Ancient history question

Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists to
render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that needed
to include a logo for some important reason.

Did anyone ever get paid for this?

I remember someone pointing out that their requirements for appropriate
scaling meant that one logo would be ")*" or something silly like
that...


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Jorn Barger <jor...@mcs.com> wrote in message news:1du...@207-229-173-209.d.enteract.com...
> Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists to
> render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that needed
> to include a logo for some important reason.
>
> Did anyone ever get paid for this?
>
> I remember someone pointing out that their requirements for appropriate
> scaling meant that one logo would be ")*" or something silly like
> that...


I made $63,000 that year, for doing some of those logos. You ever see the
MacDonald's golden arches? - those were my idea. So was the shape of a Coke
bottle. You can also credit to me the Seal that you see behind the President, when
he gets on television - yep, I did it in ascii, first. Ever see Star Wars? I did
the lettering; I was shocked the thing got to be so popular. The Chrysler pentastar
is mine, too. Also the FORD logo (cog in wheel, and the letters). I did the record
cover for Tyranny and Mutation. The Frito Bandito was also mine; done in ascii,
originally. Ever been to Hollywood? Those big letters up in the hills - I did
those for their Chamber of Commerce. How about the NASA logo; have you seen it?
It's mine, of course. Along with others, such as Long John Silver's, Walmart,
J.C. Penny, Rotodyne Aerospace, Lucky Strike cigarettes... it just goes on and
on.

Anyway, yes, I have been paid. But a lot of these sorry creeps still owe me money.
Anybody who would like to make a donation to my legal fund, or just to my pocketbook,
would be welcome to do so.

Thanks.
JRO

JRO wrote:
> 
> Jorn Barger <jor...@mcs.com> wrote in message
> news:1du...@207-229-173-209.d.enteract.com...
> >
> > Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists
> > to render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that
> > needed to include a logo for some important reason.

Actually Jorn, I don't think this group existed in 1993. You're probably
thinking of rec.arts.ascii. But you're posting in the right place, since
rec.arts.ascii is kinda dead.

Can't help you personally, since I was only vaguely aware of the
existence of the Internet in 1993. :-)

> > Did anyone ever get paid for this?
>...
> I made $63,000 that year, for doing some of those logos. You ever see
> the MacDonald's golden arches? - those were my idea. So was the shape
> of a Coke bottle. You can also credit to me the Seal that you see
>...

All right, Jonny me boy, that's enough! Jorn Barger is the grand old
duke of ASCII art -- he was here before you learnt to talk, and he wrote
the ASCII art FAQ which preceded mine. AND he's a minor Net-legend.

So play nice and stop making fun of him, y'hear? And give him back those
false teeth RIGHT NOW!

       ______
  _,--'. .-,-)
 |_,^,^'`^-^-'  mpt-1
 L_ "=-,-v-v-.  ObAscii: A very bad attempt at some false teeth
   `--._-^-^,'
        `""'

ttfn
-- 
Matthew `mpt @ student . canterbury . ac . nz' Thomas
http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
The ASCII art FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/

Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote in message news:378...@spamfree.land...
> JRO wrote:
> >
> > Jorn Barger <jor...@mcs.com> wrote in message
> > news:1du...@207-229-173-209.d.enteract.com...
> > >
> > > Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists
> > > to render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that
> > > needed to include a logo for some important reason.
>
> Actually Jorn, I don't think this group existed in 1993. You're probably
> thinking of rec.arts.ascii. But you're posting in the right place, since
> rec.arts.ascii is kinda dead.
>
> Can't help you personally, since I was only vaguely aware of the
> existence of the Internet in 1993. :-)
>
> > > Did anyone ever get paid for this?
> >...
> > I made $63,000 that year, for doing some of those logos. You ever see
> > the MacDonald's golden arches? - those were my idea. So was the shape
> > of a Coke bottle. You can also credit to me the Seal that you see
> >...
>
> All right, Jonny me boy, that's enough! Jorn Barger is the grand old
> duke of ASCII art -- he was here before you learnt to talk, and he wrote
> the ASCII art FAQ which preceded mine. AND he's a minor Net-legend.
>
> So play nice and stop making fun of him, y'hear? And give him back those
> false teeth RIGHT NOW!
>
>        ______
>   _,--'. .-,-)
>  |_,^,^'`^-^-'  mpt-1
>  L_ "=-,-v-v-.  ObAscii: A very bad attempt at some false teeth
>    `--._-^-^,'
>         `""'
>
> ttfn


It's all true. And no one was here before I could talk, because here wasn't
here. Audie Murphy is a legend; people on the WWW merely cultivate a condition
closely resembling saddle sores, and/or either get too fat or two skinny, and
don't count. I'm growing deaf, and I don't even have false teeth myself, much
less anybody else's. Is there some kind of thing going around, about stealing
people's choppers who post to AAA? If so, I think this is really bad. We should
form a coalition:
Determined Ascii Artists Against False Teeth Theft... DAAAFTT, or DAFT, for short.
I think the problems that DAFT addresses are serious ones for our times, in
today's technical society. It's time we stood up, and put a stop to sick, criminal
behavior like this.

You know, a lot of people depend on false teeth. Some day, you may even have them,
yourself. You don't have to be old to have false teeth, or have bad brushing habits-
misconceptions propagated by the American Dental Association. Some people git their
teeth knocked out, you know. Then there are those, who pull them out for trivial reasons,
such as on a dare or for a party prank, later to sober up and discover that last night's
stunt really DIDN'T impress that cute little redhead who was sitting on the beer keg next
to the wicker lamp table, toying with a measuring cup filled with yellow and blue feathers
while she smiled sweetly at your host's prize collection of green bean cans. For many, false
teeth are an actual necessity, rather than mere conversation pieces on the coffee table.
Stealing false teeth, should be treated as more than a felony; it's interfering with someone's
diet, after all. SOME people might find that funny, especially if their victims never look
up from the computer long enough to even offer a challenge to the low-life teeth-thief. But
I don't.

Perhaps there are some of you out there, who are ashamed to admit that your choppers were taken,
whilst you were on-line. It's a natural reaction, but nothing to be too ashamed of. I know,
I know... you're thinking you can still manage without them. Sure, you can eat twinkes and
tabouli without your false teeth, but I'd like to meet the guy who's sitting there, crunching
pork-rinds and reading this newsgroup, without the aid of his dentures. --- Now, there's a MAN.
But, you folks with that kind of intestinal fortitude are few and far between. Even so, it's
a terrible injustice that's been done you, and your twinkie-eating colleagues.

Please help us make people aware of this situation. The theft of false teeth, while innocent people
are purusing the World Wide Web, is something that could affect all of us. All you need to do to
show your support to the Determined Ascii Artists Against False Teeth Theft, is add the DAAAFTT
logo to your post:
                           ____    __    ____  ____
                          (  _ \  /__\  ( ___)(_  _)
                           )(_) )/(__)\  )__)   )(
                          (____/(__)(__)(__)   (__)

DAAAFTT needs your help. Remember - the next bite you take, could be your last.

                        God bless you, and don't forget to brush,

                                 Jonathon R. Oglesbee
                           President of the DAAAFTT Coalition
                               ogl...@mail.fullnet.net

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, JRO wrote:
> Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote in message news:378...@spamfree.land...
> > JRO wrote:
> > > Jorn Barger <jor...@mcs.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1du...@207-229-173-209.d.enteract.com...
> > > >
> > > > Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists
> > > > to render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that
> > > > needed to include a logo for some important reason.
> >
> > Actually Jorn, I don't think this group existed in 1993. You're probably
> > thinking of rec.arts.ascii. But you're posting in the right place, since
> > rec.arts.ascii is kinda dead.
> >
> > Can't help you personally, since I was only vaguely aware of the
> > existence of the Internet in 1993. :-)
> >
> > > > Did anyone ever get paid for this?
> > >...
> > > I made $63,000 that year, for doing some of those logos. You ever see
> > > the MacDonald's golden arches? - those were my idea. So was the shape
> > > of a Coke bottle. You can also credit to me the Seal that you see
> > >...
> > All right, Jonny me boy, that's enough! Jorn Barger is the grand old
> > duke of ASCII art -- he was here before you learnt to talk, and he wrote
> > the ASCII art FAQ which preceded mine. AND he's a minor Net-legend.
> >
> > So play nice and stop making fun of him, y'hear? And give him back those
> > false teeth RIGHT NOW!
> >
> >        ______
> >   _,--'. .-,-)
> >  |_,^,^'`^-^-'  mpt-1
> >  L_ "=-,-v-v-.  ObAscii: A very bad attempt at some false teeth
> >    `--._-^-^,'
> >         `""'
> 
> It's all true. And no one was here before I could talk, because here wasn't
> here. Audie Murphy is a legend; people on the WWW merely cultivate a condition
> closely resembling saddle sores, and/or either get too fat or two skinny, and
> don't count. I'm growing deaf, and I don't even have false teeth myself, much
> less anybody else's. Is there some kind of thing going around, about stealing
> people's choppers who post to AAA? If so, I think this is really bad. We should
> form a coalition:
> Determined Ascii Artists Against False Teeth Theft... DAAAFTT, or DAFT, for short.
> I think the problems that DAFT addresses are serious ones for our times, in
> today's technical society. It's time we stood up, and put a stop to sick, criminal
> behavior like this.
> 
> You know, a lot of people depend on false teeth. Some day, you may even have them,
> yourself. You don't have to be old to have false teeth, or have bad brushing habits-
> misconceptions propagated by the American Dental Association. Some people git their
> teeth knocked out, you know. Then there are those, who pull them out for trivial reasons,
> such as on a dare or for a party prank, later to sober up and discover that last night's
> stunt really DIDN'T impress that cute little redhead who was sitting on the beer keg next
> to the wicker lamp table, toying with a measuring cup filled with yellow and blue feathers
> while she smiled sweetly at your host's prize collection of green bean cans. For many, false
> teeth are an actual necessity, rather than mere conversation pieces on the coffee table.
> Stealing false teeth, should be treated as more than a felony; it's interfering with someone's
> diet, after all. SOME people might find that funny, especially if their victims never look
> up from the computer long enough to even offer a challenge to the low-life teeth-thief. But
> I don't.
> 
> Perhaps there are some of you out there, who are ashamed to admit that your choppers were taken,
> whilst you were on-line. It's a natural reaction, but nothing to be too ashamed of. I know,
> I know... you're thinking you can still manage without them. Sure, you can eat twinkes and
> tabouli without your false teeth, but I'd like to meet the guy who's sitting there, crunching
> pork-rinds and reading this newsgroup, without the aid of his dentures. --- Now, there's a MAN.
> But, you folks with that kind of intestinal fortitude are few and far between. Even so, it's
> a terrible injustice that's been done you, and your twinkie-eating colleagues.
> 
> Please help us make people aware of this situation. The theft of false teeth, while innocent people
> are purusing the World Wide Web, is something that could affect all of us. All you need to do to
> show your support to the Determined Ascii Artists Against False Teeth Theft, is add the DAAAFTT
> logo to your post:
>                            ____    __    ____  ____
>                           (  _ \  /__\  ( ___)(_  _)
>                            )(_) )/(__)\  )__)   )(
>                           (____/(__)(__)(__)   (__)
> 
> DAAAFTT needs your help. Remember - the next bite you take, could be your last.
> 
>                         God bless you, and don't forget to brush,
> 
>                                  Jonathon R. Oglesbee
>                            President of the DAAAFTT Coalition
>                                ogl...@mail.fullnet.net
> 
I agree with most of what you say Johnny, having a partial plate myself!
 
[tongue in cheek  ;-)]
*--------------------------------*
|  {"}   Geraldine  Jones   {"}  |
|  \|/ we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/  |
*--------------------------------*
     

Jorn Barger wrote:

> Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists to
> render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that needed
> to include a logo for some important reason.
>
> Did anyone ever get paid for this?
>
> I remember someone pointing out that their requirements for appropriate
> scaling meant that one logo would be ")*" or something silly like
> that...
>
> --
> XML for webpages is like plastic bags for comic books.
> I edit the Net: <URL:http://www.robotwisdom.com/>

Gee... 1993... man, we weren't around in 1993.
Sadly enough I'd be surprised if you can find more than
two 'oldtimers' still reading a.a.a


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Matthew Thomas wrote:
> Actually Jorn, I don't think this group existed in 1993. You're probably
> thinking of rec.arts.ascii. But you're posting in the right place, since
> rec.arts.ascii is kinda dead.

Yes it did.  alt.ascii-art existed long before rec.arts.ascii was
dreamed up.  It came, it went, alt.ascii-art is still around.

Sandy