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alt.ascii-art · 71 messages · 11 Sep 2000 - 11 Oct 2000
Andrea Rimicci <abu...@aritaly.com> ASCII art 11 Sep 2000 13:38 · permalink · report
���ʴդ�Ѻ Tom <to...@tom.tom> ^_^
>  _________________________________________
> |_________________________________________|
> |                                         |
> |    /\     Warning:                      |
> |   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
> |  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
> | /__<>__\  Do you want to                |
> |           continue?                     |
> |                                         |
> |         |:::Yes:::|  |:::No:::|         |
> |_________________________________________|
> --
> {:)--}---<\:
> <snip>

Best:
  _________________________________________
 |_________________________________________|
 |                                         |
 |    /\     Warning:                      |
 |   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
 |  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
 | /__<>__\  Do you want to                |
 |           continue?                     |
 |                                         |
 |                |:::Yes:::|              |
 |_________________________________________|

Andrea

Tom wrote:

>  _________________________________________
> |_________________________________________|
> |                                         |
> |    /\     Warning:                      |
> |   /||\    The MS-DOS application        |
> |  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
> | /__<>__\  computer down. Do you wish    |
> |           to continue installing?       |
> |                                         |
> |         |:::Yes:::|  |:::No:::|         |
> |_________________________________________|




-- 
Lauri Kangas || ICQ:39143317 || http://koti.mbnet.fi/lkanga/
Myyr� voit olla itse, mutta min� olen onnellinen

Anita Doobie - NOW <ton...@aol.completely> ASCII art 12 Sep 2000 07:48 · permalink · report
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MaraZ wrote:
>  _________________________________________
> |_________________________________________|
> |                                         |
> |    /\     Warning:                      |
> |   /||\    This clone of "System 7.1",   |
> |  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
> | /__<>__\  computer down dramatically.   |
> |           Do you want to continue       |
> |           installing?                   |
> |                                         |
> |   |:::Yes!!!:::|  |:::Format HD:::|     |
> |_________________________________________|

Sama plain textin� / Same in plain text.



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Hummani hei, hopotiti hummani hei. 
Ja mik�p� maistuisi paremmalle kuin keitetty kenk�?

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:45:37 +0300, MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> provoked the
following text:

><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
><html>
><tt>&nbsp;_________________________________________</tt>
><br><tt>|_________________________________________|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Warning:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp; /||\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This clone of "System 7.1",&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp; / || \&nbsp;&nbsp; 'win' might slow your&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>| /__&lt;>__\&nbsp; computer down dramatically.&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do
>you want to continue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; installing?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp; |:::Yes!!!:::|&nbsp; |:::Format HD:::|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>|</tt>
><br><tt>|_________________________________________|</tt><tt></tt>
><p>--
><br>MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto [] maraz*nospam*@saunalahti.fi
><br>K&auml;dett&auml;j&auml;t mets&auml;&auml;n! (fvf&auml;cvveva ivgfv)
><br>ostakaa el&auml;m&auml;, halvalla l&auml;htee...
><br>&nbsp;</html>

Huh????
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MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 13 Sep 2000 12:45 · permalink · report
 _________________________________________
|_________________________________________|
|                                         |
|    /\     Warning:                      |
|   /||\    This clone of "System 7.1",   |
|  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
| /__<>__\  computer down dramatically.   |
|           Do you want to continue       |
|           installing?                   |
|                                         |
|   |:::Yes!!!:::|  |:::Format HD:::|     |
|_________________________________________|

--
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K�dett�j�t mets��n! (fvf�cvveva ivgfv)
ostakaa el�m�, halvalla l�htee...



<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<tt>&nbsp;_________________________________________</tt>
<br><tt>|_________________________________________|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Warning:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp; /||\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This clone of "System 7.1",&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp; / || \&nbsp;&nbsp; 'win' might slow your&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>| /__&lt;>__\&nbsp; computer down dramatically.&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do
you want to continue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; installing?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp; |:::Yes!!!:::|&nbsp; |:::Format HD:::|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|</tt>
<br><tt>|_________________________________________|</tt><tt></tt>
<p>--
<br>MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto [] maraz*nospam*@saunalahti.fi
<br>K&auml;dett&auml;j&auml;t mets&auml;&auml;n! (fvf&auml;cvveva ivgfv)
<br>ostakaa el&auml;m&auml;, halvalla l&auml;htee...
<br>&nbsp;</html>


���ʴդ�Ѻ MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ^_^
><snip>you want to continue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
> <br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>installing?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<snip>

AAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Andrea

obascii: mad eyes looking html-posting guy!

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Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> Tom wrote:
> 
> >  _________________________________________
> > |_________________________________________|
> > |                                         |
> > |    /\     Warning:                      |
> > |   /||\    The MS-DOS application        |
> > |  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
> > | /__<>__\  computer down. Do you wish    |
> > |           to continue installing?       |
> > |                                         |
> > |         |:::Yes:::|  |:::Yes:::|        |
> > |_________________________________________|
> 
> --
> Lauri Kangas || ICQ:39143317 || http://koti.mbnet.fi/lkanga/
> Myyr� voit olla itse, mutta min� olen onnellinen

Wesley Clifford <par...@apk.net> ASCII art 15 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
This was always my favorite:
  ________________________
 |________________________|
 |Warning: Data not saved.|
 | Would you like to save |
 |  your data first, or   |
 |        just exit?      |
 |   _____        ____    |
 |  |:YES:|      |:NO:|   |
 |   ^^^^^        ^^^^    |
 |________________________|

--Wesley

The only stupid question is the unasked question.
And that's a good thing, because I hate stupid questions!

,--- Michael T Richardso <mtr...@acsu.buffalo.edu> remarked:
|
|  ______________________
| |______________________|
| |                      |
| |                      |
| |                      |
| |      |:::OK:::|      |
| |______________________|
'---

OR...

  ________________________
 |________________________|
 |                        |
 |   Keyboard not found.  |
 |                        |
 |  Press F1 to continue  |
 |________________________|
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 ,.                                           _
((_________________________________________./|(o_
/ sara(a)wallen.as  *  www.saraw.clara.net (_),_:P
)_)"I don't question YOUR existence." - God/
\)\)                                    "((

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Tom typeth:

{|_________________________________________|
{|                                         |
{|    /\     Warning:                      |
{|   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
{|  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
{| /__<>__\  Do you want to                |
{|           continue?                     |
{|                                         |
{|         |:::Yes:::|  |:::No:::|         |
{|_________________________________________|


*wink* a more notorious Windoze error...

 ______________________
|______________________|
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|      |:::OK:::|      |
|______________________|


Mike Richardson 
|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|Michael T. Richardson              Computer Engineering
|Unix Administrator, Web Programmer     mtr...@Buffalo.EDU
|School of Pharmacy 
|SUNY at Buffalo        http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~mtr3
| int main(){ for(;;); cout << "Hello World" <<endl; }
|-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=PoweredByPalmPilot=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

VermeS <ver...@netti.fi> 16 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report

Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> MaraZ wrote:
> >  _________________________________________
> > |_________________________________________|
> > |                                         |
> > |    /\     Warning:                      |
> > |   /||\    This clone of "System 7.1",   |
> > |  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
> > | /__<>__\  computer down dramatically.   |
> > |           Do you want to continue       |
> > |           installing?                   |
> > |                                         |
> > |   |:::Yes!!!:::|  |:::Format HD:::|     |
> > |_________________________________________|
> 
> Sama plain textin� / Same in plain text.
> 

>  _________________________________________
> |_________________________________________|
> |                                         |
> |    /\     Warning:                      |
> |   /||\    This clone of "System 7.1",   |
> |  / || \   'win' might slow your         |
> | /__<>__\  computer down dramatically.   |
> |           Do you want to continue       |
> |           installing?                   |
> |                                         |
> |   |:::Yes!!!:::|  |:::Format HD:::|     |
> |_________________________________________|
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Andy00 <and...@hot.ee> ASCII art 16 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:45:39 +0100, sara wallen
<sar...@PLEASEREMOVETOREPLYwallen.as> wrote:

>  ________________________
> |________________________|
> |                        |
> |   Keyboard not found.  |
> |                        |
> |  Press F1 to continue  |
> |________________________|

 I have actually seen this kind of error:
( It's an old 8088, which was once repared by me)
 ___________________________________________________
|  _______________________________________________  |
| |                                               | |
| |  Error 302 during boot                        | |
| | Press F1 to continue                          | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |                                               | |
| |_______________________________________________| |
|                                                   |
|                                                   |
|  Durion  __________________________________  (0)  |
|         |()                                |      |
|_________|__________________________________|______|

 Hint: (if I'm not mistaken) 302 means "Keyboard not responding"


Andy00

Andrea Rimicci wrote:

> ���ʴդ�Ѻ MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ^_^
> ><snip>you want to continue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |</tt>
> > <br><tt>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> >installing?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<snip>

Well, that's something i DIDN'T know that i did.

f*ck netscape. (someone do an ascii about THAT..)


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K�dett�j�t mets��n! (fvf�cvveva ivgfv)
ostakaa el�m�, halvalla l�htee...

> Well, that's something i DIDN'T know that i did.
>
> f*ck netscape. (someone do an ascii about THAT..)

...and my netscape preferences say that this group can't receive html...

kill the engineers



--
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K�dett�j�t mets��n! (fvf�cvveva ivgfv)
ostakaa el�m�, halvalla l�htee...

Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> ASCII art 16 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
MaraZ wrote:
> 
> > Well, that's something i DIDN'T know that i did.
> >
> > f*ck netscape. (someone do an ascii about THAT..)
> 
> ...and my netscape preferences say that this group can't receive html...
> 
> kill the engineers
> 
> --
> MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto [] maraz*nospam*@saunalahti.fi
> K�dett�j�t mets��n! (fvf�cvveva ivgfv)
> ostakaa el�m�, halvalla l�htee...

Set netscape to ONLY use plain text for sending......
I havnt had a problem..........
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:45:39 +0100, sara wallen
<sar...@PLEASEREMOVETOREPLYwallen.as> provoked the following text:

>OR...
>  ________________________
> |________________________|
> |                        |
> |   Keyboard not found.  |
> |                        |
> |  Press F1 to continue  |
> |________________________|

That was an actual error message on XT-machines....
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You do not have mail.

Johan de Koning <k.i...@12345net.nl> ASCII art 16 Sep 2000 05:17 · permalink · report
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:29:45 GMT, (Wesley Clifford) wrote:

> This was always my favorite:
>   ________________________
>  |________________________|
>  |Warning: Data not saved.|
>  | Would you like to save |
>  |  your data first, or   |
>  |        just exit?      |
>  |   _____        ____    |
>  |  |:YES:|      |:NO:|   |
>  |   ^^^^^        ^^^^    |
>  |________________________|

Aaaarrrggh!
Don't you just hate these yes-no or ok-cancel boxes?
Well, I do!
And I also know who to blame :-)
It could have been so much better if the programmer was allowed to
define [discard], [save], [exit], [stay], etc, without going through
"How to master *** programming on ***'s terms in only 7437 days"
Aaaarrrggh! (again)
 _______________________________
| A situation has come up       |
|"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|  Would you like to read this  |
|  MessageBox(TM) for a deeper  |
|  understanding of what will   |
| happen next, after you choose |
| one blah blah blah blah blah  |
|            [snip]             |
|  blah blah blah, or reboot?   |
|                               |
|     [OK]         [Cancel]     |
|_______________________________|

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Angel4rmMars <Ang...@bigfoot.com> ASCII art 17 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On 16 Sep Krogg enlightened us by saying:

>MaraZ wrote:
>> 
>> > Well, that's something i DIDN'T know that i did.
>> >
>> > f*ck netscape. (someone do an ascii about THAT..)
>> 
>> ...and my netscape preferences say that this group can't receive html...
>> 
>> kill the engineers
>> 
>> --
>> MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto [] maraz*nospam*@saunalahti.fi
>> K�dett�j�t mets��n! (fvf�cvveva ivgfv)
>> ostakaa el�m�, halvalla l�htee...
>
>Set netscape to ONLY use plain text for sending......
>I havnt had a problem..........

You see, thats the problem with using windoze.... you brought it on
yourself!  Stick with RISC OS and everythings fine!! ;)
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lgbeard <lgb...@bellsouth.net> ASCII art 17 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report

Tom wrote:
> 
>  _________________________________________
> |_________________________________________|
> |                                         |
> |    /\     Warning:                      |
> |   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
> |  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
> | /__<>__\  Do you want to                |
> |           continue?                     |
> |                                         |
> |         |:::Yes:::|  |:::No:::|         |
> |_________________________________________|
> --
> {:)--}---<\:
> Can you guess the smiley in our new quiz?
> http://www.smileyssite.fsnet.co.uk/

  ________________________________________________
 |________________________________________________|
 |                                                |
 |  This program does not run correctly on this   |
 |  version of Wyndose. To continue, click Run    |
 |  Program. To exit click Cancel. For more       |
 |  information, click Details                    |
 |          _                                     |
 |         |_| Don`t display this message         |
 |    ______________   __________   __________    |
 |   | Run Program  | |  Cancel  | |  Details | <---Click
 |________________________________________________|

  ________________________________________________
 |________________________________________________|
 |                                                |
 | Details                                        |
 |   __________________________________________   |
 |  |                                          |  |
 |  | No Data Available.                       |  |
 |  |                                          |  |
 |  |                                          |  |
 |  |                                          |  |
 |  |                                          |  |
 |  |__________________________________________|  |
 |                   _______   ____   _______     |
 |                  | Print | | Ok | | Close |    |
 |________________________________________________|

--lgbeard

ZpigKnew <sea...@sraines.net> ASCII art 18 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
 ________________________________________________________
|________________________________________________________|
|                                                        |
|    /\     Warning:                                     |
|   /||\    Windows does not support                     |
|  / || \   any software or hardware made                |
| /__<>__\  before September 18, 3000!                   |
|           Would you like to get a                      |
|           a compatible driver at the                   |
|           Microsoft Website?                           |
|                                                        |
|           (O) Yes                                      |
|           (O) No                                       |
|           (O) Be Bill Gates' Slave (Recommended)       |
|                                                        |
|                    |:::OK:::|                          |
|________________________________________________________|

Yes is selected:

 ________________________________________________________
|________________________________________________________|
|                                                        |
|   .--.    Critical Error:                              |
|  ; \/ ;   Your modem is not supported by               |
|  ; /\ ;   Microsoft Windows 98.                        |
|   '--'    Please go to a local computer                |
|           store and purchase:                          |
|           Microsoft Rip-Off 4.0                         |
|           Please choose your choice for                |
|           restoring your computer.                     |
|                                                        |
|  |:::Format Hard Drive:::|  |:::Re-install Windows:::| |
|________________________________________________________|

No is selected:

 ________________________________________________________
|________________________________________________________|
|                                                        |
|   .--.    Critical Error:                              |
|  ; \/ ;   Your mouse and keyboard are not responding   |
|  ; /\ ;   due to incompatibility.                      |
|   '--'    Since you have no control, we have started   |
|           auto-restore 2001.                           |
|           If your mouse is active choose a button below|
|           if your mouse will not work, Format Hard     |
|           Drive will auto-matically be chosen in      |
|           30... 29... etc. etc.                        |
|           seconds.                                     |
|                                                        |
|  |:::Format Hard Drive:::|  |:::Re-boot Windows 98:::| |
|________________________________________________________|


Peter Punk wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:45:39 +0100, sara wallen
> <sar...@PLEASEREMOVETOREPLYwallen.as> provoked the following text:
>
> >OR...
> >  ________________________
> > |________________________|
> > |                        |
> > |   Keyboard not found.  |
> > |                        |
> > |  Press F1 to continue  |
> > |________________________|
>
> That was an actual error message on XT-machines....
> --
>         Peter Punk
>           \    /
>         ---\\\\---
>           /    \
>

I'd Know I owned one!!!!!

Make something Idiot proof and Someone will just invent a better Idiot!
- Armegedon

Jon Wigner <rim...@hotmale.co.uk> ASCII art 19 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
>
>   _________________________________________
>  |_________________________________________|
>  |                                         |
>  |    /\     Warning:                      |
>  |   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
>  |  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
>  | /__<>__\                                |
>  |           Installing... (45%)           |
>  | _______________________________________ |
>  ||::|::|::|::|::|::|_____________________||
>  |_________________________________________|
>



   _________________________________________
  |_________________________________________|
  |                                         |
  |    /\     Warning:                      |
  |   /||\    Installing W|nd*ws will cause |
  |  / || \   your computer to crash.       |
  | /__<>__\                                |
  |           Installing... (45%)           |
  | _______________________________________ |
  ||::|::|::|::|::|::|  ____________________________________________
  |___________________ |____________________________________________|
                       |                                            |
                       |     This program has stopped responding.   |
                       |     It may have crashed or it may be       |
                       |     waiting for a response                 |
                       |____________________________________________|
                       |                                            |
                       |    |:::Wait:::| |:::Wait:::| |:::Wait:::|  |
                       |____________________________________________|


Jon

CeeJay <new...@CeeJay.cjb.net> ASCII art 19 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
 ______________________________________________
|______________________________________________|
|                                              |
|    /\     Warning:                           |
|   /||\    "The Internet" cannot be           |
|  / || \   stored in the Recycle Bin.         |
| /__<>__\                                     |
|           Are you sure you wish to delete    |
|           "The Internet" ?                   |
|                                              |
|          |:::YES:::|   |:::NO:::|            |
|______________________________________________|

For the love of god .. don't press YES ! *g*

This was an actual errormessage on some versions
of windows that occured when you tried to delete
the system shortcut named "The Internet"

It still occour on newer version of windows but
they've changed the errormessage so it is'nt
funny anymore. I can't remember the actual
message .. you see .. I .. pressed YES. :)
And the Internet was still there afterrwards ..
Darn!

Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> ASCII art 20 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Hi,
this message is real & it happend really!
I swear the God!


 ______________________________________________
|______________________________________________|
|                                              |
|    /\     Warning:                           |
|   /||\    The Path you entered is not        |
|  / || \       wrong!!                        |
| /__<>__\                                     |
|                                              |
|                                              |
|                                              |
|          |:::OK:::|   |:::Cancel:::|         |
|______________________________________________|
-- 
 |||   //���\\ ||//   //\\  //\\  is back... 
�o o�  ||   || ||\\  //  \\//  \\ Tha neverdying!!
  >    \\_\\// || \\//          \\ www.gamesite.drak.de 
  ~       \\

Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@home.com> ASCII art 21 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
 ______________________________________________
|______________________________________________|
|                                              |
|    /\     Warning:                           |
|   /||\    To install Windows 2000,           |
|  / || \   the upgrade to Windows Nt,         |
| /__<>__\  You must first uninstall           |
|           Windows NT and install Windows 98  |
|           Then you can upgrade Windows NT    |
|                                              |
| |:::WTF?:::|   |:::Format and install 98:::| |
|______________________________________________|

-- 
 ._______.                               ._______.
 | <> <> |     GUI's are for slackers.   | <> <> |
  \-|o|-/   ibpconf.sh on freshmeat.net   \-|o|-/
   /___\   the easiest way to personalize  /___\
   (MMM) the command line.  By Faux_Pseudo (MMM)

MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 21 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
>You see, thats the problem with using windoze.... you brought it on
>yourself!  Stick with RISC OS and everythings fine!! ;)

 __________________________________
| Explorer                         |
|����������������������������������|
| This program will cause imminent |
| brain damage and grey hairs.     |
|                                  |
| Do you really want to continue?  |
|                                  |
|           |::Yes::|              |
|                                  |
 ����������������������������������

;)


-- 
           ___________________________________________________
  !!    _.' MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto - mar...@saunalahti.fi  �'.
*.-�. -:_   http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/159/basefunk.html   |
 | |     '. < insert stupid signature here >                   .' 
     mrz   '--------------------------------------------------'

Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> ASCII art 21 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report

Tom schrieb:
> 
> Yorck Babinsky wrote:
> 
> >  ______________________________________________
> > |______________________________________________|
> > |                                              |
> > |    /\     Warning:                           |
> > |   /||\    The Path you entered is not        |
> > |  / || \       wrong!!                        |
> > | /__<>__\                                     |
> > |                                              |
> > |                                              |
> > |                                              |
> > |          |:::OK:::|   |:::Cancel:::|         |
> > |______________________________________________|
> 
> > Hi,
> > this message is real & it happend really!
> > I swear the God!
> 
> It'd be easy for anyone to make such a message box in something like
> VB:
> 
> MsgBox("The path you entered is not wrong!", "Warning", vbExclamation
> + vbOKCancel)

I�ll go get Agnet Mulder & he�ll prove , that aliens exist....�h i mean that
this messgae is True!!!!1
(I�ve raed it in a computermagazine!!!!)  
-- 
 |||   //���\\ ||//   //\\  //\\  is back... 
�o o�  ||   || ||\\  //  \\//  \\ Tha neverdying!!
  >    \\_\\// || \\//          \\ www.gamesite.drak.de 
  ~       \\

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:40:10 GMT, ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter
Punk) wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:45:39 +0100, sara wallen
><sar...@PLEASEREMOVETOREPLYwallen.as> provoked the following text:
>
>>OR...
>>  ________________________
>> |________________________|
>> |                        |
>> |   Keyboard not found.  |
>> |                        |
>> |  Press F1 to continue  |
>> |________________________|
>
>That was an actual error message on XT-machines....

It may not be 100% obvious, but you can plug in a keyboard and press
F1.. :-) The message makes sense after a bit of thought.
--
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        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.

MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 23 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
  ________________________
 |________________________|
 |                        |
 |  Processor not found.  |
 |________________________|


:)

-- 
           ___________________________________________________
  !!    _.' MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto - mar...@saunalahti.fi  �'.
*.-�. -:_   http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/159/basefunk.html   |
 |-|     '. "Mun ongelma on paksupohjaset pitsat" -Petri Nyg�rd.' 
     mrz   '--------------------------------------------------'

David Rekowski <dav...@coodex.de> ASCII art 23 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
   ________________________
  |@___________________-[]x|
  |                        |
  |   Monitor not found.   |
  |________________________|
 

-- 
   ,-.
 __'v'__    David Rekowski
///(_)\\\   mailto:dav...@eternium.de
   " "  drx

Aman Bhargava <pub...@amanb.net> ASCII art 23 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
    ________________________
   |________________________|
   |                        |
   |   Error not found  !   |
   |   _____       ______   |
   |  | OK  |     |Cancel|  |
   |  '-----'     '------'  |
   |________________________|

- Am@n
(My first post in this group, so Hi everyone!)

lgbeard <lgb...@bellsouth.net> ASCII art 23 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report



   __________________________________
  |__________________________________|
  |                                  |
  | interer error; your pc will not  |
  | be available                     |
  |        ____   ________           |
  |       | ok | | cancel |          |
  |                                  |
  |__________________________________|

--lgbeard

Jan-Erik Finnberg <whe...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 24 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:38:56 +0200, David Rekowski
<dav...@coodex.de> wrote:

>   ________________________
>  |@___________________-[]x|
>  |                        |
>  |   Monitor not found.   |
>  |________________________|
> 

   ___________________________
  |@______________________-[]x|
  |                           |
  | Error: Windows was unable |
  | to find the following     |
  | components:               |
  |                           |
  | Keyboard                  |
  | Mouse                     |
  | Display                   |
  | CPU                       |
  |                           |
  | Perhaps you should call a |
  | police. No, wait a minute,|
  | you don't have a modem    |  
  | either. Bummer.           |
  |        ________           |
  |       |   OK   |          |
  |        """"""""           |
  |___________________________|
 



-- 
Jan-Erik Finnberg           whe...@saunalahti.fi           ICQ:49316651

Visit http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/FFVII/
for Final fantasy 7 midis and not much more!!

MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 24 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
   ___________________________
  |@______________________-[]x|
  |                           |
  | Error: Windows was unable |
  | to detect and install the |
  | following components:     |
  |                           |
  | PCI Video Adapter         |
  |                           |
  | Please contact your sound |
  | card manufacturer's tech  |
  | support.                  |
  |        ________           |
  |       |   OK   |          |
  |        """"""""           |
  |___________________________|
 

-- 
           ___________________________________________________
  !!    _.' MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto - mar...@saunalahti.fi  �'.
*.-�. -:_   http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/159/basefunk.html   |
 |-|     '. "Mun ongelma on paksupohjaset pitsat" -Petri Nyg�rd.' 
     mrz   '--------------------------------------------------'

On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:27:13 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
following text:

>>>  ________________________
>>> |________________________|
>>> |                        |
>>> |   Keyboard not found.  |
>>> |                        |
>>> |  Press F1 to continue  |
>>> |________________________|
>>
>>That was an actual error message on XT-machines....
>
>It may not be 100% obvious, but you can plug in a keyboard and press
>F1.. :-) The message makes sense after a bit of thought.

That's the whole problem, it _doesn't_ make sense. If you hotplug a keyboard you
run the risk to blow up the keyboard controller and that would mean that the
motherboard had to be replaced.
-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

Draai je SETI@home en ben je lid van HetNet? 
Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor 
tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer.

Love has reasons that reason knows nothing of.

NightOwl <nig...@xcentric.net> ASCII art 25 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
<snip>
 __________________________________
|                                  |
|����������������������������������|
|                                  |
|                                  |
|  Would you like a new Butt...    |
|                                  |
|                                  |
|                                  |
|                                  |
 ����������������������������������
<snip>
   Actuall prerelease error message that was later corrected. This was
printed out and taped to a door inside of a building in the microsoft
campus in Redmond, having family who works there is neat :)

MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 25 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
<snip>
>   Actuall prerelease error message that was later corrected. This was
>printed out and taped to a door inside of a building in the microsoft
>campus in Redmond, having family who works there is neat :)

nerdz 4ever!

Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)

-- 
           ___________________________________________________
  !!    _.' MaraZ - Samu-Martti Roitto - mar...@saunalahti.fi  �'.
*.-�. -:_   http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/159/basefunk.html   |
 |-|     '. "Mun ongelma on paksupohjaset pitsat" -Petri Nyg�rd.' 
     mrz   '--------------------------------------------------'

Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 25 Sep 2000 22:32 · permalink · report
Jan-Erik Finnberg wrote:
>    ___________________________
>   |@______________________-[]x|
>   |                           |
>   | Error: Windows was unable |
>   | to find the following     |
>   | components:               |
>   |                           |
>   | Keyboard                  |
>   | Mouse                     |
>   | Display                   |
>   | CPU                       |
>   |                           |
>   | Perhaps you should call a |
>   | police. No, wait a minute,|
>   | you don't have a modem    |
>   | either. Bummer.           |
>   |        ________           |
>   |       |   OK   |          |
>   |        """"""""           |
>   |___________________________|

This one is real:

   ___________________________________________________________
  |-|_____________________xv confirm_____________________|*|[]|
  |                                                           |
  | \/| (   Can't open file '/home/e93-vkn/non-existant.gif'  |
  | /\\/    No such file or directory.                        |
  |                                                _________  |
  |                                               [_Bummer!_] |
  |___________________________________________________________|


-- 
    (,         http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/
    /|__--__                       .                        __--__
    |\ '__                        /|\                        _{ _ 
    `.' / `.,_ _________           |           _________ _,.' (/ `.
    /  ||``._.'             ASCII ART CHAT!             `---'|:||,/
  .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
.'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
 ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
 ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:02:31 GMT, ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter
Punk) wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:27:13 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
>following text:
>
>>>>  ________________________
>>>> |________________________|
>>>> |                        |
>>>> |   Keyboard not found.  |
>>>> |                        |
>>>> |  Press F1 to continue  |
>>>> |________________________|
>>>
>>>That was an actual error message on XT-machines....
>>
>>It may not be 100% obvious, but you can plug in a keyboard and press
>>F1.. :-) The message makes sense after a bit of thought.
>
>That's the whole problem, it _doesn't_ make sense. If you hotplug a keyboard you
>run the risk to blow up the keyboard controller and that would mean that the
>motherboard had to be replaced.

There is always the risk, but I'm only concerned about PS/2-devices
being hot-plugged.

Never had an AT-keyboard blow by hot-plugging (nor an Amiga one for
the record)
--
    CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, Helpdesk-person
        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.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:51:31 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
following text:

>>>>>  ________________________
>>>>> |________________________|
>>>>> |                        |
>>>>> |   Keyboard not found.  |
>>>>> |                        |
>>>>> |  Press F1 to continue  |
>>>>> |________________________|
>>>>That was an actual error message on XT-machines....
>>>It may not be 100% obvious, but you can plug in a keyboard and press
>>>F1.. :-) The message makes sense after a bit of thought.
>>That's the whole problem, it _doesn't_ make sense. If you hotplug a keyboard you
>>run the risk to blow up the keyboard controller and that would mean that the
>>motherboard had to be replaced.
>There is always the risk, but I'm only concerned about PS/2-devices
>being hot-plugged.

Why is it that you are concerned about hotplugging a PS/2 device, but not about
hotplugging a keyboard?

>Never had an AT-keyboard blow by hot-plugging (nor an Amiga one for
>the record)

Have you ever tried hotplugging a keyboard on an XT? It's quite an experience
(on the Phillips XT's at least...)
-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

Draai je SETI@home en ben je lid van HetNet? 
Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor 
tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer.

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:09:02 GMT, ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk)
provoked the following text:

>>There is always the risk, but I'm only concerned about PS/2-devices
>>being hot-plugged.
>
>Why is it that you are concerned about hotplugging a PS/2 device, but not about
>hotplugging a keyboard?

Now that i re-read that sentence i think it may come across a bit cynical, but
that was not my intention. I'm really curious about it.
-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

Draai je SETI@home en ben je lid van HetNet? 
Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor 
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Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:09:02 GMT, ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter
Punk) wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:51:31 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
>following text:

>>>That's the whole problem, it _doesn't_ make sense. If you hotplug a keyboard you
>>>run the risk to blow up the keyboard controller and that would mean that the
>>>motherboard had to be replaced.
>>There is always the risk, but I'm only concerned about PS/2-devices
>>being hot-plugged.
>
>Why is it that you are concerned about hotplugging a PS/2 device, but not about
>hotplugging a keyboard?

An AT keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard are essentially the same, but I've
heard of broken PS/2 mouse ports after hot plugging. Haven't had that
happen to me either.. :-)

>>Never had an AT-keyboard blow by hot-plugging (nor an Amiga one for
>>the record)
>
>Have you ever tried hotplugging a keyboard on an XT? It's quite an experience
>(on the Phillips XT's at least...)

Hmm, I must say I haven't.. Only on ATs and up. The machine just beeps
horribly, but nothing else.
--
    CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, Helpdesk-person
        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.

On Sun, 01 Oct 2000 18:41:45 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
following text:

>>>Never had an AT-keyboard blow by hot-plugging (nor an Amiga one for
>>>the record)
>>Have you ever tried hotplugging a keyboard on an XT? It's quite an experience
>>(on the Phillips XT's at least...)
>Hmm, I must say I haven't.. Only on ATs and up. The machine just beeps
>horribly, but nothing else.

On a Phillips XT you can kiss your keyboard controller goodbye, iv'e seen it
happen on at least 3 occasions. In only one of the 3 instances i have plugged
the keyboard in myself, in the other 2 instances the person who called me for
help did it himself because "the computer asked him to".

I'll tell 'ya, never trust a computer! :-)
-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

Draai je SETI@home en ben je lid van HetNet? 
Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor 
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Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise.

On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:48:47 GMT, ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter
Punk) wrote:

>On a Phillips XT you can kiss your keyboard controller goodbye, iv'e seen it
>happen on at least 3 occasions. In only one of the 3 instances i have plugged
>the keyboard in myself, in the other 2 instances the person who called me for
>help did it himself because "the computer asked him to".
>
>I'll tell 'ya, never trust a computer! :-)

Hmm, this might be flamebait, but I'd say never trust a Philips.. :-)
No offence, but about the only good Philips-experiences I've had are
with Philishave(tm) electric razors. Those rock..

Philips (Mangavox for you American types) is a very innovative company
(Philishave, Compact Discs, etc), but their quality sucks.
--
    CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, Helpdesk-person
        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.

On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 13:15:32 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
following text:

>>On a Phillips XT you can kiss your keyboard controller goodbye, iv'e seen it
>>happen on at least 3 occasions. In only one of the 3 instances i have plugged
>>the keyboard in myself, in the other 2 instances the person who called me for
>>help did it himself because "the computer asked him to".
>>I'll tell 'ya, never trust a computer! :-)
>Hmm, this might be flamebait, but I'd say never trust a Philips.. :-)
>No offence, but about the only good Philips-experiences I've had are
>with Philishave(tm) electric razors. Those rock..
>Philips (Mangavox for you American types) is a very innovative company
>(Philishave, Compact Discs, etc), but their quality sucks.

Hey, they make great lightbulbs!

ObASCII:
  ..---..
 /       \
|         |
:         ;
 \  \~/  /
  `, Y ,'
   |_|_|
   |===|
   |===|
    \_/
-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

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Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor 
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Foolproof operation: All parameters are hard coded.

Andrea Rimicci <abu...@aritaly.com> ASCII art 5 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
���ʴդ�Ѻ ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) ^_^
@<snip>
@ ObASCII:
@   ..---..
@  /       \
@ |         |
@ :         ;
@  \  \~/  /
@   `, Y ,'
@    |_|_|
@    |===|
@    |===|
@     \_/

one-hand obascii (right hand damaged...):
   ..---..
  /       \
 |         |
 :  \~~~/  ;
  \  \ /  /
   `. Y ,'
    |_|_|
    |===|
    |===|
     \_/

On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 04:56:04 GMT, k.i...@12345net.nl (Johan de Koning) provoked
the following text:

>> Hey, they make great lightbulbs!
>> 
>> ObASCII:
>>   ..---..
>>  /       \
>> |         |
>> :         ;
>>  \  \~/  /
>>   `, Y ,'
>>    |_|_|
>>    |===|
>>    |===|
>>     \_/
>
>Well, I'm *not* going to make fun of this.

Why not?

>In fact, I'm going to express my positive feelings about your
>ascii-art / ascii-text ratio wich seems to be evolving from
>zero to er ... more than zero.

Hey, i suck big time at making ASCII-art, but i greatly enjoy viewing it.
It actually surprised me that the lightblub turned out to be as good as it was.

Besides, when was the last time _you_ posted some ASCII-art (not diddles).

>    ..---..
>   /       \
>  |         |
>  :         ;
>   \  \~/  / \
>    `, Y ,(.'.)
>     |_|_| """
>     |===|
>     |===|
>    _/) (\_
>
>Oh what the heck, just a little bit of fun.

         ..---..
,       /       \
 \     |         |
  \    :         ;
\ /\,-, \  \~/  / \
-==   /  `, Y ,(.'.)
 =\  /    |_|_| """
  ==/     |===|
          |===|
         _/) (\_

In that case, i hope you enjoy this :-)))
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Johan de Koning <k.i...@12345net.nl> ASCII art 5 Oct 2000 04:56 · permalink · report
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 21:17:07 GMT, (Peter Punk) wrote:

[... Philips sucks]

> Hey, they make great lightbulbs!
> 
> ObASCII:
>   ..---..
>  /       \
> |         |
> :         ;
>  \  \~/  /
>   `, Y ,'
>    |_|_|
>    |===|
>    |===|
>     \_/

Well, I'm *not* going to make fun of this.

In fact, I'm going to express my positive feelings about your
ascii-art / ascii-text ratio wich seems to be evolving from
zero to er ... more than zero.

    ..---..
   /       \
  |         |
  :         ;
   \  \~/  / \
    `, Y ,(.'.)
     |_|_| """
     |===|
     |===|
    _/) (\_

Oh what the heck, just a little bit of fun.

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> >In fact, I'm going to express my positive feelings about your
> >ascii-art / ascii-text ratio wich seems to be evolving from
> >zero to er ... more than zero.
>
> Hey, i suck big time at making ASCII-art, but i greatly enjoy viewing it.
> It actually surprised me that the lightblub turned out to be as good as it
was.

HOLD IT ! .. Did Peter just say he sucks big time making ASCII-art ?
Peter .. don't kid yourself - You're GOOD!

> Besides, when was the last time _you_ posted some ASCII-art (not diddles).

I also have'nt done a real ascii too in .. months .. way too long. I feel
sort of guilty.

OBASCII :

[ Fountainpen ]

     .
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[ Phillips Screwdriver |


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   `._.' CJ


[ Another Screwdriver ]
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[ Large Arrow ]
     .
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  //   \\
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/ //   \\ \
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   // \\
    /'\ CJ


Funny .. how asciicreation turn out.
I was going for simply a smaller light bulb, when i figured i'd rarther do a
coneshaped lightbulb,
then while creating that i though it looked more like a large head for a
fountainpen ..
and by the time i had done that i was already warmed up .. and threw in
something extra.

And btw .. Phillips make fine screwdrivers.

Kind Regards
Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen

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lgbeard <lgb...@bellsouth.net> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report

Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Peter Punk wrote:
> > ObASCII:
> >   ..---..
> >  /       \
> > |         |
> > :         ;
> >  \  \~/  /
> >   `, Y ,'
> >    |_|_|
> >    |===|
> >    |===|
> >     \_/
> 
>   .--.       .--.
>  /    \     /    \
> J      L   J      L
> J     ..---..     F
>  \   /       \   /
>   `-|         |-'
>     :         ;
>      \  \ /  /
>       `,   ,'
>        |___|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>         \_/
> 
 ___________________________________
| .-------------------------------. |
| |     .--.       .--.           | |
| |    /    \     /    \          | |
| |   J      L   J      L         | |
| |   J     ..---..     F         | |
| |    \   /       \   /          | |
| |     `-|         |-'           | |
| |       :         ;             | |
| |        \  \ /  /              | |
| |         `,   ,'       ________| |
| |          |___|       |800x600 | |
| |          |===|       |high    | |
| |          |===|       |color   | |
| |           \_/        |16 bit  | |
| |______________________|________| |
'.________________________________.'

--lgbeard

Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Hi,

>   .--.       .--.
>  /    \     /    \
> J      L   J      L
> J     ..---..     F
>  \   /       \   /
>   `-|         |-'
>     :         ;
>      \  \ /  /
>       `,   ,'
>        |___|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>         \_/

</ Child-style>
Niarh, niarh, niarh, what is this...:)
</ Child-style>
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Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:56 · permalink · report
Peter Punk wrote:
> ObASCII:
>   ..---..
>  /       \
> |         |
> :         ;
>  \  \~/  /
>   `, Y ,'
>    |_|_|
>    |===|
>    |===|
>     \_/

  .--.       .--.
 /    \     /    \
J      L   J      L
J     ..---..     F
 \   /       \   /
  `-|         |-'
    :         ;
     \  \ /  /
      `,   ,'
       |___|
       |===|
       |===|
        \_/

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 ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
 ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
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Yorck Babinsky wrote:
> And before that, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >   .--.       .--.
> >  /    \     /    \
> > J      L   J      L
> > J     ..---..     F
> >  \   /       \   /
> >   `-|         |-'
> >     :         ;
> >      \  \ /  /
> >       `,   ,'
> >        |___|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >         \_/
> 
> </ Child-style>
> Niarh, niarh, niarh, what is this...:)
> </ Child-style>

It was _supposed_ to be a mouse.  :P


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MJP <mik...@bluedwarf.net> ASCII art 8 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On Sun, 08 Oct 2000 12:48:18 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> Spake thus:

>Yorck Babinsky wrote:
>> And before that, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> >   .--.       .--.
>> >  /    \     /    \
>> > J      L   J      L
>> > J     ..---..     F
>> >  \   /       \   /
>> >   `-|         |-'
>> >     :         ;
>> >      \  \ /  /
>> >       `,   ,'
>> >        |___|
>> >        |===|
>> >        |===|
>> >         \_/
>> 
>> </ Child-style>
>> Niarh, niarh, niarh, what is this...:)
>> </ Child-style>
>
>It was _supposed_ to be a mouse.  :P
>
>

And here I was thinking that was another self portrait.....

oh well 

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MJP wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson Spake thus:
> >Yorck Babinsky wrote:
> >> And before that, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >> >   .--.       .--.
> >> >  /    \     /    \
> >> > J      L   J      L
> >> > J     ..---..     F
> >> >  \   /       \   /
> >> >   `-|         |-'
> >> >     :         ;
> >> >      \  \ /  /
> >> >       `,   ,'
> >> >        |___|
> >> >        |===|
> >> >        |===|
> >> >         \_/
> >>
> >> </ Child-style>
> >> Niarh, niarh, niarh, what is this...:)
> >> </ Child-style>
> >
> >It was _supposed_ to be a mouse.  :P
> 
> And here I was thinking that was another self portrait.....

No, my hair is longer.


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.

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 13:20:09 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen"
<new...@CeeJay.cjb.not> provoked the following text:

>> >In fact, I'm going to express my positive feelings about your
>> >ascii-art / ascii-text ratio wich seems to be evolving from
>> >zero to er ... more than zero.
>> Hey, i suck big time at making ASCII-art, but i greatly enjoy viewing it.
>> It actually surprised me that the lightblub turned out to be as good as it
>> was.
>HOLD IT ! .. Did Peter just say he sucks big time making ASCII-art ?
>Peter .. don't kid yourself - You're GOOD!

Yeah, occasionally when whatever i try to draw turns out good.
I often start something but then decide to delete it because it looks as if i
drew it in a proportional font. I'm that bad...

Diddling is a whole different ballgame, let other people do the hard work, make
a few (often minor) adjustments and presto! A diddle. I do it so often because
it's easy.

Diddling is a doddle :-))

>> Besides, when was the last time _you_ posted some ASCII-art (not diddles).
>I also have'nt done a real ascii too in .. months .. way too long. I feel
>sort of guilty.
>
>OBASCII :

8< would be too much to quote :-)) Looked good though.

>Funny .. how asciicreation turn out.
>I was going for simply a smaller light bulb, 

You want a smaller lightbulb? You get a smaller lightbulb!
How's this?:
 _
(y)
 =

Or if you want 'em a bit smaller:

 O
 '
Still too big? How's this then?:

 .

They don't come any smaller than that! :-)))
 
>when i figured i'd rarther do a coneshaped lightbulb,
>then while creating that i though it looked more like a large head for a
>fountainpen ..
>and by the time i had done that i was already warmed up .. and threw in
>something extra.

LOL!!! That what happens when you enjoy something :-)

>And btw .. Phillips make fine screwdrivers.

I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).
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On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 02:56:09 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com>
provoked the following text:

>>   ..---..
>>  /       \
>> |         |
>> :         ;
>>  \  \~/  /
>>   `, Y ,'
>>    |_|_|
>>    |===|
>>    |===|
>>     \_/
>
>  .--.       .--.
> /    \     /    \
>J      L   J      L
>J     ..---..     F
> \   /       \   /
>  `-|         |-'
>    :         ;
>     \  \ /  /
>      `,   ,'
>       |___|
>       |===|
>       |===|
>        \_/

<singing>
Oh Mickey you're so fine. You're so fine you blow my mind. 
Hey Mickey! Hey Mickey!

I think he's turning Japanese, I think he's turning Japanese, i really think so.
</singing>

I'm an 80's freak, can you tell?  ;-)))
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"Veronica Karlsson" <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39E...@hotmail.com...
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >   .--.       .--.
> >  /    \     /    \
> > J      L   J      L
> > J     ..---..     F
> >  \   /       \   /
> >   `-|         |-'
> >     :         ;
> >      \  \ /  /
> >       `,   ,'
> >        |___|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >         \_/
>
> I got an email suggesting this is actually an elephant, but wouldn't
> that look more like this:
>
>
>   .--.       .--.
>  /    \     /    \
> J      L   J      L
> J     ..---..     F
>  \   /       \   /
>   `-|         |-'
>     :         ;
>      \  \ /  /
>       `,   ,'
>        |___|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        (( ))
>          "

Rubish .. That is a cock with one of thoose "for her pleasure"-condoms on.
And if you can't se that ... Well.. you don't get out too much *G*


> And, before anybody else does it:
>
>   .--.       .--.
>  /    \     /    \
> J      L   J      L
> J     ..---..     F
>  \   /       \   /
>   `-|         |-'
>     :         ;
>      \  \ /  /
>       `,   ,'
>        |___|
>        |===|
>        |=P=|
>        |===|
>        |=E=|
>        |===|
>        |=Z=|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>        (( ))
>          "

Another Penis Pez for the collection - Great !

Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen wrote:
> "Veronica Karlsson" wrote:
> > I got an email suggesting this is actually an elephant, but wouldn't
> > that look more like this:
> >   .--.       .--.
> >  /    \     /    \
> > J      L   J      L
> > J     ..---..     F
> >  \   /       \   /
> >   `-|         |-'
> >     :         ;
> >      \  \ /  /
> >       `,   ,'
> >        |___|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        |===|
> >        (( ))
> >          "
> 
> Rubish .. That is a cock with one of thoose "for her pleasure"-condoms on.
> And if you can't se that ... Well.. you don't get out too much *G*

If that's what it is then it has some strange disease/deformity (and
what does "getting out" have to do with anything?).


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.'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
 ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
 ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
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.

"Veronica Karlsson" <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39E...@hotmail.com...
> Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen wrote:
> > "Veronica Karlsson" wrote:
> > > I got an email suggesting this is actually an elephant, but wouldn't
> > > that look more like this:
> > >   .--.       .--.
> > >  /    \     /    \
> > > J      L   J      L
> > > J     ..---..     F
> > >  \   /       \   /
> > >   `-|         |-'
> > >     :         ;
> > >      \  \ /  /
> > >       `,   ,'
> > >        |___|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        |===|
> > >        (( ))
> > >          "
> >
> > Rubish .. That is a cock with one of thoose "for her pleasure"-condoms
on.
> > And if you can't se that ... Well.. you don't get out too much *G*
>
> If that's what it is then it has some strange disease/deformity (and
> what does "getting out" have to do with anything?).

Considering it was a joke .. not much.

Peter Punk wrote:

> I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
> not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
> are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).

and spelt Philips.

--

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David Shorter

DazzReal Sound Labs
Auckland, New Zealand

Any errors in tact, fact or spelling
are entirely due to transmission error.

Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 9 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>   .--.       .--.
>  /    \     /    \
> J      L   J      L
> J     ..---..     F
>  \   /       \   /
>   `-|         |-'
>     :         ;
>      \  \ /  /
>       `,   ,'
>        |___|
>        |===|
>        |===|
>         \_/

I got an email suggesting this is actually an elephant, but wouldn't
that look more like this:


  .--.       .--.
 /    \     /    \
J      L   J      L
J     ..---..     F
 \   /       \   /
  `-|         |-'
    :         ;
     \  \ /  /
      `,   ,'
       |___|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       |===|
       (( ))
         "

And, before anybody else does it:


  .--.       .--.
 /    \     /    \
J      L   J      L
J     ..---..     F
 \   /       \   /
  `-|         |-'
    :         ;
     \  \ /  /
      `,   ,'
       |___|
       |===|
       |=P=|
       |===|
       |=E=|
       |===|
       |=Z=|
       |===|
       |===|
       (( ))
         "

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  .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
.'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
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Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@home.com> ASCII art 10 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
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>On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:49:15 +1300, David Shorter <daz...@ihug.co.nz> Spake thus:
>
>>Peter Punk wrote:
>>
>>> I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
>>> not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
>>> are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).
>>
>>and spelt Philips.
>
>Just interesting that I was sent this today.
>
>                 http://www.uselessknowledge.com/ll/phillips.shtml
>
>                 Phillips was undaunted, and when World Ware II broke out,
			[...]
>		  and of course
>                 the phillips screwdriver, caught on.
>
>                 By 1919, the Phillips screwdriver had become so ubiquitous

did i read this wrong?

if the screw didnt become popular untill WWII and the patant died in 1919
how did he make his money off the licancing?
and how did it get popular befor 1919 if it did not catch on till WWII?

my head is spining

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Faux_Pseudo wrote:
<snip>
> >                 By 1919, the Phillips screwdriver had become so ubiquitous
> 
> did i read this wrong?
> 
> if the screw didnt become popular untill WWII and the patant died in 1919
> how did he make his money off the licancing?
> and how did it get popular befor 1919 if it did not catch on till WWII?
> 
> my head is spining

It gets worse. Here's part of what you snipped out:

<unsnip> >                  He died in 1988 at age 68.

which would make him *how old* in 1919?   8-)


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On 10 Oct 2000 03:15:06 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.net (MJP) wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:49:15 +1300, David Shorter <daz...@ihug.co.nz> Spake thus:
>
>>Peter Punk wrote:
>>
>>> I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
>>> not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
>>> are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).
>>
>>and spelt Philips.
>
>Just interesting that I was sent this today.
>
>                 http://www.uselessknowledge.com/ll/phillips.shtml
>
>                 Henry Phillips was a Portland, Oregon, businessman with a
>                 penchant for gadgets.

Yup, that's the screw guy all right, but the Dutch company Philips
(also known as magnavox, grundig, etc) is spelt with only one l. :-)
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Andrey Chervyakov <ach...@mail.ru> ASCII art 10 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On Sun, 08 Oct 2000 12:48:18 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Yorck Babinsky wrote:
>> And before that, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
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>> Niarh, niarh, niarh, what is this...:)
>> </ Child-style>
>
>It was _supposed_ to be a mouse.  :P

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Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 10 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Andrey Chervyakov wrote:
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:49:15 +1300, David Shorter <daz...@ihug.co.nz> provoked
the following text:

>> I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
>> not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
>> are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).
>and spelt Philips.

Of course. I've always had trouble to remember the correct way of spelling the
name...
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MJP <mik...@bluedwarf.net> ASCII art 10 Oct 2000 03:15 · permalink · report
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:49:15 +1300, David Shorter <daz...@ihug.co.nz> Spake thus:

>Peter Punk wrote:
>
>> I think that the Phillips screwdriver was invented by someone called Phillips,
>> not by the electronics company called Phillips (Dutch firm, best known iventions
>> are the audio tape cassette and the compact disk, known in the US as Magnavox).
>
>and spelt Philips.

Just interesting that I was sent this today.

                 http://www.uselessknowledge.com/ll/phillips.shtml

                 Henry Phillips was a Portland, Oregon, businessman with a
                 penchant for gadgets.

                 Realizing that carmakers needed a screw that could be driven
                 with more torque and that would hold tighter than slotted
                 screws, he developed a recessed cross screw that could be
                 used easily with an automated screwdriver.

                 The screw establishment was unimpressed. "The manufacture
                 and marketing of these articles don't promise sufficient
                 commercial success to warrant interesting ourselves further,"
                 wrote a representative of the American Screw Company.

                 Phillips was undaunted, and when World Ware II broke out,
                 industrialists needed to turn out large quantities of jeeps and
                 other machines very quickly. The philips screw, and of course
                 the phillips screwdriver, caught on.

                 Interestingly, the Phillips Screw Company never manufactured
                 a single screw or screwdriver. It simply licensed the rights to
                 manufacture the products.

                 By 1919, the Phillips screwdriver had become so ubiquitous
                 that Phillips was stripped of the patent. He died in 1988 at age
                 68.

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Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@home.com> ASCII art 11 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
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>Faux_Pseudo wrote:
><snip>
>> >                 By 1919, the Phillips screwdriver had become so ubiquitous
>> 
>> did i read this wrong?
>> 
>> if the screw didnt become popular untill WWII and the patant died in 1919
>> how did he make his money off the licancing?
>> and how did it get popular befor 1919 if it did not catch on till WWII?
>> 
>> my head is spining
>
>It gets worse. Here's part of what you snipped out:
>
><unsnip> >                  He died in 1988 at age 68.
>
>which would make him *how old* in 1919?   8-)
>

that had briefly enterd my mind but i was just to fasanated by the other info
to keep that train of thought


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