Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Sep 2000.
Hexagons and bees
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· 22 messages · 17 Sep 2000 - 27 Sep 2000
Just tried different sizes of hexagonal tiling :
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Stef wrote: > > Just tried different sizes of hexagonal tiling : > [snip] > > _ _ > | )/ ) > \\ |//,'_ > (")(_)()))=- > (\\ > > _ _ > ( | / ) > \\ \|/,'_ > (")(_)()))=- > Stef00 <\\ > They look more like wasps to me,but they are cool. _ _ | )/ ) \\ |//,' __ (")(_)-"()))=- (\\ Just a little diddle to make the look more like wasps. _ _ | )/ ) \\ |//,' __ (")(_)-"()))=- (\\ _m !!!! {') UH OOOOH....... h: /U \H) H _P -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Stef <ste...@inria.fr> wrote: > Just tried different sizes of hexagonal tiling : > > Size 4 : > ____ > / \ > ____/ \____ > / \ / \ > / \____/ \ > \ / \ / > \____/ \____/ > / \ / \ > / \____/ \ > \ / \ / > \____/ \____/ > \ / > \____/ Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. The board for it looks like this: _____ _____ .---. / \ / \ current score: |000| _____/ 03 \_____ next / \ `---' / \ / \ tile \ / Players: _____/ 02 \_____/ 07 \_____ \_____/ Alfie ========== / \ / \ / \ ========== ========== / 01 \_____/ 06 \_____/ 12 \ ========== ========== \ / \ / \ / .-------------------------------------. \_____/ 05 \_____/ 11 \_____/ | | / \ / \ / \ | | / 04 \_____/ 10 \_____/ 16 \ | | \ / \ / \ / | | \_____/ 09 \_____/ 15 \_____/ | | / \ / \ / \ | | / 08 \_____/ 14 \_____/ 19 \ | | \ / \ / \ / | | \_____/ 13 \_____/ 18 \_____/ | | \ / \ / | | \_____/ 17 \_____/ |<Alfie> This sucks, somehow :-) | \ / >-------------------------------------< \_____/ |This sucks, somehow :-) | `-------------------------------------' Well, this is what it should look like in the play, nothing of the code is really done yet :-) I won't say the name of the game - if you know it you know the name, if you don't the name won't tell you anything about it >;-) Have fun! Alfie -- <dark> eat Depends: cook | eat-out. But eat-out is non-free so that's out. And cook Recommends: clean-pans. -- Seen on #Debian
Stef <ste...@inria.fr> wrote in message news:8q94pr$4e3$1...@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <200...@skater.priv.at>, > alf...@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs) wrote: > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is based > on > > a card game with hexagonal tiles. The board for it looks like this: > > > > [snip pic cause of wrapping] > > > > > Well, this is what it should look like in the play, nothing of the > code > > is really done yet :-) > > > > I won't say the name of the game - if you know it you know the name, > if > > you don't the name won't tell you anything about it >;-) > > > > Have fun! > > Alfie > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > Ascii isn't real??
In article <39C...@gtcom.net>, kro...@gtcom.net wrote: > Stef wrote: > > > > Just tried different sizes of hexagonal tiling : > > > > [snip] > > > > > _ _ > > | )/ ) > > \\ |//,'_ > > (")(_)()))=- > > (\\ > > > > _ _ > > ( | / ) > > \\ \|/,'_ > > (")(_)()))=- > > Stef00 <\\ > > > > They look more like wasps to me,but they are cool. > > _ _ > | )/ ) > \\ |//,' __ > (")(_)-"()))=- > (\\ > Just a little diddle to make the look more like wasps. > > _ _ > | )/ ) > \\ |//,' __ > (")(_)-"()))=- > (\\ > > _m !!!! > {') UH OOOOH....... > h: > /U > \H) > H > _P Damn ! I hoped no one would notice ... Usually people don't make the difference between wasps and bees :-) In fact I first tryed to draw a bee that really looks like a bee but gave up ... Obascii : Giant wasps invaders _ _ | )/ ) \\ |//,' __ (")(_)-"()))=- (\\ _ _ HEELP ( | / ) \\ \|/,' __ \_o_/ (")(_)-"()))=- ) <\\ /\__ _____ \ ________________________________ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
In article <200...@skater.priv.at>, alf...@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs) wrote: > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is based on > a card game with hexagonal tiles. The board for it looks like this: > [snip pic cause of wrapping] > > Well, this is what it should look like in the play, nothing of the code > is really done yet :-) > > I won't say the name of the game - if you know it you know the name, if > you don't the name won't tell you anything about it >;-) > > Have fun! > Alfie Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Stef wrote: > > In article <39C...@gtcom.net>, > kro...@gtcom.net wrote: > > Stef wrote: > > > > > > Just tried different sizes of hexagonal tiling : > > > > They look more like wasps to me,but they are cool. > > Damn ! I hoped no one would notice ... Usually people don't make the > difference between wasps and bees :-) > > In fact I first tryed to draw a bee that really looks like a bee but > gave up ... well,here there are bees of different types and yellow jackets, and hornets,and wasps,and dirt dobbers,and many other types of stinging and biting bugs and bugs that just look LIKE stinging or biting bugs,so picking a wasp from a bee is just an every day casual thing. Obascii: Hornet or dirt dobber? Go ahead and fuck with it and find out. __ ((YY| ___ \\Y| .dHHH)-(HHH)(O / / \\ ` '' -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
In article <39C...@hotmail.com>, asc...@hotmail.com says... > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > > only exist in our minds ;-) > > So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > The pics only exist in our minds ;-) > reality is the original rorschach-test. :-))
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Stef <ste...@inria.fr> wrote: > [snip pic cause of wrapping] It must have been the client you are using that did the wrapping. Think of changing to one that deserves the name "newsreader" :) > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? It will be a real ascii game :-P So long! Alfie -- #include <signature.h>
In article <39C...@hotmail.com>, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Stef wrote: > > Stuart Moore wrote: > > > Stef wrote: > > > > Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is > > > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. > > > > > > > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > > > > > > > Ascii isn't real?? > > > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > > only exist in our minds ;-) > > So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > The pics only exist in our minds ;-) > I know ... that's why I only use jpeg. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:56:36 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> provoked the following text: >> > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is >> > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. >> > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? >> > Ascii isn't real?? >> Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics >> only exist in our minds ;-) >So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. >The pics only exist in our minds ;-) Now you get the picture! Or rather, the point :-)) -- 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. New York is real. The rest is done with mirrors.
In article <39C...@hotmail.com>, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Stef wrote: > > Stuart Moore wrote: > > > Stef wrote: > > > > Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is > > > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. > > > > > > > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > > > > > > > Ascii isn't real?? > > > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > > only exist in our minds ;-) > > So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > The pics only exist in our minds ;-) > ... if we had minds! Obascii-art: Steven James Walker's brain _---~~(~~-_. _{ ) ) , ) -~~- ( ,-' )_ ( `-,_..`., )-- '_,) ( ` _) ( -~( -_ `, } (_- _ ~_-~~~~`, ,' ) `~ -^( __;-,((())) ~~~~ {_ -_(()) `\ } { } NOTE: I never pick up my mail from the yahoo address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- _____|_____ |\ ||||| /| www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ascii-art/ | \ ||||| / | ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions | \|||||/ | cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca | (-o,o-) | ~---, llizard aka ejm | \ c / | \_,^%--- | ,`-'. | /> \ I USED to have a brain, | .-\/@\/-. | ___/ > _|/_________\|_ (# o) > I think.... /|\ '-~ /|^^ / | \ ejm | \
In article <ssi...@corp.supernews.com>, "Stuart Moore" <stu...@bigfoot.com> wrote: > > Stef <ste...@inria.fr> wrote in message > news:8q94pr$4e3$1...@nnrp1.deja.com... > > In article <200...@skater.priv.at>, > > alf...@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs) wrote: > > > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. > > > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > > > Ascii isn't real?? > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics only exist in our minds ;-) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Stef wrote: > Stuart Moore wrote: > > Stef wrote: > > > Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > > > > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is > > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. > > > > > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > > > > > Ascii isn't real?? > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > only exist in our minds ;-) So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. The pics only exist in our minds ;-) -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
Stef wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Stef wrote: <snip> > > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > > > only exist in our minds ;-) > > > > So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > > The pics only exist in our minds ;-) > > I know ... that's why I only use jpeg. A jpeg image is also just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:39C...@hotmail.com... > Stef wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > Stef wrote: > <snip> > > > > Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics > > > > only exist in our minds ;-) > > > > > > So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > > > The pics only exist in our minds ;-) > > > > I know ... that's why I only use jpeg. > > A jpeg image is also just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. I have a horrible feeling she was being sarcastic. Although, with JPEG compression, it should be said it is a _different_ bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together.
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:56:36 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Stef wrote: >> Stuart Moore wrote: >> > Stef wrote: >> > > Gerfried Fuchs wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Funny, I am currently working on a nice networked game that is >> > > > based on a card game with hexagonal tiles. >> > > >> > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? >> > > >> > Ascii isn't real?? >> >> Nope. Ascii is just a bunch of weird characters stuck together. The pics >> only exist in our minds ;-) > >So? A gif image is just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. >The pics only exist in our minds ;-) Our minds are just a bunch of neurons stuck together. Thoughts don't exist. Obascii: Your mind right now This space intentionally left blank -- Jan-Erik Finnberg whe...@saunalahti.fi ICQ:49316651 Visit http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/FFVII/ for Final fantasy 7 midis and not much more!!
Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:39C...@hotmail.com... > Stuart Moore wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > Stef wrote: > <snipo> > > > > I know ... that's why I only use jpeg. > > > > > > A jpeg image is also just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > > > > I have a horrible feeling she was being sarcastic. Although, with JPEG > > compression, it should be said it is a _different_ bunch of weird coloured dots > > stuck together. > > I always get a Bad Feeling when people talk about how they only use > jpeg. The question "should one use gif or jpeg?" does not have One True > Answer. The answer is that which format to choose depends on the > picture... My usual argument is save it in both and use whichever is smallest. Ignores the whole quality issue, but even this is too complicated for some of them. Stuart
Stuart Moore wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Stef wrote: <snipo> > > > I know ... that's why I only use jpeg. > > > > A jpeg image is also just a bunch of weird coloured dots stuck together. > > I have a horrible feeling she was being sarcastic. Although, with JPEG > compression, it should be said it is a _different_ bunch of weird coloured dots > stuck together. I always get a Bad Feeling when people talk about how they only use jpeg. The question "should one use gif or jpeg?" does not have One True Answer. The answer is that which format to choose depends on the picture... -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
> > I always get a Bad Feeling when people talk about how they only use > > jpeg. The question "should one use gif or jpeg?" does not have One True > > Answer. The answer is that which format to choose depends on the > > picture... > > My usual argument is save it in both and use whichever is smallest. Ignores the > whole quality issue, but even this is too complicated for some of them. JPEG for photos. ( ie : Portraits , nature pics .. and "nature" pics ) GIF if you wnat to make sure someone with an old browser can view it. PNG for everything else.
In article <200...@skater.priv.at>, alf...@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs) wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Stef <ste...@inria.fr> wrote: > > [snip pic cause of wrapping] > > It must have been the client you are using that did the wrapping. Think > of changing to one that deserves the name "newsreader" :) It didn't wrap when I read it but when I replied (deja automatically wraps lines above 72 characters, and I use deja because when I post to my local news server it doesn't spread to the rest of usenet ...) > > Will it be an ascii game or a real one ? > > It will be a real ascii game :-P Cool ! :-) Looking forward to see it ... Stef Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I always get a Bad Feeling when people talk about how they only use > jpeg. The question "should one use gif or jpeg?" does not have One True > Answer. The answer is that which format to choose depends on the > picture... gif (or png, which doesn't use patented LWZ [1]) for lossless graphics (e.g., where there is text and wide areas with only one color in it), and jpg for photos where it doesn't matter if the next point has the same color. An easy decision :-) Have fun! Alfie [1] <http://www.burnallgifs.org/> -- Well, enough clowning around. Perl is, in intent, a cleaned up and summarized version of that wonderful semi-natural language known as "Unix". -- Larry Wall in <199...@netlabs.com>
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