Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Jun 2002.
Making Sense out of Abstraction
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 27 Jun 2002 - 29 Jun 2002
Anyone want to try and make this abstract ASCII art look like something?
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Feel free to omit characters and add as many as you like...
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G. Nick D'Andrea wrote: > > Anyone want to try and make this abstract ASCII art look like > something? I know what that is! It's an IPOS! -- __ ' .. .. ' ) )\|\/\/\/\/(/(_. ``- / . |\)\.----------._.__( /( - --)--. `----.__._ ' )' - .--. ' ' -- -`---._.__'__. . - '._).' .. ' ' ' ') _ . __________ __________/ ' (VVVVVVVVVV`--------' VVVVVVVV_. _.. `-.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.--------' _) ' ___.--' .--------------._____.---' / .' .' -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ ####-[.]\ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd /[.]-\\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _)} == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T # ||\
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:42:32 -0400, "G. Nick D'Andrea" <tor...@optonline.net> wrote:
>Anyone want to try and make this abstract ASCII art look like something?
A puppy that will not let go
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____ On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:42:32 -0400
\__/___ G. Nick D'Andrea ran through the
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| waving an axe and screaming:
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>Anyone want to try and make this abstract ASCII art look like something?
>
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>Feel free to omit characters and add as many as you like...
Ok.
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"G. Nick D'Andrea" <tor...@optonline.net> wrote: > Anyone want to try and make this abstract ASCII art look like something? > > <ABSTRACT ASCII> > -- > __ ' > .. .. ' > ) / ``- / > . \. __ _ _ - > .--. __, ' > ' - ,--. ' ' -- -'- ._ __' > . - ._,|' .. ' ' ' ' > _ . _ __ _ __ > ' . > _.. - .___ .__,_-._.. __... _ > ' . > . --- - . _ > </ABSTRACT ASCII> > Feel free to omit characters and add as many as you like... Cloudy sunset: _,-==.. __ (__. _.=-' . .. '"' .. ' _) ``-=-. -. __ _ _ - _.--.____ ____,__ ' -'._==-- ' ,--. .__---' ___='--_._ __' . \__/ ``===...-=-'__ ' ' ' _. _._ . __.. __ _ __ ' _ . _..__.,,,,__.-.__,_-._| |.,_...-.___,__.__..__ ' _______ . ..___------''"' --- ``""``--------..____ __ -- __- ' ` _- _-- __ ` ' -Rus.
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