Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 2 Nov 1996.
Cards
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· 3 messages · 2 Nov 1996 - 12 Nov 1996
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*** The Bej's cards (TM) v.1.1 ***
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COPYRIGHT NOTES:
You may use this set of Bej's cards or any card from this file in your sigs,
ascii drawings, programs, computer games or whatever. But no change
may be applied to any card itself. Particulary don't remove the 'Bej'
text from the ace of hearts. Using more then 8 (eight) cards requires
adding a note in a program/graphics (e.g. 'This program uses Bej's cards').
When distributing this file don't make ANY changes. No fee can be
taken for this file. If you want to collect fee for program or whatever
that is using these cards contact Bej.
In general if you use any part of this file please send me a note to
be...@druid.if.uj.edu.pl just for my pleasure.
This file has a pgp checking code. The public key can be obtained
by http://druid.if.uj.edu.pl/~bej/bej_pgp.html or by finger utility.
_________________________________________________________________________
Clubs + Diamonds O Hearts # Spades @
_________ _________ _________ _________
|A | |A | |A | |A |
|+ * | |O /~\ | |# _ _ | |@ * |
| ! | | / ^ \ | | / ~V~ \ | | / \ |
| *-+-* | | ( <O> ) | | \ Bej / | | /_@_\ |
| | | | \ v / | | \ # / | | ! |
| ~~~ +| | \_/ O| | `.' #| | ~ ~ @|
| V| | V| | V| | V|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|K |/|\| | |K |/|\| | |K |/|\| | |K |/|\| |
|+ /o,o\ | |O |o.o| | |# %*,*% | |@ \- -/ |
| \_-_/ | | \v/ | | \_o_/ | | ! |-| |
| ~-_-~-_ | | XXXXX | | #>-=-<# | | % I % |
| /~-~\ | | /^\ | | /~o~\ | | |-| ! |
| \o`o/ +| | |o'o| O| | %*'*% #| | /- -\ @|
| |\|/| X| | |\|/| X| | |\|/| X| | |\|/| X|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|Q |~~~| | |Q |~~~| | |Q |~~~| | |Q |~~~| |
|+ /o,o\ | |O |o.o| | |# %*,*% | |@ \- -/ |
| \_-_/ | | \v/ | | \_o_/ | | o |-| |
| _-~+_-~ | | XXOXX | | -=<*>=- | | I % I |
| /~-~\ | | /^\ | | /~o~\ | | |-| o |
| \o`o/ +| | |o'o| O| | %*'*% #| | /- -\ @|
| |___| Q| | |___| Q| | |___| Q| | |___| Q|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|J /~~|_ | |J /~~|_ | |J /~~|_ | |J /~~|_ |
|+ | o`, | |O ( o\ | |# % *`. | |@ ! -\ |
| | -| | | ! \l | | % <~ | | \ -! |
| =~)+(_= | | ^^^Xvvv | | %% / %% | | ',\', |
| |- | | | l\ I | | _> % | | I- \ |
| `.o | +| | \o ) O| | `,* % #| | \- I @|
| ~|__/ P| | ~|__/ P| | ~|__/ P| | ~|__/ P|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|10+ + | |10O O | |10# # | |10@ @ |
|+ + | |O O | |# # | |@ @ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| + +| | O O| | # #| | @ @|
| + +0l| | O O0l| | # #0l| | @ @0l|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|9 + + | |9 O O | |9 # # | |9 @ @ |
|+ | |O | |# | |@ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| +| | O| | #| | @|
| + + 6| | O O 6| | # # 6| | @ @ 6|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|8 + + | |8 O O | |8 # # | |8 @ @ |
|+ | |O | |# | |@ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| +| | O| | #| | @|
| + + 8| | O O 8| | # # 8| | @ @ 8|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|7 | |7 | |7 | |7 |
|+ + + | |O O O | |# # # | |@ @ @ |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + +| | O O O| | # # #| | @ @ @|
| L| | L| | L| | L|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|6 | |6 | |6 | |6 |
|+ + + | |O O O | |# # # | |@ @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + +| | O O O| | # # #| | @ @ @|
| 9| | 9| | 9| | 9|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|5 | |5 | |5 | |5 |
|+ | |O | |# | |@ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| +| | O| | #| | @|
| S| | S| | S| | S|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|4 | |4 | |4 | |4 |
|+ | |O | |# | |@ |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + + | | O O | | # # | | @ @ |
| +| | O| | #| | @|
| b| | b| | b| | b|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|3 | |3 | |3 | |3 |
|+ + | |O O | |# # | |@ @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + +| | O O| | # #| | @ @|
| E| | E| | E| | E|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
_________ _________ _________ _________
|2 | |2 | |2 | |2 |
|+ | |O | |# | |@ |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| | | | | | | |
| + | | O | | # | | @ |
| +| | O| | #| | @|
| Z| | Z| | Z| | Z|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Red Joker Black Joker Empty card
_________ _________ _________
|* ? *| |% \|||/ %| | |
|J * | |J /~~~\ | | |
|O /|\ | |O( o o ) | | |
|K ||| | |K | ! | | | |
|E ' A ` | |E | v | | | |
|R / \ | |R \_/ | | |
|* J L *| |% %| | |
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1st back 2nd back
_________ _________
|\%\ \*\ \| |/ /&/ /$/|
| \%\ \*\ | | /&/ /$/ |
|\ \%\ \*\| |/&/ /$/ /|
|*\ \%\ \*| |&/ /$/ /&|
|\*\ \%\ \| |/ /$/ /&/|
| \*\ \%\ | | /$/ /&/ |
|\ \*\ \%\| |/$/ /&/ /|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
=========================================================================
An example: Bridge deal.
_ _ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _________
|A|Q|1|5|4 |7 |J|1|9|7 |A|K|2 |
|@|@|@|@|@ |## |O|O|O|OO |+|+|+ |
| | | | | @ | | | | | | | | + |
| | | | | | # | | | | O | | | |
| | | | | @ | | | | | | | | + |
| | | | | | # | | | | O | | | +|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Z|
~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~
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8OO>>>>>>>>>>>>] <=== Pawel Hachaj <be...@druid.if.uj.edu.pl> __-
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On 6 Nov 1996 14:02:30 GMT, be...@if.uj.edu.pl (Pawel Hachaj) wrote: >You may use this set of Bej's cards or any card from this file in your sigs, >ascii drawings, programs, computer games or whatever. But no change >may be applied to any card itself. Particulary don't remove the 'Bej' >text from the ace of hearts. Using more then 8 (eight) cards requires >adding a note in a program/graphics (e.g. 'This program uses Bej's cards'). >When distributing this file don't make ANY changes. No fee can be >taken for this file. If you want to collect fee for program or whatever >that is using these cards contact Bej. I hope this is at the very least a poor attempt at sarcasm? Yikes, those are ordinary. I fart in your general direction!
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