Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 25 Nov 1997.
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Minor change in the F.A.Q. Please read.
alt.ascii-art
· 47 messages · 25 Nov 1997 - 14 Jan 1998
Due to a message I recieved today concerning rec.arts.ascii the faq has
been changed to note the fact that it is no longer dead.The change
follows,and will explain what i am talking about.
11.What happened to rec.arts.ascii?
rec.arts.ascii is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that
all messages sent to the newsgroup had to pass through an
intermediary (the moderator) who checked them for
appropriateness before sending them to the newsgroup proper.
In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was
Bob Allison (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he
retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup
was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997.
Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as
moderator. Post away.
I guess i will have to subscribe and see what happens.:)
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Krogg wrote: [snip] > In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was > Bob Allison (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he > retired from the job in November 1994. 1993, at least this is stated in the previous version. > The newsgroup > was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as > moderator. Post away. I'll change it, too. :) Andreas _ | Ascii Dictionary (Collection, Links, ...) | o | http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise | o <<.|_ _| < > |\ | Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Krogg wrote: > he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup > was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, not a year latter. :-) -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > Randy Gardner wrote: > > Krogg wrote: > > > he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup > > > was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > > I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ > > Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, > > not a year later. :-) > I think the group died in 1996, not 1995 (?) 1994,1995,1996??? Which one???? -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
To address the replys from Andreas and Randy:
I personaly dont know the history but as soon as the facts are in,it
will be corrected.I am posting the faq as a service to all and I dont
want to step on anyones toes.The change was to reflect that raa is now
open for bussiness and Don is back.I will be posting the faq there as
well ,as i have been asked by Don to do so.So far it is the best we can
do and whatever changes will need to be made,I am sure will come as time
permits.
I want to take this time to explain.raa as most who care all ready
know is moderated.The content of the aa faq, insofar as the meaning and
content, still applys there.But,there will probly need to be some
changes to reflect the moderated nature of the ng and this can be hairy
because of the need to make sure credit goes to the right places and
proper protocall is used.I personaly am not in charge of such matters
and I dont want everyone to think i am.So that bieng said let the pieces
fall as they may but not on me.:) (hehe)
Also just as a point of interest; I am posting the faq when it
dissapears off my server or every 3-4 days(what ever is the shorter) to
make shure it burns alive.If the posts are too frequent or not frequent
enuff then let me know.Not every one will be happy but at least
,maybe,most will.
I hope for the best.
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Andreas Freise wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > I think the group died in 1996, not 1995 (?) [ 8< ] > | On 23 Dec 1996 the last posting from the moderator, Don Bertino, > | appeared in rec.arts.ascii and since that date the newsgroup has > | had no traffic. > Yes, that's what I thought! It couldn't be 1995 because in 1995 I wasn't familiar with newsgroups and I do remember writing to that group. And I seem to remember doing so about a year ago... :) > > > > -- > > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) > > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf > > BTW: What's the reason for that > It's called a "signature" ("sig" for short). Some people think it's fun to put stuff like that at the end of their letters and posts. They could contain interesting information such as email addresses, homepage URLs, phone numbers, etc. They could also contain some ascii art decoration. One such decoration is a text string written in large letters. This can be done quite easily with a program called "Figlet". Figlet can be found here: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ . Figlet is GOOD! Figlet is NICE! GET FIGLET! Hey, look! here's one more: > :) > Andreas > > _ > | Ascii Dictionary (Collection, Links, ...) | > o | http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise | o > <<.|_ _| < > > |\ | > > Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : > http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html WOW! I'm not alone after all! =) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
I'm the one to blame for the dates... I am trying to get it
sorted... I started lurking in aaa and raa in November of
1995 -- two years ago... at that time, Bob Allison was still
moderating <raa>... I believe that he stopped moderating in
July of the 1996. I know he stopped moderating just before
I really starting making the ASCII pics in Aug/Sept of '96--
Don Bertino took over then.... he held
it up until December of 1996. The (raa) newsgroup has
been inactive for 11 months. The latest email from Don
indicates that he is back as moderator.
So the FAQ should read:
11.What happened to rec.arts.ascii?
rec.arts.ascii is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that
all messages sent to the newsgroup had to pass through an
intermediary (the moderator) who checked them for
appropriateness before sending them to the newsgroup proper.
In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was
Bob Allison (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he
retired from the job in July 1996. The newsgroup
was inactive from December 1996 until November 1997.
Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as
moderator. Post away.
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If anyone has more to add/delete... let me know... let's get this
accurate... so we can all update our copies of the FAQ on the
web and those that will be posted regularly to the group...
-joan
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Randy Gardner wrote: > > > > Krogg wrote: > > > he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup > > > was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > > > > I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ > > > > Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, > > not a year latter. :-) > > > > I think the group died in 1996, not 1995 (?) i am changin it to 96 right now.the next posts of the faq in 3-4 days will be fixed. > > -- > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf > LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ -- THE <\PRINCE /> \\ // \\ // /~~~~~~\ SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ /\ /\_|||||_/\ /\ / \ // ||| \\ / \ / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ / / / / </ TIME TO DIE \> \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_________________________\_\_\ \ /_______________________________________\ / /Kro...@inspace.net \ \ / /Remove(no.to.spam.)to reply :-)\ \ / /_________________________________\ \ /_______________________________________\ Try my new ascii art helper Http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/asciihpr.zip
Veronica Karlsson wrote: [snip] > > > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > > > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf > > > > BTW: What's the reason for that > > > > It's called a "signature" ("sig" for short). Some people think it's fun > to put stuff like that at the end of their letters and posts. They could > contain interesting information such as email addresses, homepage URLs, > phone numbers, etc. They could also contain some ascii art decoration. [snip] Aha! :) But where's your phone number?? > Hey, look! here's one more: > [snip] > > <<.|_ _| < > > > |\ | > WOW! I'm not alone after all! =) But www.stud.uni-hannover.de has a DNS enrty, jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr not. ;) That's your interesting information then I guess. :) Andreas _ | Ascii Dictionary (Collection, Links, ...) | o | http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise | o <<.|_ _| < > |\ | Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Randy Gardner wrote: > > Krogg wrote: > > he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup > > was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > > I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ > > Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, > not a year latter. :-) > I think the group died in 1996, not 1995 (?) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > I think the group died in 1996, not 1995 (?) Pfff, nobody seems to know for sure. Me neither. So I did the ususal and digged out an old posting from Colin. It says : | The unmoderated newsgroup, alt.ascii-art, was created by Joel Furr | in September 1993. | The moderated newsgroup, rec.arts.ascii, was created in June 1994 | with Bob Allison ( Scarecrow ) as Moderator. | In July 1996 Don Bertino took over as Moderator of rec.arts.ascii | with Allen Mullen as deputy moderator. | On 23 Dec 1996 the last posting from the moderator, Don Bertino, | appeared in rec.arts.ascii and since that date the newsgroup has | had no traffic. (It's not explicitly said but Bob Allison resigned in June 1996, again I have this info from one of Colin's posts). Even though we could include a better 'history' part into the FAQ this will do for now I think : 11.What happened to rec.arts.ascii? rec.arts.ascii was a moderated newsgroup, meaning that all messages sent to the newsgroup had to pass through an intermediary (the moderator) who checked them for appropriateness before sending them to the newsgroup proper. In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was Bob Allison (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he retired from the job in June 1996. The newsgroup was inactive from December 1996 until November 1997. Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as moderator. Post away. > > -- > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf BTW: What's the reason for that :) Andreas _ | Ascii Dictionary (Collection, Links, ...) | o | http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise | o <<.|_ _| < > |\ | Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > But www.stud.uni-hannover.de has a DNS enrty, jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr not. ;) > > That's your interesting information then I guess. > > > > Hehe, I guess you haven't found the "Rot-13" button on your newsprogram > yet... (I have got compliments for this coding of my signature...) Now I have. Brings me back to the question : Jung'f gur ernfba sbe gung? :) ( Andreas ( ) .___. ,-. __) NC + a:f \|/ //===\\ ,-' o `-!| .'+^+`. //=|_|=\\ ,-'---------`-. .'///|\\\`. //=======\\ | [+] [+] | .-------------. //////|\\\\\\ //|||'"`|||\\ | ___ | < huff, puff > /((|||^..|||))\ |||||.^ ||||| | | | // `--v----------' ((|||(oo)|||) |||||o) ||||| | |' | |..~~~O { ~vv' ASCII Dictionary : | - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise >O< Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Andreas Freise wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > But www.stud.uni-hannover.de has a DNS enrty, jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr not. ;) > > > That's your interesting information then I guess. > > > > > > > Hehe, I guess you haven't found the "Rot-13" button on your newsprogram > > yet... (I have got compliments for this coding of my signature...) > > Now I have. Brings me back to the question : > Jung'f gur ernfba sbe gung? > V unir gung pbqr guvat whfg orpnhfr V _pna_... (ab qrrc naq frevbhf zbgvir... jryy, vs lbh qba'g pbhag gur cbffvovyvgl gung vg zvtug uryc lbh nibvq n pregnva xvaq bs hacyrnfnagarff gung pna pbzr sebz gbb ernqnoyr nqqerffrf...) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Andreas Freise wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > [snip] > > > > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > > > > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf > > > > > > BTW: What's the reason for that > > > > > > > It's called a "signature" ("sig" for short). Some people think it's fun > > to put stuff like that at the end of their letters and posts. They could > > contain interesting information such as email addresses, homepage URLs, > > phone numbers, etc. They could also contain some ascii art decoration. > [snip] > Aha! :) But where's your phone number?? > I said "could contain", not "must contain"... (and I intend to throw my phone in the river some day soon... It just stands in one corner and eats money.... :P I'm a modern girl, I don't phone, I email! And the chance of finding me at home, awake, during "phone-safe" hours is small...) > > Hey, look! here's one more: > > > [snip] > > > <<.|_ _| < > > > > |\ | > > WOW! I'm not alone after all! =) > > But www.stud.uni-hannover.de has a DNS enrty, jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr not. ;) > That's your interesting information then I guess. > Hehe, I guess you haven't found the "Rot-13" button on your newsprogram yet... (I have got compliments for this coding of my signature...) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader
feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, not
scramble.
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Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <347...@on.spammer>...
>Andreas Freise wrote:
>>
>> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> > > But www.stud.uni-hannover.de has a DNS enrty, jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr
not. ;)
>> > > That's your interesting information then I guess.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Hehe, I guess you haven't found the "Rot-13" button on your
newsprogram
>> > yet... (I have got compliments for this coding of my signature...)
>>
>> Now I have. Brings me back to the question :
>> Jung'f gur ernfba sbe gung?
>>
>
>V unir gung pbqr guvat whfg orpnhfr V _pna_... (ab qrrc naq frevbhf
>zbgvir... jryy, vs lbh qba'g pbhag gur cbffvovyvgl gung vg zvtug uryc
>lbh nibvq n pregnva xvaq bs hacyrnfnagarff gung pna pbzr sebz gbb
>ernqnoyr nqqerffrf...)
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aardvarko wrote: > > Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader > feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, not > scramble. > Yes, it's standard. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it could be used for text that contained something that might offend somebody, that way only those who want to read it can read it and nobody has to accidentally read something he/she doesn't want to read... The coding is just there to "blur" the text for the human eye... This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> main() { int ch; while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) { if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90)) { ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26; } if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122)) { ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26; } printf("%c", ch); } } -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
aardvarko (*REMOVE_ME*aar...@aol.com) wrote on 28 Nov 97: > Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader > feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, not > scramble. Unscramble should do it, because "M" -(ROT13)-> "A" and "A" -(ROT13)-> "M". Try it! -- Unsolicited email will be accounted as follows: 100 USD per unsolicited mail and 5 USD for every line of the message. By sending email to this address you agree to these conditions.
Matthias Bauer wrote: > > aardvarko (*REMOVE_ME*aar...@aol.com) wrote on 28 Nov 97: > > > Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader > > feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, not > > scramble. > > Unscramble should do it, because "M" -(ROT13)-> "A" and "A" -(ROT13)-> > "M". Try it! But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > Matthias Bauer wrote: > > Unscramble should do it, because "M" -(ROT13)-> "A" and "A" -(ROT13)-> > > "M". Try it! > But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in > text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant jnl gb qb vg naq lbh qvq vg. Ohg V thrff lbh unir abg found a button for that either. With Netscape there's n jbex nebhaq. Simply write a message and choose 'deferred delivery' fb vg vf chg va gur 'Bhgobk' bs gur znvygbby, lbh can use Unscramble on every message there. 'Unscramble'+ pbcl naq cnfgr vg vagb gur erny zrffntr. AND don't forget to delete the dummy. Pbzchgref ner sha, nera'g gurl?! :) ( Andreas ( ) .___. ,-. __) NC + a:f \|/ //===\\ ,-' o `-!| .'+^+`. //=|_|=\\ ,-'---------`-. .'///|\\\`. //=======\\ | [+] [+] | .-------------. //////|\\\\\\ //|||'"`|||\\ | ___ | < huff, puff > /((|||^..|||))\ |||||.^ ||||| | | | // `--v----------' ((|||(oo)|||) |||||o) ||||| | |' | |..~~~O { ~vv' ASCII Dictionary : | - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise >O< Nyg.Nfpvv-Neg SND : - uggc://jjj.fghq.hav-unaabire.qr/~servfr/nfpvv/snd.ugzy
Whoa. Someone help me, I've gone and lost my compiler. I would be
greatly appreciative if you could compile it and post it somewhere for
us poor little lost sheep. ;}
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>aardvarko wrote:
>>
>> Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader
>> feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble,
not
>> scramble.
>>
>
>Yes, it's standard. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it could
>be used for text that contained something that might offend somebody,
>that way only those who want to read it can read it and nobody has to
>accidentally read something he/she doesn't want to read... The coding
is
>just there to "blur" the text for the human eye...
>
>This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you:
>
>
>#include <stdlib.h>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>main()
>{
> int ch;
>
> while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF)
> {
> if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90))
> {
> ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26;
> }
> if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122))
> {
> ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26;
> }
> printf("%c", ch);
> }
>}
>
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Andreas Freise wrote in message <348...@mpq.mpg.de>...
>Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> Matthias Bauer wrote:
>> > Unscramble should do it, because "M" -(ROT13)-> "A" and
"A" -(ROT13)->
>> > "M". Try it!
>> But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not
in
>> text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...)
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>OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant
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>Simply write a message and choose 'deferred delivery'
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Naqernf Freise jebgr: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Matthias Bauer wrote: > > > Unscramble should do it, because "M" -(ROT13)-> "A" and "A" -(ROT13)-> > > > "M". Try it! > > But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in > > text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) > > OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant > way to do it and you did it. And it took me several minutes... (I had to look up "mod") > But I guess you have not > found a button for that either. A button for what? Writing programs? I certainly hope there will never be such a button or I won't have a job... :D > With Netscape there's > a work around. > > Simply write a message and choose 'deferred delivery' > so it is put in the 'Outbox' of the mailtool, you > can use Unscramble on every message there. 'Unscramble'+ > copy and paste it into the real message. > "the mailtool"? As in "netscape mail"? Sorry, doesn't work for me! (and I am quite happy that way and have no intention to have my mail completely messed up again because of that piece of garbage! I'll stick to my program!) > AND don't forget to delete the dummy. > > Computers are fun, aren't they?! > yes =] -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Tim Park wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson (dre...@on.spammer) writes: > > Naqernf Freise jebgr: > >> Veronica Karlsson wrote: > >> > But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in > >> > text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) > >> OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant > >> way to do it and you did it. > > And it took me several minutes... (I had to look up "mod") > > What about (from memory ^_^;) > > tr A-Z M-ZA-N <file | tr a-z m-za-n hmmm... no, that just looks weird.... but this works: tr A-Z N-ZA-M < dum | tr a-z n-za-m and so does this: tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m < dum :) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote: [ 8< ] > but this works: > > tr A-Z N-ZA-M < dum | tr a-z n-za-m > > and so does this: > > tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m < dum > (where "dum" is a file name) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson (dre...@on.spammer) writes: > Naqernf Freise jebgr: >> Veronica Karlsson wrote: >> > But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in >> > text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) >> OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant >> way to do it and you did it. > And it took me several minutes... (I had to look up "mod") What about (from memory ^_^;) tr A-Z M-ZA-N <file | tr a-z m-za-n -- Tim Park (ad5...@freenet.carleton.ca) # RANCO Shampoo Rep / OSMC Parapara Rep Member of the #ShAS#: Shampoo Appreciation Society - Our favourite femaline! World Wide Woozle: http://www.fiction.org/www/ -----------------------------
Randy Gardner wrote in message <347...@slip.net>... >Krogg wrote: >> he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup >> was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > >I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ > >Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, >not a year latter. :-) > >-- Interesting.... but who cares?
In article <348...@EuropeM01.nt.com>, Gerard Thornley <SMPT:GTH...@EuropeM01.nt.com> wrote: >Hang on. Am I missing something here. Ah. Hang on. Is this all unix based? No. This C program is not UNIX based. Nor is Rot13. You should be able to run this program on every platform. Hope this helps. > >Veronica Karlsson wrote: > >> This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: >> >> #include <stdlib.h> >> #include <stdio.h> >> >> main() >> { >> int ch; >> >> while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) >> { >> if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90)) >> { >> ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26; >> } >> if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122)) >> { >> ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26; >> } >> printf("%c", ch); >> } >> }
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > aardvarko wrote: > > > > Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader > > feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, > > not scramble. > > > > Yes, it's standard. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it could > be used for text that contained something that might offend somebody, > that way only those who want to read it can read it and nobody has to > accidentally read something he/she doesn't want to read... The coding > is just there to "blur" the text for the human eye... > > This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: > [snip source] > > -- > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ > LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ Since you're also a big figlet fan, you could offcourse just use the FIGlet rot13 font. :) Greetz, -- (`. ____________________________ \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ----------
Hang on. Am I missing something here. Ah. Hang on. Is this all unix based? Veronica Karlsson wrote: > aardvarko wrote: > > > > Hmmmmm... that's a pretty good idea. Is that a standard newsreader > > feature? And if so, what's the point? OE4 only lets you unscramble, not > > scramble. > > > > Yes, it's standard. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it could > be used for text that contained something that might offend somebody, > that way only those who want to read it can read it and nobody has to > accidentally read something he/she doesn't want to read... The coding is > just there to "blur" the text for the human eye... > > This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: > > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <stdio.h> > > main() > { > int ch; > > while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) > { > if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90)) > { > ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26; > } > if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122)) > { > ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26; > } > printf("%c", ch); > } > } > > -- > _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ > __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ > \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) > \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| > \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ > LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Gerard Thornley wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > aardvarko wrote: [ 8< ] > > This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: > > > > #include <stdlib.h> > > #include <stdio.h> > > > > main() > > { > > int ch; > > > > while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) > > { > > if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90)) > > { > > ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26; > > } > > if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122)) > > { > > ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26; > > } > > printf("%c", ch); > > } > > } > > > > Hang on. Am I missing something here. Ah. Hang on. Is this all unix based? No, it should work with your Mac/PC/MagicNotepad/Whatever too :) And the C program I made should definitely work on any of them... And if you still don't know, try figlet, as somebody else pointed out here it has a rot13 "font"... http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ ********************************************************************* * * * Figlet is NICE! Figlet is GOOD! Figlet can rot13! GET FIGLET! * * * ********************************************************************* -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, it was written: > Hang on. Am I missing something here. Ah. Hang on. Is this all unix based? 'Fraid so. But if you get hold of a C compiler, VK's pipe proglet will work as a pipe on DOS too... > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > [A rather natty C program that had to be snipped because my newsreader] > [complained about "Too much included text..." :( ] and this unix shell script pipe works too (and I have a DOS version of 'tr' :p :) tr "[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]" "[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" -- Carl R White | e-mail...: crw...@-comp.brad.ac.uk | finger...: crw...@-dcsun1.comp.brad.ac.uk | web......: http://www.student.comp.brad.ac.uk/~crwhite/ *** Anti-Spam: Fake IP address in Header. Change '-@-' to '@' in .sig. ***
In alt.ascii-art, Gerard Thornley <SMPT:GTH...@EuropeM01.nt.com> saw fit to bestow on us: >> This little C program will "scramble"/"unscramble" text for you: >> >> #include <stdlib.h> >> #include <stdio.h> >> >> main() >> { >> int ch; >> >> while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) >> { >> if ((ch >= 65) && (ch <= 90)) >> { >> ch = 65 + ((ch - 65) + 13) % 26; >> } >> if ((ch >= 97) && (ch <= 122)) >> { >> ch = 97 + ((ch - 97) + 13) % 26; >> } >> printf("%c", ch); >> } >> } Why no just do: main() { int ch; while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) { ch ^= 1; printf("%c", ch); } } ?? /NL -- Nir Levy, The above opinions are my own, nlevy @ usa.net not my employer's. -- I didn't do it; Nobody saw me do it; You can't prove anything; -Bart Simpson --
On 30 Nov 1997, Tim Park wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson (dre...@on.spammer) writes: > > Naqernf Freise jebgr: > >> Veronica Karlsson wrote: > >> > But that only works for text in posts people have already sent, not in > >> > text you are writing... (at least I haven't found that button yet...) > >> OK, I think writing a C program is the most elegant > >> way to do it and you did it. > > And it took me several minutes... (I had to look up "mod") > > What about (from memory ^_^;) > > tr A-Z M-ZA-N <file | tr a-z m-za-n I already posted the tr solution ;) (Head swells, feels bad). Try this for ROT-ANYNUMBER(1-26) Unix ksh only: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/ksh -p # Rot X pipe - like rot13. 1<=X<=26 lc="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" uc="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" x=$((${1}+1)) while (( x > 26 )) ; do x=$((x - 26)) done while (( x <= 0 )) ; do x=$((x + 26)) done lc2=$(echo $lc$lc | awk '{print substr($1, '$x', 26)}') uc2=$(echo $uc$uc | awk '{print substr($1, '$x', 26)}') tr "$lc$uc" "$lc2$uc2" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is starting to look more like alt.unix.wizards! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For instance, this is "echo {something :) } | rot 13" : Gb or be abg gb or gung vf gur dhrfgvba and this is something similar in rot 7: Hshz wvvy Fvypjr, ol pz iba h zrbss :) To undo rotX you must use rot(26 - X), which is why people prefer rot13! e.g. rot 7 -> rot 19 etc. -- Carl R White | e-mail...: crw...@-comp.brad.ac.uk | finger...: crw...@-dcsun1.comp.brad.ac.uk | web......: http://www.student.comp.brad.ac.uk/~crwhite/ *** Anti-Spam: Fake IP address in Header. Change '-@-' to '@' in .sig. ***
Nir Levy wrote: > Why not just do: > > main() > { > int ch; > > while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) > { > ch ^= 1; > printf("%c", ch); > } > } Becuase that doesn't work. -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
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I don't know if that's the question.....
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In<348...@cs.uregina.ca>, Emma Palis<emm...@cs.uregina.ca>writes >> --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) >> --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze >> program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!! > >How do you use ROT-13? Explanation: "ROT-13" means changing letters by 13 places so that A becomes M, B becomes N....Z becomes A. The advantage of choosing 13 is that Ro13 of Rot13 of a text brings you back to the original, rather than having a separate encode and decode. This code is "just secret enough" that the text is unreadable if you don't choose to look at it. It is used to hide such things as: *** punchline at the end of a joke *** sexually explicit material *** "spoilers" that give away the end of a book or movie, so the reader doesn't have to look if they aren't ready to. -- Dave[XEMU] ________________(....=^��^=______ ---<,,">
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > Explanation: "ROT-13" means changing letters by 13 places so that > A becomes M, B becomes N....Z becomes A. The advantage of choosing > 13 is that Ro13 of Rot13 of a text brings you back to the original, > rather than having a separate encode and decode. A=N,B=O,Z=M!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gawd!!! :?) `Z becomes A' would be ROT-1!!! Here is a translation table: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ -- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM -- nopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
Spunk1111 wrote: > to post it- daily if need be-- IMO, daily would be overkill- > but I don't think that a couple times a week would be. It's been a while since I did any news programming, but here's what we need to do: In the news information format specs (IEE something, forgot), there is defined a header to make the current copy REPLACED by the new copy, instead of two copys. If the FAQ is sent daily with this header used, there will ALWAYS be ONE copy of it. This way, even if the persons ISP only kept messages for two days, the FAQ would still always be there. There would only be ONE copy of it, unlike the multiple copies that there would be if posted daily without that header. The problem is that no one ever looks for the faq..... -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
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Krogg wrote: > . Ok.For once and all was it 94 or 95 that Mr. Gardner retired and > the ng went flat?I will change it, but keep in mind that even as i make > minor changes in the faq there are going to be different versions > floating around. Once for all. This is what I use in the FAQ on my site : --- In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was Bob Allison (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he retired from the job in June 1996. The newsgroup was inactive from December 1996 until November 1997. Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as moderator. Post away. --- and that's exactely what you find on Joan's site too. (Unfortunately you won't find that at the other site, but that's another story.) There will be different versions of course. You cannot force people to update their FAQ version, so there'll be a lot 'old' versions around. We should make sure that we 'agree' on changes and that there is ONE official version somewhere. No problem so far, since there IS an official version: The one Colin posts regularely. > As i guess the most important one is the one that i post > here every few days,In so much as that the one posted is the one > targeted for newbie reader ship,I am trying to make sure it passes the > oldie test. Well, I would not say 'most important' if you talk about changes. Accuracy is not vital. > Joan,who maintains the faq in severel(<--yes im a bad > speller) other places on the net,In a effort to school newbies even b4 > they get here,Will be fustrated, im sure,By all these "minor" changes > you all are demanding. As far as I know, Joan is aware of all minor changes someone demanded. I have the feeling that you missed something here and you are frustrated. ;) Maintaining a FAQ includes a lot of effort. Maybe you'd better just decide where you'll copy the right version and post that. I'd suggest - again - Colin's posts. In a way it's still Matthew's FAQ after all and he should be involved in major changes. Maybe he even wants to do all the work. Who knows... :) ( Andreas ( ) .___. ,-. __) NC + a:f \|/ //===\\ ,-' o `-!| .'+^+`. //=|_|=\\ ,-'---------`-. .'///|\\\`. //=======\\ | [+] [+] | .-------------. //////|\\\\\\ //|||'"`|||\\ | ___ | < huff, puff > /((|||^..|||))\ |||||.^ ||||| | | | // `--v----------' ((|||(oo)|||) |||||o) ||||| | |' | |..~~~O { ~vv' ASCII Dictionary : | - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise >O< Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Andreas Freise wrote: > > Krogg wrote: > > . Ok.For once and all was it 94 or 95 that Mr. Gardner retired and > > the ng went flat?I will change it, but keep in mind that even as i make > > minor changes in the faq there are going to be different versions > > floating around. > > Once for all. This is what I use in the FAQ on my site : > > --- > In the case of rec.arts.ascii, the moderator was Bob Allison > (otherwise known as `Scarecrow'), and he retired from the job > in June 1996. The newsgroup was inactive from December 1996 until > November 1997. Don Bertino (ber...@netcom.com) is at the helm as > moderator. Post away. > --- > > and that's exactely what you find on Joan's site too. > (Unfortunately you won't find that at the other site, > but that's another story.) Joan is the person that gave me the faq to start with and also originaly gave me the version of the above that i use. > > There will be different versions of course. You cannot force > people to update their FAQ version, so there'll be a lot > 'old' versions around. We should make sure that we 'agree' > on changes and that there is ONE official version somewhere. > No problem so far, since there IS an official version: > The one Colin posts regularely. Cool,where does he post it.Sorry for the ignorance but this info isnt present in "my" version and it would be nice to know.and dont say he posts it here,because that would mean that i dont see the posts and further more it would depress me. > > > As i guess the most important one is the one that i post > > here every few days,In so much as that the one posted is the one > > targeted for newbie reader ship,I am trying to make sure it passes the > > oldie test. I didnt mean it like that,honest > > Well, I would not say 'most important' if you talk about > changes. Accuracy is not vital. > accuracy is the most important thing in life,maybe,i dunno..anyway like i sai i didnt mean it like that > > Joan,who maintains the faq in severel(<--yes im a bad > > speller) other places on the net,In a effort to school newbies even b4 > > they get here,Will be fustrated, im sure,By all these "minor" changes > > you all are demanding. > > As far as I know, Joan is aware of all minor changes someone > demanded. I have the feeling that you missed something here > and you are frustrated. ;) Ya,you may be right.Joan gave me the faq and asked that i post it as frequently as could be born,after i replyed to a post where she asked for someone's help in doing so. > > Maintaining a FAQ includes a lot of effort. Maybe you'd better > just decide where you'll copy the right version and post that. > I'd suggest - again - Colin's posts. Where? :) > > In a way it's still Matthew's FAQ after all and he should be > involved in major changes. Maybe he even wants to do all the > work. Who knows... Its to my best knowledge that he will be offline till febuary,but i dont know him personaly so i could be totaly off on that. > > :) ( I pass all the blame to Joan and hereby weasle out of......never mind,Im no weasle so,I will continue to post the faq and get blasted for all the mistakes that i did not make my self,cause i know that if i post the faq,dont eat buggers,learn to spel better and stop making toilet noises while at redlights;I will climb this ladder of the Ascii-373373 and rule the usenet like the blue lines on notebook paper. -- THE <\PRINCE /> \\ // \\ // /~~~~~~\ SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ /\ /\_|||||_/\ /\ / \ // ||| \\ / \ / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ / / / / </ TIME TO DIE \> \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_________________________\_\_\ \ /_______________________________________\ / /Kro...@inspace.net \ \ / /Remove(no.to.spam.)to reply :-)\ \ / /_________________________________\ \ /_______________________________________\ Try my new ascii art helper Http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/asciihpr.zip
RaD Man wrote: > > For one, People who read this newsgroup care. > > On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:13:16 -0600, "Jonathon R. Oglesbee" > <ogl...@fullnet.net-removetoreply> wrote: > > % > %Randy Gardner wrote in message <347...@slip.net>... > %>Krogg wrote: > %>> he retired from the job in November 1994. The newsgroup > %>> was inactive from December 1995 until November 1997. > %> > %>I think you have a 5 and a 4 mixed up ^^^^^^ > %> > %>Moderated NGs tend to fall inactive when the moderator retires, > %>not a year latter. :-) > %> > %>-- > % > % > %Interesting.... but who cares? > % > % > % > > -- > Words to live by: " It's better to be controversial for the > right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons. " > > RaD Man % ACiD Productions Founder % Artpacks Archive Founder > ACiD Productions' Website -=- http://www.acid.org > Artpacks Archive Website -=- http://artpacks.acid.org > ACiD Team RC5-64 ! The Distributed.Net Effort > http://rc5stats.distributed.net/tmsummary.idc?TM=493 > http://sinned.acid.org/rc5/ . Ok.For once and all was it 94 or 95 that Mr. Gardner retired and the ng went flat?I will change it, but keep in mind that even as i make minor changes in the faq there are going to be different versions floating around.As i guess the most important one is the one that i post here every few days,In so much as that the one posted is the one targeted for newbie reader ship,I am trying to make sure it passes the oldie test.Joan,who maintains the faq in severel(<--yes im a bad speller) other places on the net,In a effort to school newbies even b4 they get here,Will be fustrated, im sure,By all these "minor" changes you all are demanding. We try,and try,and even try some more,but no one cares *sniff* that we *weep* do all this faq-ing *sniff* for all you.*snort*...*sniff*..And all we get is.."THIS SUCKS.....CHANGE IT"...Hey wait a min,Am i doing all this for Bevis and Butthead................ -- THE <\PRINCE /> \\ // \\ // /~~~~~~\ SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ /\ /\_|||||_/\ /\ / \ // ||| \\ / \ / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ / / / / </ TIME TO DIE \> \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_________________________\_\_\ \ /_______________________________________\ / /Kro...@inspace.net \ \ / /Remove(no.to.spam.)to reply :-)\ \ / /_________________________________\ \ /_______________________________________\ Try my new ascii art helper Http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/asciihpr.zip
Randy Gardner wrote: > > Carl R. White wrote: > > Gb or be abg gb or gung vf gur dhrfgvba > > I don't know if that's the question..... > > I have decided to write a Windows program to do ROT-13, Comming > soon to a computer near you! :-) For 3.1/95. > > -- > --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) > --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze > program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!! How do you use ROT-13? -- Emma Palis emm...@cs.uregina.ca
Krogg wrote: > Andreas Freise wrote: [snip] > > No problem so far, since there IS an official version: > > The one Colin posts regularely. > Cool,where does he post it.Sorry for the ignorance but this info isnt > present in "my" version and it would be nice to know.and dont say he > posts it here,because that would mean that i dont see the posts and > further more it would depress me. Get ready for being depressed! Yes, he's been posting it here and some other 'info'-postings - for years (the old FAQ before we got the new one recently). You seem to have a major poblem with your ISP/newsserver. Join llizard in crying. ;) [snip] > I pass all the blame to Joan and hereby weasle out of......never mind,Im > no weasle so,I will continue to post the faq and get blasted for all the > mistakes that i did not make my self,cause i know that if i post the > faq [fading out here ...] Good idea. Just keep posting and look out for other versions. :) ( Andreas ( ) .___. ,-. __) NC + a:f \|/ //===\\ ,-' o `-!| .'+^+`. //=|_|=\\ ,-'---------`-. .'///|\\\`. //=======\\ | [+] [+] | .-------------. //////|\\\\\\ //|||'"`|||\\ | ___ | < huff, puff > /((|||^..|||))\ |||||.^ ||||| | | | // `--v----------' ((|||(oo)|||) |||||o) ||||| | |' | |..~~~O { ~vv' ASCII Dictionary : | - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise >O< Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
>From: Randy Gardner <ran...@slip.net> >Date: Fri, Dec 5, 1997 02:36 EST >Message-id: <348...@slip.net> >The problem is that no one ever looks for the faq..... I wouldn't say "NO ONE"-- there has got to be some-- and if it is available, I'm sure more people would read it. Your idea sounds good- now if there is someone who is able to do such a thing.... -joan -- ____ .-" +' "-. /.'.'A_'*`.\ |:.*'/\-\. ':| |:.'.||"|.'*:| joan stark \:~^~^~^~^:/ spu...@juno.com /`-....-'\ jgs / \ visit my ascii art gallery: `-.,____,.-' http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
Spunk1111 (spu...@aol.com) wrote: > Yes, Colin has been posting the new FAQ- about every > 2-3 weeks it seems- I do think that it needs to be posted > more often. My regular postings are about every 5 to 7 days, about once weekly, based on the assumption that an article expiry time of 5 days is common amongst Access Providers but in reality it varies wildly from 24 hours to 3 or more weeks. If the postings are too frequent, i.e. daily, complaints arise about excessive posting. Most FAQs automatically posted to the news.answers and *.answers newsgroups appear only once a month. > I would do it myself but you may have noticed but I can't seem to > post anything very long. A very common problem which defeats the best laid plans of mice and men. Net propagation is erratic and everyone suffers from it. Everything on the Net is ephemeral and 4 years is an age in Net time. Bye,
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