
> >into a blizzard as an experiment ...
> >and no-one had noticed. - t.pratchett

> With a bit of diddling it could be the Great Atuin
> minus the elephants and discworld!


>                                 .-.
>                               .'   '.
>                              /       \
>                             |  =   =  |
>                             |    :    |
>                             \    :    /
>                              \       /
>                               |.-`-.|
>                             _-'     `-
>                           .'          `-.
>                      _.-^:'--.._   _..--':^''-._
>                  ..-'   /       `V`       \     '- _____
>             ___ /      /         ^         \      \     '-.
>          .-'    |     /        .':'.        \      |       \
>         /       :     \      _'  :  '_      /      :        \
>        /        :  _-'``;'''`    :    `''';``'-.   :_,_      |
>       /    .___ \_-     | ' .    :    . ' |     './ :  '-..  |
>       |  /'   .` \      :,     . : .     ,:      /  .      \ |
>       |/       | :     .'       .o.       '.     :  \       \|
>                |  \   /  . - `  . .  ` - .  \   /   |
>                /   '>=.'                   '.=<'    |
>                |   |   `-,_    `   '    _,-`   |    |
>                .   |      /   -     '   \      |   _;
>                `-_ |      \  -   .   '  /      | _-'
>                  '_/       \._..-^-._ '/       \.'
>                _.- `.-._   /'        `-.   _.-.`-._
>              .'     \   `''`.          /`''   /    '-.
>             /        \      `-_     _-'      /        '
>            /         _\       `-_ .-`       /_         \
>            |    __.-'  :         ;         /  '----._   |
>            | .-'       '-';      '    _/`.'          '. |
> snd/cjr    |/              '-..'..;..'                 \|
>                               |     |
>                               |     |
>                                \   /
>                                 \ /
>                                  ;


That's cool!  Of course, the question remains:  Which sex??


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 / _ / _(  )                You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Sinews."
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Shanaka Dias <sdi...@netlane.com> ASCII art 11 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>.
>
>the creator of universes was happy ...
>he'd just inserted a seven-sided snowflake
>into a blizzard as an experiment ...
>and no-one had noticed. - t.pratchett


With a bit of diddling it could be the Great Atuin
minus the elephants and discworld!


                                .-.
                              .'   '.
                             /       \
                            |  =   =  |
                            |    :    |
                            \    :    /
                             \       /
                              |.-`-.|
                            _-'     `-
                          .'          `-.
                     _.-^:'--.._   _..--':^''-._
                 ..-'   /       `V`       \     '- _____
            ___ /      /         ^         \      \     '-.
         .-'    |     /        .':'.        \      |       \
        /       :     \      _'  :  '_      /      :        \
       /        :  _-'``;'''`    :    `''';``'-.   :_,_      |
      /    .___ \_-     | ' .    :    . ' |     './ :  '-..  | 
      |  /'   .` \      :,     . : .     ,:      /  .      \ |
      |/       | :     .'       .o.       '.     :  \       \|
               |  \   /  . - `  . .  ` - .  \   /   |
               /   '>=.'                   '.=<'    |
               |   |   `-,_    `   '    _,-`   |    |
               .   |      /   -     '   \      |   _;
               `-_ |      \  -   .   '  /      | _-'
                 '_/       \._..-^-._ '/       \.'
               _.- `.-._   /'        `-.   _.-.`-._
             .'     \   `''`.          /`''   /    '-.
            /        \      `-_     _-'      /        '
           /         _\       `-_ .-`       /_         \
           |    __.-'  :         ;         /  '----._   |
           | .-'       '-';      '    _/`.'          '. |
snd/cjr    |/              '-..'..;..'                 \|
                              |     |
                              |     |
                               \   /
                                \ /
                                 ;


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                                              (/ //_ \_
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 ______/___  '.    .--------------------'~-'--.)__( , )\ \ 
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             \\ "  
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Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> ASCII art 11 Nov 1999 00:00 · permalink
Krogg wrote:
> 
> Bill Taylor wrote:
> 
> >
> >                       ,-"~"-.
> >                      /  ._.  \
> >                     :  /   \  :    --------------------------------
> >                     !  !    : !             Bill Taylor
> >                     ;  !    ; ;    --------------------------------
> >                    /    \  / /      W.T...@math.canterbury.ac.nz
> >                   /      \/ /      --------------------------------
> >                  /       /`/
> >                 /       / /\             Klein bottle for sale.
> >                 |     .`-'  |
> >                 |    .'.'   |                Apply within.
> >                 |    : :    |
> >                 |  ..: :..  |      --------------------------------
> >                 |.' .' `. '.|
> >                 `\ '     ` /'
> >                   `--___--'  mn
> 
> That Klein bottle looks so good in ascii......

Yep! (Michael Naylors initials added.)

:)
Andreas
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