Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Nov 1994.
Question: What is this ?
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 7 Nov 1994 - 10 Nov 1994
> >> This pic has been floating around a.a-a, and I thought Id post it to >>all the groups. The idea is to guess what the object is. >> >> >> >> UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object ) by Unknown. >> >> >> ________ *** >> `~~~\__ | **** | **** >> || *** | | | | | *** >> || []**| | | | | | | | |**[] >> || []* | | | | | | | | | *[] >> || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**** >> || **** __|__ **** >> ||__*** \___/ *** >> ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* >> * ############# * >> ***************** >> >> >> Why am I the only one who remembers this? The original artist told everyone that this was a picture of some obscure (to me) bridge in Australia. -Ian -- ia...@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu ::::::::::::::::.. ========= /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ Ian Broverman (916) 753-3475 ::::::::::::::::.. ==== /' /,--,. UCD MAE Advanced Highways Lab; Davis, CA 95616::::::... /'/' `_l That's not lag; we're unionizing the Information Highway:::.....')')-/'=.().()-'
|> >> UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object ) by Unknown. |> >> ________ *** |> >> `~~~\__ | **** | **** <-- Skyscrapers |> >> || *** | | | | | *** |> >> || []**| | | | | | | | |**[] |> >> River --> || []* | | | | | | | | | *[] |> >> || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**** |> >> || **** __|__ **** <-- Lake with boat |> >> ||__*** \___/ *** |> >> ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* |> >> * ############# * |> >> ***************** We all live in an ascii submarine, ascii submarine, ascii submarine :) :P
> UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object ) by Unknown. > ________ *** > `~~~\__ | **** | **** > || *** | | | | | *** > || []**| | | | | | | | |**[] > || []* | | | | | | | | | *[] > || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**** > || **** __|__ **** > ||__*** \___/ *** > ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > * ############# * > ***************** After the hippo was posted I couldn't resist! ^==================. oo____00 / / \ . ' ";'.- `.____/|] [] [] || \ . ' " U ||] []******|| \ , ' ||] []**{[{[{// \;*[] ||] []* [{[{// ,.'``\[ *[] ||] []*^^^^^^// ,.^^^^^^^^^^^^*[] [] ||]**** __|?_ .'{[{[{[{[{[{[{[*********[] ||__*** \___/{[{[{[{[{[{[{[{[{*********** Art `~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* `****[] Modifyed by * #############* ,* **** dk * *** **** *** * ***[] ,/ J ./ J *** ________________________________ ***[] <==#**{}**{}**{}**[]***[]****[]****[]** Internet: Fsd...@acad3.alaska.edu NeXT Mail: fxd...@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ........... ....... . . . ~ ~ . . . Nasha tai no kasei! . . ~ ~ ... ....... . . ~ ~ . . Prosperity and Long Life, To You. ~ ~ .... xisting . hantom . . ~ ~ . . ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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