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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Sep 2005.
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Interesting interview

Interesting interview

alt.ascii-art · 10 messages · 23 Sep 2005 - 25 Sep 2005
BoD <Bo...@JRAF.org> 23 Sep 2005 08:46 · permalink · report
(Sorry if this was already mentionned previously here.)

I think everybody here should check the interview of John Sheetz :

http://www.archive.org/details/20030322-bbs-sheetz

He talks about "pre ascii-art" in the form of teletype over HAM art! He 
was like the oldest geek I've ever seen, and he was interesting and 
funny, just check it out :)

I didn't watched them myself yet, but I guess the other interviews of 
the same collection are interesting too :
http://www.archive.org/details/bbs_documentary

Have fun!

BoD

Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> ASCII art 24 Sep 2005 02:34 · permalink · report
_.-In alt.ascii-art, BoD wrote the following -._
> (Sorry if this was already mentionned previously here.)

It wasn't.

> I think everybody here should check the interview of John Sheetz :
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/20030322-bbs-sheetz

I checked it out.  Very cool interview.  Not worth watching but worth
listening too.  While listening to it I worked on my next butterfly.

                        
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              Dismorphia Nemenis_Latr. - Pieridae (Peru)

:F_P:#################################Fri Sep 23 2005#################
Dismorphia Nemenis_Latr. - Pieridae (Peru)

Only about 65 to go.

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_.-In alt.ascii-art, Faux_Pseudo wrote the following -._
>:F_P:#################################Fri Sep 23 2005#################
> Dismorphia Nemenis_Latr. - Pieridae (Peru)

I forgot:  
http://fauxascii.com/photo/tiger_swallowtail.html
or
http://www.livejournal.com/users/faux_pseudo/31840.html

Me with a real butterfly that isn't made from ASCII.

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MJP <mik...@gmail.com> ASCII art 24 Sep 2005 03:54 · permalink · report
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/21233

col...@yahoo.com 24 Sep 2005 04:40 · permalink · report
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Faux_Pseudo wrote:
>
> I checked it out.  Very cool interview.  Not worth watching but worth
> listening too.  While listening to it I worked on my next butterfly.
Did you happen to follow the link
http://www.acid.org/info/mirror/jgs/history.html
(jgs? hmmm.)
About 1/4 way down is a typewriter art butterfly. I don't know if it used 
fraction carridge adjustments but it looks like it might,

Somewhere I've got a collection of lpr art from wuarchive. I'll did a 
few out. Some of them use overstrikes and I'm not sure what to do about 
them tho.


   ccch

Annie <m...@privacy.net> ASCII art 24 Sep 2005 10:28 · permalink · report
On 2005-09-24 Faux_Pseudo <f0s...@gmail.com> said:

   > I forgot:
   >
   > http://www.livejournal.com/users/faux_pseudo/31840.html
   >
   > Me with a real butterfly that isn't made from ASCII.



                           So...you're the "new"
         ,,,,,,,           Faux Pseudo, huh?
        ."""""'�`.                      /
        :       ::      Yep.
        :__ __  .;      /
        (_/~\_)'~)             _____ 
        ' ( ,   `'            (((   `\         .'''';;.
        ` ---  .'             _ _`\   )       ;:     ;;:
         `.__,' |             (^  )   )       :(.)(.)-:::
      __/|      |\__           ~-(     )      ;( `   ;;::
    /'  \ \    / /  `\         _'((,,,)))     ;; =_.';:::
   |     \/`--'\/     |     ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
   |  |            |  |    (          ,  |    /        \
   |  |            |  |     `-.-'`-.-'/|_|   : (_. (_.. :
   |  |            |  |        \     / | |   | |     || |
   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa 






                           Looks like you've gained
         ,,,,,,,           a little weight.
        ."""""'�`.                      /
        :       ::     Yeah, well...
        :__ __  .;      /
        (_/~\_)'~)             _____ 
        ' ( ,   `'            (((   `\         .'''';;.
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   |     \/`--'\/     |     ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
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   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa 






                       That cross-country trip while
         ,,,,,,,       I was homeless really packed on
        ."""""'�`.     the pounds.
        :       ::      /            It did?
        :__ __  .;                   /
        (_/~\_)'~)             _____ 
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   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa 






                       Meals at McDonald's
         ,,,,,,,       every day for two months.                 
        ."""""'�`.      /
        :       ::         Yep. That'll do it.
        :__ __  .;                   /
        (_/~\_)'~)             _____ 
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         `.__,' |             (^  )   )       :(.)(.)-:::
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   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa 






                       Hey, I'm kinda hungry.
         ,,,,,,,       Got any spare Big Macs?                 
        ."""""'�`.      /
        :       ::                    That's a great line.
        :__ __  .;                    I'll have to try it.
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   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:28:04 +0000 (UTC), "Annie" <m...@privacy.net> tried
to confuse everyone with this message:


>
>                       Hey, I'm kinda hungry.
>         ,,,,,,,       Got any spare Big Macs?                 
>        ."""""'�`.      /
>        :       ::                    That's a great line.
>        :__ __  .;                    I'll have to try it.
>        (_/~\_)'~)             _____         \
>        ' ( ,   `'            (((   `\         .'''';;.
>        ` -v-  .'             c c`\   )       ;:     ;;:
>         `.__,' |             (^  )   )       :(o)(o)-:::
>      __/|      |\__           ~-(     )      ;( `   ;;::
>    /'  \ \    / /  `\         _'((,,,)))     ;; =_.';:::
>   |     \/`--'\/     |     ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
>   |  |            |  |    (          ,  |    /        \
>   |  |            |  |     `-.-'`-.-'/|_|   : (_. (_.. :
>   |  |            |  |        \     / | |   | |     || |
>   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
>---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
>                                          |_|             aa
>

I was eating at MacDonalds, then when I ate everything I stand up and
walk to the exit. And there is some girl who calls me. I come to her,
and she asks me "Did you left anything?". I answered: "No", thinking
that she meant I left my stuff or something. "You ate everything?" "Um,
yeah" "So nothing left for me?" LOL. She wasn't looking like she's poor
or something, more fat than skinny. As I was walking away thinking about
ridiculousness of the situation she yelled desperately "I WANT TO EAT!"
I felt kind of bad for the reminder of the day. Very weird.

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Annie <m...@privacy.net> ASCII art 24 Sep 2005 20:20 · permalink · report
On 2005-09-24 gru...@mail.ru (Timofei Shatrov) said:

   > I was eating at MacDonalds, then when I ate everything I stand up
   > and walk to the exit. And there is some girl who calls me. I come
   > to her, and she asks me "Did you left anything?". I answered: "No",
   > thinking that she meant I left my stuff or something. "You ate
   > everything?" "Um, yeah" "So nothing left for me?" LOL. She wasn't
   > looking like she's poor or something, more fat than skinny. As I
   > was walking away thinking about ridiculousness of the situation she
   > yelled desperately "I WANT TO EAT!" I felt kind of bad for the
   > reminder of the day. Very weird.


                        Don't worry about it. Crazy people always
         ,,,,,,,        tend to hang out at McDonalds. Maybe you      
        ."""""'�`.      should have bought her a bowl of borscht,
        :       ::      or something. Hehe!
        :__ __  .;                     /
        (_/~\_)'~)  Mmmmmmm!   _____ 
        ' ( ,   `'  Borscht!  (((   `\         .'''';;.   Borscht?
        ` ---  .'    /        _ _`\   )       ;:     ;;:    /
         `.__,' |             (^  )   )       :(.)(.)-:::
      __/|      |\__           ~-(     )      ;( `   ;;::
    /'  \ \    / /  `\         _'((,,,)))     ;; =_.';:::
   |     \/`--'\/     |     ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
   |  |            |  |    (          ,  |    /        \
   |  |            |  |     `-.-'`-.-'/|_|   : (_. (_.. :
   |  |            |  |        \     / | |   | |     || |
   |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
---------------------------I--------------|/|----------------
                                          |_|             aa 

Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> ASCII art 25 Sep 2005 16:39 · permalink · report
_.-In alt.ascii-art, Annie wrote the following -._
>                         Don't worry about it. Crazy people always
>          ,,,,,,,        tend to hang out at McDonalds. Maybe you
>         ."""""'�`.      should have bought her a bowl of borscht,
>         :       ::      or something. Hehe!
>         :__ __  .;                     /
>         (_/~\_)'~)  Mmmmmmm!   _____
>         ' ( ,   `'  Borscht!  (((   `\         .'''';;.   Borscht?
>         ` ---  .'    /        _ _`\   )       ;:     ;;:    /
>          `.__,' |             (^  )   )       :(.)(.)-:::
>       __/|      |\__           ~-(     )      ;( `   ;;::
>     /'  \ \    / /  `\         _'((,,,)))     ;; =_.';:::
>    |     \/`--'\/     |     ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
>    |  |            |  |    (          ,  |    /        \
>    |  |            |  |     `-.-'`-.-'/|_|   : (_. (_.. :
>    |  |            |  |        \     / | |   | |     || |
>    |  |            |  |   \_/   =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
>                                           |_|             aa


    Borscht is tasty stuff.
    Despite loving some good
    peasant food I never        Did you even know
    cook borscht at home.       what borscht was
             /                  before you googled it?
      ._-_.                         /
     //// _\                 _____
    ///--(.'.               (((   `\         .'''';;.   Peasant food?
    /|(    _\               _ _`\   )       ;:     ;;:  What is this,
    \\|   _|                (^  )   )       :(.)(.)-::: the 14th
    //\\  _/                 ~-(     )      ;( `   ;;:: century?
    \.-/\ /|-.               _'((,,,)))     ;; =_.';:::
    /  `-'`'  \           ,-' \_/    `\     ;::\_/ :;:;
   / /|:F_P:|\ \         (          ,  |    /        \
  | | |     || |  ___     `-.-'`-.-'/|_|   : (_. (_.. :
   \ \|     |/ /-|~~~|       \     / | |   | |     || |
    \||     ||/{ |   |   ___  =()=; / ,'   | |     || |
  ------------- -|   |---\o/------------|_|-------------aa-------
                 `---'    |
                         -`-

                            _____        His food may be medieval
                           (((   `\      but his hygiene is from
                           _ _`\   )  -- the dark ages.
                           (^  )   )
                            ~-(     )
                            _'((,,,)))
                         ,-' \_/    `\
                        (          ,  |
                         `-.-'`-.-'/|_|
                            \     / | |
                       \_/   =()=; / ,'aa


    ._-_.                                Ob non-ascii-art:
   //// _\      How come I never get     Some of my recipes:
  ///--(.'.   - the good lines in        http://fauxascii.com/food/
  /|(    _\     these scripts?           This weeks lunches will be
  \\|   _|                               the Galician Broth.
  //\\  _/                               Why does a decidedly Southern
  \.-/\ /|-.                             recipe find its way into the
  /  `-'`'  \                            Mediterranean cook book I got
 / /|:F_P:|\ \                           it from?  I have no idea.
| | |     || |  ___
 \ \|     |/ /-|~~~|
  \||     ||/{ |   |
------------- -|   |-
               `---'

:F_P:#################################Sun Sep 25 2005#################

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  .-'))       fauxascii.com        ('-.  | It's a damn poor mind that
 ' ..-  .:" )               ( ":.  -.. ' | can only think of one way to
  ((,,_;'.;'   UIN=66618055  ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
        ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._))        | - Andrew Jackson

_.-In alt.ascii-art, col...@yahoo.com wrote the following -._
> http://www.acid.org/info/mirror/jgs/history.html
> (jgs? hmmm.)
> About 1/4 way down is a typewriter art butterfly. I don't know if it used 
> fraction carridge adjustments but it looks like it might,

I did look at that page and read some bits of it.  I liked the sample
typerwriter art but I would really like a close up of it since from
the size of the picture it is obvious that the boarder is type but the
butterfly looks drawn instead of pressed. 
>
> Somewhere I've got a collection of lpr art from wuarchive. I'll did a 
> few out. Some of them use overstrikes and I'm not sure what to do about 
> them tho.

The only way to do that is via a image of the art.  If you are feeling
really brave you could use gimp or photo shop and recreate each layer
of overstrikes as a transparent png or gif and put all the layers out
so we can see an evolution of the work.


No OA this time, already done two today.

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 ' ..-  .:" )               ( ":.  -.. ' | can only think of one way to
  ((,,_;'.;'   UIN=66618055  ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
        ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._))        | - Andrew Jackson

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