From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 3027 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-163-45.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010694677 9119 213.1.163.45 (10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!newsfeeder.inwind.it!inwind.it!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26898 The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Best viewed in font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1 or fixedsys. 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Part 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ACTIVATION CODE In ancient times, the OSes of power were crafted, and Gates, the Dark Lord, forged the One Activation Code, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all the market... _____________ | || | | | | ||__| | | | |_________| | | | | Windows XP | | activation | | code | | | |_____________| But at the last alliance of Unix and VMS, the One Activation Code was taken from him. ###### ([.][.]) | _\ | | .--. | ___\____/___ / | \ The Dark Lord was not best | \___|____ | pleased, and his mummy \ \_____/ \/ had to buy him out another |\________\/ | competitor just to stop | | | him crying. | | | |______|_____| | | | | | | The code was eventually lost, until one day ____ it was discovered by __/____\ a man named Gary Stewart. |O\/O| | / | __|'-' |__ / '--' \ / /| |\ \ _____/ / | || | \\_(_\/ | || | \___\ | || | Unfortuanetly, Gary Stewart had mischevious _____________ intentions, and he used | ___________ | ____ the code to play tricks || || /____\__ on his family, crashing || B S O D || |O\/O| their computers and || || | \ | *snigger* costing them lots of ||Windows XP || __|'--'|__ money in licencing fees. ||___________||/ '--' \ |_____________| His grandmother eventually __/___\__ kicked him out of the house, and he went to live under a canal bridge where no-one would find him. ___________ .' \ | '. He lived on a diet of | \ | | meths and used condoms | \ o | fished out of the canal, |\ \_()\ | and became wary and | \ |\/ \ | scared of the outside ____| \ |\ \|___ world. He slowly evolved \ \ into the creature known \ \ today as "flatfish". One day, a young penguin called Tux went for a walk by the .--. canal. He got lost under a bridge, : O_O: .======. and fumbling about in the dark he : <_>: : :/{ found a strange activation code. .'.' ':. |8- - - - { :_: :: : :\{ He was found by Flatfish, who ___| | | |____ '======' promised to show him the way \_|--|_/ out if he beat him in a game | of riddles... .------------'-----------. | What has security as | | nobody sees, | | Instability and crashes | | it guarentees, | | More and more bloated | | it does become, | | Yet not a better product | | is ever the outcome? | '------------------------' .-----------. .--. | Easy! | : O_O: | Windows XP, | .======. : <_>: ----| I suppose! | : :/{ .'.' ':. '-----------' .- |8- - - - { :_: :: | : :\{ ____| | | |____ | '======' \_|--|_/ | .---'------------------------. | Sssss....the penguin guesses | | well, it does my precious. | | We will show it the way out. | '----------------------------' And so Tux escaped with the code. Then, many years later, Tux was paid a visit: ____ __|____|__ ()-()-) .----------------. |/_ | | Hello Linus! | |--. | -------. | What brings you | __\__/___ \ | here? | / | \ .---'--------------. '-----.----------' | | | | It's about your | \ || o | | | activation code. | \ || | | | | It is evil and | \ || o | | | must be destroyed. | \ \| | \/ / '------------------' .--. | o \/| : O_O: | | | : <_>: | o | .'.' ':. | | | :_: :: |___|_____| ____________| | | |___________(__|_(__|__________ \_|--|_/ .---------------------------. | It was forged in Redmond | .------------------. | by the Dark Lord. He wants | | OK, I'm convinced. | | it back so he can complete | | I'll just get my | | his dominion of the desktop.| | sledgehammer out. | | | '---------.--------' | The only way we can stop | | | him getting hold of it is | | | to destroy it. | | '-------------------.-------' | | | ________ | | | | | | ____|________|____ | ____ (--( )--( ) | .' '. | \ | | : ~ ~ : | _\ | __/ : O__O : \ .--- | : <__> : ____\_____/____ : : : : / | \ : : : : / | \ : : : : | | | _:_: :__:_ | | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | | | | | | \ |----| / | | | | | \__| |__/ .---------------------------. | I'm afraid Activation | _____________ | Code XP is incompatible | _________|____________ | | with your sledgehammer. | | ___________ |vation || | The Dark Lord has cunningly | ______ ||Fatal error||ode || | changed the format, so |----- _____ ||| ||orrect || | you'll need a proprietary | ||||Only 2GB of||________|| | hammer. The only way to | ense ||||Ram. ||_________| | destroy the Code is to | ||||___________||_/__\___ | travel to Redmond and cast | ired |||_____________| Doom | it into the Blue Screens of | _____|| ___/___\___ Of | Doom. | ______| Blue Screens '---------------------------' _\___ The ____ __|____|__ ()-()-) .---------------------. |/_ | | OK, I'll go, although | |--. | -------. | I do not know the way.| __\__/___ \ '----.----------------' / | \ .---'--------------. \ | | | | Just travel East | \ || o | | | until you reach | \ || | | | | T Max Devlin's | \ || o | | | mother's basement. | \ \| | \/ / | There he will tell | .--. | o \/| | you what to do | : O_O: | | | | next. | : <_>: | o | '------------------' .'.' ':. | | | :_: :: |___|_____| ____________| | | |___________(__|_(__|__________ \_|--|_/ Meanwhile: Microsoft HQ, Redmond. | _____ { } )__ | | ) { } ___) | ___ } ______ ____) { < o > } __( )_ { """ | ( ) { } } (__ __) | | | | (________) { { } } { | | { } } { { | | \ { | | } \ .------------------. { { | \_| Alas, my empire | | } } | is under threat... | { | } } '------------------' { { { | } { | { | } | | | } } | { | | | { { } } { | } } { | } } | | } } | | | } | } | | | | | | | | } } / { { ___| } \ { { | |###|} } } { | |###| } | \ __ __{ { { |###|| | }_ ___ ' / / / \\ \ ' Inside: .-----------------------. ____________________ | There has been news | | |\/\/\/\/| | | that The Activation | | | | | | Code has been found, | | |________| | | apparently by a strange | | ([.][.]) | | creature from the land | | | /\ | | ------| of "Finland". | | | .--. | | | | | ____\____/____ | | If this Code falls into | | .' \__/ '. | | the wrong hands, my | | | | | | | power will fade, and my | | | | o | | | | mighty empire will | | | | | | | | | crumble. | / | | o | | \ '-----------------------' / / .' | '. \ \ / /_ / | o | \ _\ \ / / _\/|_____|____|\/_ \ \ / //// / / ______ \ \ \\\\ \ /______/ / / \ \ \______\ | |/ /________\ \| | | | | | | | |_______| | | |_______| | | | | | | | |__| |__| | | (___) (___) | | | |____________________________| .-----------------------. ____________________ | I must recapture the | | |\/\/\/\/| | | code. I will send out | | | | | | my Nine Wintrolls to | | |________| | | hunt down and capture | | ([^][^]) | | the bearer. | | | /\ | | ------| | | | ---- | | | Then they can bring me | | ____\____/____ | | back the code, and I can| | .' \__/ '. | | complete my dominion. | | | | | | '-----------------------' | | | o | | | | | | | | | | / | | o | | \ / / .' | '. \ \ / /_ / | o | \ _\ \ / / _\/|_____|____|\/_ \ \ / //// / / ______ \ \ \\\\ \ /______/ / / \ \ \______\ | |/ /________\ \| | | | | | | | |_______| | | |_______| | | | | | | | |__| |__| | | (___) (___) | | | |____________________________| And so the Nine Wintrolls, previously enslaved by the power of Windows 3.1, set out to find the one who possessed the code. .-------------------. | Ve must track down | ________ | ze evil Code Bearer | / _____ \ | and bring him to | ///__ __\\\ | ze Dark Lord. | / /|. \/. |\ \ '--.----------------' |||#| /_ |#||| / | |#| ## |#| | -----' ___ ________ |||#| .--. |#| | / \ / ______ \ | |##\____/##||| .-------------------'--. ///__.__.\ \ | \########/ | | Not with you in charge | | |.O . O. ||| / \ \######/ \ | Funkybreath, you're | | |. /_. . | | / \####/ | \ \ | useless. | ||| . . . .| | | | \##/ | | And why do we have to | | |. .--.. ||| | \ \#/ | | | | wear these stupid | | \______/ | | | \ | | cloaks? This one rubs | | \####/ | | \ \ | | | on my spots and it / / \##/ \ \ | | | | | | hurts. / / / \# \ | | | | '--------------------' / | \ \ \ | | | | | | | / / | | | | | | | | | \ | .-----------------------. | Silence Schizam. Ve | | vear these cloaks so | | no-one vill recognise | ________ | uz in public with Shawn | / _____ \ | Grant. | ///__ __\\\ '----.------------------' / /| .\/ .|\ \ / |||#| /_ |#||| / | |#| ## |#| | -----' ________ |||#| .--. |#| | .--------------------. / ______ \ | |##\____/##||| | Good point. That | ///__.__.\ \ | \########/ | | would be completely. | | |.O . O. ||| / \ \######/ \ | humiliating. |-- | |. /_. . | | / \####/ | \ \ '--------------------' ||| . . . .| | | | \##/ | | |. .--.. ||| | \ \#/ | | | \ .------------. | \______/ | | | \ | \| That settles | | \####/ | | \ \ | | | it then. | / \##/ \ \ | | | | | '------------' / / \# \ | | | | / | \ \ \ | | | | | | | / / | | | | | | | | | \ | Back in Finland, our hero Tux set out on his quest. .-----------------------------. | This journey will take | __| weeks, and I'm tired already. | . / | I think I'll stop for a rest | {}. / | outside this gay strip club. | / \'..--. / '-----------------------------' \__/ : O_O: : <_>:'. .'.' ': : : : :.'', : : : '.''--:_ ----------|__\__\------- But not long after he stopped, Tux suddenly noticed a mysterious stranger emerge from the club. ____________________ | | | GAY SEX INSIDE!!!! | |____________________| .----------------. | | | | Hello mysterious | | | .---. | | stranger. Who | | | __|___|__ | | are you? | | |(_________) | .----------------. '----------------'\ | | _| |_ -----| My name is not | \ | | // | \ | | important. I | | | ||: | :|o| | am here to guide | .--. | | ||| | || | | you to T Max's | : O_O: / | ||| | || | | basement. | : <_>: | ||| | || | '----------------' .'.' ':: | |(|___|___|) | : : :: | | ( | | ) | : : :: | |__| |_| |___| '.''__:: |/ | | | | | ------|__\__\-----' (__) (__) '------------------- And so Tux and the stranger carried on the journey. But before long they were suddenly attacked by the .------. ruthless Wintrolls. | RUN!!! | ____ '.-----' //##\\ / __ ||####|| ____ / /_/ ||####|| ___/___/_ | | ||####|| \ .-----------. (_________) | |_____:\####/: \| Come on, ve | _/ /======== \____ / o / \ | can catch | / _____/_// | | o| | | them. | / / | | o| | | '-----------' / / | | o| | | / / | |===| | | / /| | | _| | | / / | | | | | \ | /____ /\_| ..'': | | | | | ____/ / \ ) .' .<> | | | | | | |___/ / / .' .: : *squeek* |_|_| |____| | | /_/_ /\.'.'.' _____________/__|__|__\____________|/______(____)_____\_\_\____________ .---------. ____ | Vot iz ze | //##\\ _ ___ | hold-up? | ||####|| (_)_/___\___ ____ '-------.-' ||####|| / / :_ _: _ |___ \ \______ ||####|| / :o o: (_) |0/0\ \ .----------. _:\####/: \ : \ : \ \|--. || _ | Chad Myers | / / o / \ \ \_.)'-'(. \ \___/ | \_| has stolen | | | o| | \ | \ \ \ | | my hat! | | | o| | : | \ \ | '----------' || | o| | | | | || |\ | || |===| | | | | || | \ | || | _| | | | | |) | | | || | | | | | |____|____| | | :| | | | \ | | | | | | | | | | | | |_| |_| |_____| |_|_| |____| ___(__)_(__)_____(_(__|_____________________________________/__|__|__\__ | | .---'----. | No, it | | is mine! | '--------' .----------------. ____ | Stop ze vhining | //##\\ | Shawn, ve have | ||####|| | to catch ze Code |---- ||####|| | Bearer. | ||####|| | | :\####/: .--------. | Now, let uz go | / \##/ \ -------| Right on | | and catch them, | | \ \# | | Erik! | | OK? | | \ | '--------' '----------------' | \ \ | .---------------. / | | | _____| OK Erik, you're | / | | | | | the boss! | .-----------./ | | | '---------------' | Right, NOW! | | | | '-----------' | | | |_______|__| _________________________________________________________/__|_|__\_____ But: ____ .----------. //##\\ | Shit. They | ||####|| .| have gone. | ||####|| ------' '----------' ||####|| :\####/: / \##/ \ | \ \# | | \ | | \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______|__| _______/__|_|__\________________________________________ Tux and the stranger managed to outsmart the Wintrolls and made it to T Max Devlin's home down in his mother's basement. .---. .-------------------. __|___|__ | Now we have reached | (_________) | the Last Homely |---- _| |_ | Basement, I can | / | \ | finally reveal my | |: | :| | identity. | || | || .--. '-------------------' || | || : O_O: || | || : <_>: (|___|___|) .'.' ':. ( | | ) :-: :: | | | | __| | | |_______________________________| |_| |________ \_|--|_/ (__| |__) The stranger turned out to be no other //////()\\ than... : : \\ :<'><'> : : /_ : : - : : : __-- ______________\\//_:_______________ --__ { | __ \/ _ | } {_________|.' / /\/| |_\ \/ '.|_________} : / . / | | \ /\ : .-------. : _ __ : | T Max | : | \ / | | | \ \'. \ : | Devlin! | : | | /-- | | | \ \ '.\: '-----.-' / : |_/ /__ \/ |__ \ \ : | / : : | / :=======================: | / : : .--. | .-----'---. : : : O_O: | The one | : .''', : : <_>: | and only. | : .' '. : .'.' ':. '---------' : : : : :-: :: : : : : | | | | ___| | | |___ \_|--|_/ (_______| |_______) .---------------. | Wow, you really | //////()\\ .---------------. | fooled me, but | : : \\ | I had to keep | | what's with the | :<.><.> : | my identity a | | disguise? | : /_ : | secret so the | '-----------.---' : - : | Wintrolls would | / : : -------| not know who I | / ____\\//_:____ | was. The Dark | .--. / .'' \/ ''. | Lord must not | : O_O: .' . . '. | know of my | : <_>: :___: :___: | existence. | .'.' ':. : : : : '---------------' :_: :: : : : : | | | | : : : : \_|--|_/ : : : : .-------------------. | No, you just didn't | //////()\\ .-----------------. | want anyone to see | :____ : \\ | Shut up! No-one | | you in that gay | :<.><.> : | must ever be told | | strip club! | : /_ : | of this, on pane | '-----------.-------' : - : /| of death! | / : : -----' '-----------------' / ____\\//_:____ .--. / .'' \/ ''. : O_O: .' . . '. : <_>: :___: :___: .'.' ':. : : : : :_: :: : : : : | | | | : : : : \_|--|_/ : : : : .--------------------. | Anyway, we must be | //////()\\ | soon setting off for | :____ : \\ | Redmond. | :<.><.> : '-----------------.--' : /_ : \___ : - : ___ : : \ ____\\//_:____ \ .-----------------. .--. .'' \/ ''. \| I have assembled | : O_O: .' . . '. | a group of men | : <_>: :___: :___: | to assist us on | .'.' ':. : : : : | the quest. I | :_: :: : : : : | present to you... | | | | | : : : : '-----------------' \_|--|_/ : : : : ########## |====__====| |< O>/\< O>| .-----------------. | |__| | | The overweight, | | ______ | | kiwi-warrior, | ---- _______| / \ |_______ | Mathew Gardiner. | /\######|__________|######/\ '-----------------' / \######################/ \ / \####################/ \ / \##################/ \ | |#################| | | |#################| | | |#################| | | |#################| | | |#################| | | |#################| | | |#################| | ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ -- --~~ .------------------------. ~~ O \O ~~ | The camp Yorkshireman, |__ ~~ ~~ | Mark Kent. | ~~ '-'.~ _ '------------------------' /~~'--' ~\ / |\ / ~~ ~ \/ / \ | ~~ ~\__/ | |~~ | | | | \ | \_______| \ \ | | Oooh-Betty! \| // | | |/ / | | / | | \ | |\__\ |__|_\ | |_____)_| ___ | | ============= | |(|>)...... : .' ~'--'~/ | \ |.__.:: :: .----##''----. ~~ | | |_\'./: O O : .' '. ~~ | | o |||___||: _\ : : \/ \/ : ~ | | | || :'==': : : : : -----| | o ||_____ '____' : : : : |\ \/ | |/ __ ||/ \\ : : : : // / |\/ o ||| ||| \ \_\\_ \:==============:/ |/ / | | ||| |||__\___|_)) \ / |\ \ | o ||| || .---. || \ /\ / | \_\ | | ||| || ::''':: || | / \ | |_ | ||_____|___|||_ ||\::_'_::_|_) __| | | |__ __)|_|_|__)_|__)_|__)|__)'---'_______________(____|____|____)_______ And so the fellowship set out on their journey. But they hadn't gone far when their passage was blocked by a large pile of unsold copies of Windows XP. .-----------------. | Oh shite. What do | ___| we do now? | ____ / '-----------------' |____| -------' |O/\O| ___|.--.|___ /\##|____|##/\ | \########/ | _________ _________ | |########| | |WindowsXP|WindowsXP| | |########| | | | | | |########| | | 500000 | 500000 | (__| |__) | copies | copies | | /\ | _____|___ _____|___ _____|___ | | | | |WindowsXP|WindowsXP|WindowsXP| | ) | ) | | | | | | | | | 500000 | 500000 | 500000 | |--|_ |--|_ | copies | copies | copies | ______|____)|____)______|_________|_________|_________|_________ .----------------------------. ____ __| Don't worry everyone, I have | __|____|__ / | an idea. | (-()-() / '----------------------------' | _\| ___/ | .--| ___\__/__ / | \ | | | | | o || | | | || | | o || \ \/ | |/ |\/ o | | | | | o | | | | |_____|___| _________|__)_|__)_______________ _____ __|_____|__ |#####| |#####| *write* __ __#####__ *scribble* ( )/ \____ || || \sXP| || || || | || | || | | \/| || | _____|___| |)__|___ |WindowsXP| ||dowsXP| | | | | | 500000 | |00000 | | copies |___________|opies | ________________________|_________|_|__|__|__|________|_________ ____ __|____|__ .----------------. (-()-() | That should sort | | _\| | it out. | | .--| ------' '----------------' ___\__/__ / | \ | | | ___________________ | | o || |Wind/ New and /sXP| | | | || | / Improved / | | | o || | 5/ !!! /000 | \ \/ | |/ | / Only /pies | |\/ o | _____|/ £5000 /_ _____|___ | | | |Windo/ per copy!/XP|WindowsXP| | o | | / !!! / | | | | | | 50/ It makes /00 | 500000 | |_____|___| | c/ you fly! /ies | copies | ______|__)_|__)_________|_/__________/______|_________|_________ Soon: .----------------. .----------------------------. | Oh look, Windows | | And it's personally endorsed | #### | XP! And it has | | by Bill Gates! I'll just my | /_ _\ /| fancy colourful | | wallet out! _____________' ( O O ) / | menus! | '---------.----' #### | _\ | / '----------------' \ |o o ) \ O / \____ |/_ | |--|____ __ ___________________ _\-'/_ / ____|.' |Wind/ New and /sXP| / \ | | | | / Improved / | //| |\\ | | | | 5/ !!! /000 | // | |// |_|__| | / Only /pies | () |____// (_|..| _____|/ £5000 /_ _____|___ | __() |||| |Windo/ per copy!/XP|WindowsXP| || || |||| | / !!! / | | || || |||| | 50/ It makes /00 | 500000 | || || ||||_ | c/ you fly! /ies | copies | _|| _|| _______|__)_)___________|_/__________/______|_________|_(__|(__|___ 5 minutes later: ____ __|____|__ .-----------------------. (-()-() | That's sorted that out. | | _\| | And we've made a tidy | | .--| -------| profit out of it. | ___\__/__ '-----------------------' / | \ | | \ ___ | | o | \ /£5/ | | | |\ \__/_ / ___ | | o | \___(_) /£5/ \ \/ | | /__/ |\/ o | ___ __ __ | | | ___ /50/_\_\ _/_/ *gone* | o | _\£5/__/_\\10\/£5/_/ | | |__\10\_\/\£5_\£5\_/20/ |_____|___|\£5\/£5//\/\///\20/_/ ______|__)_|__)__\_/__|£10_|£20|_/£50\__________________________ But: ~~~~~~~ ~~ __ __~~ ~~ O \O ~~ .-----------------------------. ~~ ~~ ______| Don't get your hopes up boys, | ~~ .-..~ | look at that over there. | /~~'--' ~\ '-----------------------------' / ~~ ~ \ ~~ ~\ \___ __ |~~ | \____|--' | | \_______| | | \ | // | | |/ / | | / | | \ | |\__\ |__|_\ | |_____)_| The site was so horrific and terrifying it could give a grown man nightmares. .----------------------. __________ | Well, we've absolutely | |Windows ME| | NO chance of shifting | | | | that lot. | |Unsold | '-------.--------------' | copies | | _____|____ _____|____ | |Windows ME|Windows ME| | | | | | |Unsold |Unsold | .--. | | copies | copies | : O_O: / ____|_____ ____|_____ ____|_____ : <_>: |Windows ME|Windows ME|Windows ME| .'.' ':. | | | | :_: :: |Unsold |Unsold |Unsold | | | | | | copies | copies | copies | _\_|--|_/__________________|__________|__________|__________|______ .-----------------------------. ____ | Alas, the code-bearer is | __|____|__ | correct. No sane person | ()-()-) | would ever go near Windows | |/_ | | ME. We cannot pass this way. |----- |--. | | | __\__/___ | Instead, we must pass through | / | \ | the mines of Bill Gates's | | | | | back garden. | || o | | '-----------------------------' || | | | || o | | \| | \/ / | o \/| | | | | o | | | | |___|_____| ______(__|_(__|_______ ___ .--------------------------. | | | But surely we're thousands | ____ ============= | of miles away from Redmond | __|____|__ | |( || |||~~ ~| | .'. | | | : : :| |:(~---|) | | | | :': | | | : : | | |.'.| | | | | .' '. | | | || || | | ||// |__| |__| _: :_ |_|_| ||_____|| |____| ||\\ |__) |__) \:___:/ |_|_) || || (_|(_| (_|(_| .-----------------------. | This is getting boring. | //////()\\ | Why don't we just use | :____ : \\ | the ISS exploit like | :<.><.> : | everyone else? | : /_ : '-------------.---------' : - : ___ / : : \ / ____\\//_:____ \ .----------------------. .--. / .'' \/ ''. \| You're right. The | : O_O: .' . . '. | password is much | : <_>: :___: :___: | harder to guess than | .'.' ':. : : : : | one would explect from | :_: :: : : : : | a MS product. | | | | | : : : : '----------------------' \_|--|_/ : : : : T Max Devlin got out his laptop and started to hack into the gate. 30 seconds later: __ / | /\ ___ *creak* /_ \/ /\/|/ / \ __ ____ __/\/\/_/ | /_ .'''|________|'''. / \_ /| /\ \ \ / /\ \ | | | / /\ : .''|########|''. : __/\\\ |///\ /\ /\ \| ||/\ : : *>|########|<* : : / /\ \ \|/__ || | /\ | : *.-|########|| * : | /\ _|\ | \ _ | | |: * .-|########|| * :| / | || /\ / \| | | |:' \|########|\ : :| /\ | | | || |: . |########|_\' ::| || | || | |:' ' |########| : :| | | | | |:.'. \|########|/ ' ::| | || | || |: /|########|\ :| | | ________|_ _|_______|: |########| :|_______||_|______________ // | \\ '. | |:: .' '. :| |''.' '.| |.' | | |''.... | | ''.. | |''.... '. | .-------------. |/ ''. '. | | Everybody in! | |\ * '. : | '----------.--' |____ * : : | \ ||_|_| * : : | \ ||_|_| : : | \ _| : :| | |\ :___:| =====|_\ . / | |<| .''. \)'--'| ...... /\| | ': : | | :: / \\'| ' : | | o)(o) : / \\| '.'''..':| : _\ : / / \|/. 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Yes, I'm afraid it is | | Bill Gates's mother! | '-----------------------------' _______ ( ( ____( ___ )__ ( ( __( ___ __ __ ) \ ( ( ( ___ (_o) (_o) ) .-------------------------. \ ( ( ( ___ ___ )| It's coming, we must run! | \ ( ( ( __ ___ _) '---------------.---------' ' \ ( ( (__ ___ ___) \ . \ ( ( (_________) \ ____ ' \ .:::: \ __|____|__ . . \ :::??? \ (-()-() ' \ :::???: / _\/ . ' . | .:::???: ..''\,--/____/: \ ' | .::::? '.:' .' __\_/____//: \ ' . | .::'.'? ?.:' / _________/_.' \ | .::'? ? .'.:' / / / | ' '| .::'? .'?.:' / o / |_____| .::'?.' ? .:' / / / |=====| .:? .' ? ?:' _/ o / | |______ :: ? ?.:' | \ / / | //// \ ::.? .'.:' | _\___/_/ | | ::.. ?.:' |/ \ \_ __|____________/______________:::::'________________________\__\_________ *stomp* And so the awsome beast chased the fellowship around the garden, until at last they came to a bridge. .---------------. | You lot go, I | | shall fight the | | beast alone. | .----------. '----------.----' | Good idea. | .---------. | .--. 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Linus was also dragged into the abyss. __________________________ ____________________________ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\/\/\__/MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.--------------.MMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM|__|MMM-------| Fly you fools! |MM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM|__|MMMMMMMMMMM'--------------'MMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM(_|____ | ____|_)MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| : |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\:_/MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM/_/\_\MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM|\MM/\M/|MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| |MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM But his command was in vain, as the rest of the fellowship had already buggered off to safety. They travelled down the river, but when they stopped for a rest, they were assailed by clueless newbies looking for help with Windows XP. .--------------------------. | Why is my computer several | .------------------. | times slower than before? | | Why won't my modem | '------------------------.-' | work under XP? | ____ | '--------.---------' |____| | | |O/\O| | #### | ___|.--.|___ ...... ##### .~~~~~. | | '\'| / /\##|____|##/\ :: :: /_ o ) |_ _ | / .\ -/ | \########/ | : O O : |__ | |'/_' | / \ ___ | |########| | : _\ : \___/ _\.-./_ ||| |\/()_XP| | |########| | :.==.: / | \ / \ |||____|\/ | |########| | ()'____' |. | .| / /| |\ \ ||( | (__| |__) ||/ \\ || | || \ \| |/ / ()| | | | /\ | || \ \_\\_ || | || \/|===|\/ | | | | | | | ||__\___|_)) (|_|___() (| |) | ) ) / | ) | ) | .---. || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::''':: || | | | \ |_|_| |__|_|_ | |--|_ |--|_ \::_'_::_|_) _|_|_| | __| | |__ __|____\_\______|___|____)|____)______'---'_______(_(___|__|_/____|____\__ | | .-'----------. .--------------'---. | Oh no, we're | | Why do none of my | | trapped! | | expensive programs | '------------' | run anymore? | '-------------------' It looked like it was all over for the fellowship. But luckily, T Max Devlin and the Codebearer managed to sneak off... .----------------------------. | I'm telling you, you should | | let ME have the Activation | | Code. I can hide it in my | | mother's basement where even | | Bill wouldn't dare to go. It | //////()\\ | is the only sensible option. | : : \\ '-------------------------.--' :<.><.> : \_____ : /_ : .----------------------. : - : | No, you'll just use it | : : | to activate Windows XP | ____\\//_:____ .--. _| on your own computer. | .'' \/ ''. : O_O: / | I don't trust you T | .' . . '. : <_>: ____/ | Max Devlin. I shall | :___: :___: .'.' ':. | keep the code. | : : : : :_: :: '----------------------' : : : : | | | | : : : : \_|--|_/ : : : : .----------------------------. //////()\\ | Oh come on, relieve yourself | :____ : \\ | of your burden. You know you | :<>><>> : | want to. As for an excuse, |______ : /_ : | you can tell the others I | : - : | took it from you. Tell them | : : | I was too fat for you. / ____\\//_:____ .--. | For I am too fat for you / .'' \/ ''. : O_O: | penguin! / .' . . '. : <_>: '-------------------------' :___: :___: .'.' ':. : : : : :_: :: : : : : | | | | : : : : \_|--|_/ : : : : And with that, T Max Devlin chased after Tux to get the activation code. //////()\\ .----------------------. :____ : \\ | ROAR!!! I'm coming for | :<>><>> : | you penguin!!! | : /_ : '----------------------' \_____ : ___ : :'---' : __-- ______________\\//_:_______________ --__ { | \/ | } {_________|.' '.|_________} : : : : .-----------. : : | Oh crickey! | : : | I'm off! | : : '--------.--' : : | :=======================: / : : .--. : : :O_O : : .''', : :<_> : : .' '. : .'.. '. : : : : :.: : : '. : : : : __: : :'.' ___| | | |___ \_:..:/__\ (_______| |_______) But T Max was too fat, and too slow, and Tux managed to escape. .-------------------. He saw this as a good opportunity | Hmmm... I need to | to break from the fellowship and __| get accross this | to continue alone. / | river. I think I'll | .--. / | try flying accross. | :O_O : -' '-------------------' :<_> : ................................'.' ':.............................. :-: :: | | | | ...................... \_|--|_/ '''''''...... --- --- '''''.... ---- --- --- '''.. --- ---. '. '. ---- ---- ---- ' '. '. --- --- - '. '. ...................... --. '. '. '. '''''.... ' ' '''.. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. . '. '. '. '. '. '. Unfortuanetly, penguins cannot fly. Fortuanetly, they are excellent swimmers. Tux managed to swim across the river. Meanwhile, on the other side of the river, T Max Devlin .----------------------------. was having problems... | Alas, I am out of food, and | | if I don't get any shortly | | I shall die of malnutrition. | '---------------.------------' | | | | ...''''''''... | .'|| ''. | .' || '. | .' || '. .'. .' || '. ..... .'. | : || : ..'' _ ''\ | | |_______: || << | |\ .| \\ | |_________: || : _ \\ | || / | .| \\ | || /\ / | - \\ ____ |____________________||__________/ \./_____|........'' \\()=====- / / .___ _____/ / :'' ' / '.___._______.' But no food came, and T Max Devlin died of malnutrition. He was given a quick funeral and buried under a rock. Part 2: THE TWO REINSTALLS Tux had not gone far when he started to hear strange sounds and voices. .------------. .-----------------------. __| Ssssss...the | | What on earth was that? | | precious is | '---.-------------------' | near.... | / '------------' / *creak* / .--. / _______________ *slop* :O_O : / \ :<_> : / \ \ .'.' ':. / \ \ :-: :: / \ \ | | | | / \____ \_________________\_|--|_/______/ .-------------------------. | Hmmm...it's probably just | | the wind. I'll carry on. | *squeek* '--.----------------------' / / *splash* .--. / _______________ :O_O : / \ :<_> : / \ \ .'.' ':. / \ \ :-: :: / \ \ | | | | / \____ \_________________\_|--|_/______/ ___ \ .--'---------------------------. | Ssss....Cautious, my precious. | .--. | We musstn't rissk our tank, | : O_O: | musst we, precious? No, | : <_>: | precious. | .'.' ':. '------------------------------' :-: :: | |__| | *creak* ____\_|__|_/___ / \ *splutter* / | \ \ / | \ \ / .------'----. \ \ / | There it is | \____ \_______________________________/ | again! | '-----------' Tux knew who it was. He'd been following the fellowship for weeks, always just out of sight, but not out of sound. Tux could recognise that awful, snivelling voice anywhere. Just as he was about to run, the foul creature came into view... .-----------------------------------. | Ssss...there it is! We have found | | the thief! The thief Tux, it took | | our Precious. We hates it! Hates it | | forever! Ssss.... | .---------. '----------.------------------------' | Oh, hello | | | Flatfish. | | '.--------' | / | .--. / :O_O : / ________________ :<_> : | __ | .'.' ':. | }<__8 | :-: :: | | | |__| | |________________| ____\_|__|_/___ | ______________ | / \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \____ \____()______________()_________/ .----------------------------------------. | It talks. The dirty little thief talks, | | my precious. What does it want? What has | | it got in its featherses, eh? What shall | | we do to it precious? We will strangle | | it in its sleep. Praps we will, eh | .--------------------. | precious? Yessss, we will... | | No, you won't. And | '----------------------------------------' | stop saying such | | | dreadful things | | .--. | about me, or I shall | :O_O : -| push your tank over. | ________________ :<_> : '--------------------' | __ | .'.' ':. | }<__8 | :-: :: | | | |__| | |________________| ____\_|__|_/___ | ______________ | / \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \____ \____()______________()_________/ .-----------------------------------------. | No, don't hurt us. Don't let it hurt us | | precious! It won't hurt us, will it, nice | | little penguin! We didn't mean it no harm,| | but now it threatens to push us over. And | | we're so lonely. We'll be nice to it, if | .---------------------. | it is nice to us, won't we? Yes, yess. | | OK, I won't kill you, | '-----------------------------------------' | but I can't leave | | | you here, you'll just | | .--. | come after me and | :O_O : -| kill me. I'll have to | ________________ :<_> : | take you with me | | __ | .'.' ':. '---------------------' | }<__8 | :-: :: | | | |__| | |________________| ____\_|__|_/___ | ______________ | / \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \____ \____()______________()_________/ .-----------------------------------------. | But where is it going? Where would a nice | | little penguin be going in these cold, | | hard lands? Where goes it, eh, where does | | it go? Ssss.... | '----------.------------------------------' .---------------------. | | I'm going to Redmond, | | | of course. And you | | /| know the way there, I | | .--. / | believe. | :O_O : '---------------------' ________________ :<_> : | __ | .'.' ':. | }<__8 | :-: :: | | | |__| | |________________| ____\_|__|_/___ | ______________ | / \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \ \ || || / \____ \____()______________()_________/ .----------------------------------------------. | Ach! sss! Oh no, nice little penguin doesn't | | want to go there. It's full of BSODs, and | | clueless newbies, and incompetent programmers. | | Flatfish goes there once, yes, we did, my | | precious, and they torture us, torture us | | with BSODs, daily reboots, expensive upgrades. | | No, penguin musn't go to -Sssss- those places. | '----------.-----------------------------------' | .--. | :O_O : ________________ :<_> : | __ | .'.' ':. | }<__8 | :-: :: | | | |__| | \ |________________| ____\_|__|_/___ | | ______________ | / \ | || || / .---------------'--------------. \ || || / | Yes, you know the way, and you | \ || || / | are going to take me there, or | \ || || / | I will push over your task. Do | \____()______________()_________/ | you understand Flatfish? | '------------------------------' .-------------------------------------. | Ssss...the penguin is so cruel, so | ______| cruel to us, yes he is, yes precious. | .======. / | But Flatfish has no choice, no. We | }\: : / | musst take it to Redmond. Ssss.... | } - - - -8| '-------------------------------------' }/: : '======' And so Flatfish and Tux travelled East to the land of Redmond. It was a short journey, and soon they reached the Blue Gate. . . ''. .'' } { } ___ ___ { } |[_]| |[_]| { } |---| |---| { }/|---| |---|\{ } |---| |---|{ }|---| |---{ }|---|\_____________________________/|---{ }---|Welcome to Redmond. Entr $500k |--{ }--| (conc $499k)|-{ }-| |-{ }-|_______________________________|{ }| | | | { ______________________}___________|__|__|____________{_______________________ __ |__| . | | /o\ .------------------------------------------. | Oh bollocks. I can't afford the $500,000 | \___| needed to get in, and I bet even Flatfish | | wouldn't count as a concession. I guess | | I'll just have to hack the secret password | | to get in. | '------------------------------------------' But Tux found hacking in much more difficult than he'd expected. .------------------------. ____________ | Wait a minute, you never || | Enter | | told me this machine was || | password | | running FreeBSD! || | for | ________________ '---------------.--------' | | entry | | __ | | | |__________| | 8__>{ | | | |\qwertyuiop\ | | .--. | | | \asdfghjkl;\ |________________| : O_O: / | | \zxcvbnm,./\ | ______________ | : <_>: | | >----------> || || .'.' ':. | | | | || || :_: :: | | | | || | || | | | | | | | | || | || \_|--|_/ |_|___|__________| () | () | .----------'-----------------. | Of courssse it is, precious | | Not even Microsoft is stupid | | enough to trust Windows to | | such an important task. | '----------------------------' .----------------------------------. ________________ | Luckily for penguin, we knows | | __ | ____| another way, doesn't we precious? | | }<__8 | | Yesss...another way to Redmond. | | | | We have been there before... | |________________| '----------------------------------' | ______________ | || || || || || || || || () () .---------------------------. ________________ | There is still one entrance | | __ | | guarded only by a Windows |______ | 8__>{ | | 98 firewall. If penguin | | | | wants to, we can takes it | |________________| | there. | | ______________ | '---------------------------' || || || || || || || | || () | () | .------------------. | | OK, we'll go that | | .--. | way, but I want no | | : O_O: _________| tricks from you | | : <_>: | Flatfish! | | .'.' ':. '------------------' | :_: :: | | | | | .------------'--------------. \_|--|_/ | Of course not. We won't | | hurt the nice penguin. | | Nice master, nice Flatfish. | '---------------------------' Flatfish led Tux along the borders of Redmond to the secret entrance. .-----------------. | Oh no, we still | | have to get past | | that turnstile. | Enter here. .------------------. '-------------.---' ____________ | See what the panel | | | || | | says, master. | | | || | '--.---------------' | __ | || | | | |##|| || | | | |##|| ___||___ | | | |##|| / || \ | ________________ .--. / || || || | __ | : O_O: || || || | 8__>{ | : <_>: | \___||___/ | | | .'.' ':. | || | |________________| ________:_: ::____________| || |_____| ______________ |_______ | | | | || || \_|--|_/ || || || || || || () () ____________________________ | __________________________ | || || || Are you authorised || || to enter this turnstile? || || || || || || [YES] [NO] [CANCEL] || || || || || || || ||__________________________|| |____________________________| ________________ .-------------------------. | __ | | I think I'll select "YES" | | 8__>{ | '-.-----------------------' | | .--. / _/ |________________| : O_O: ____/ / | ______________ | : <_>: / || || .'.' ':. .-------------------. / || || :_: :: | Good choice master. | || || | | | | '-------------------' || || \_|--|_/ () () Tux selected "YES" and passed through the turnstile. Next they had to navigate a maze of tunnels and passageways. They travelled for hours, and Tux was sure they were lost. ____________________ _______________________________________ \ |\ _____________ .---------------. \ | \ /| |\ | Oh dear, do you | \ | \_________________/ | _______ | \__ | know where we |_____\_|_____ | | / \ | | are Flatfish? | /|| __\____________ | |/ \| '---------------' / || / /|| / \____ / || / / || / / |\/ / ||/ ___________________/ |/______________/ |/___________________ | | | || | | | || | /| | || | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | __________________|/____|______________|/____|___________________ .-------------------------. | Flatfish? Where are you? | | Oh bugger, he's gone and | | left me. What a bastard. | /| Never mind, I'll find my | / | own way through. | .--. / '-------------------------' : O_O: : <_>: .'.' ':. :_: :: | | | | \_|--|_/ But the maze was extremely complicated, and Tux found that he was definitely lost. But he was not alone in the maze. There was a giant spider loose, and Flatfish had alerted it to the presence of Tux... .-----------------. /\ /\ | Oh no, I hate | /||\/||\ | spiders. I'm off. | /\/ /\ \ '--------------.--' / / /\ \ \ | \/ /\ \ \ \ | /\/ \/\ \/\ | /\ \ \ \ \ / /\ \ \ \ \ \ ..'': \/\ \ \ \ \ .' .<> \ \ | \/\ \/\ .' .: : | \| \ | \ | /\.'.'.' \| \| \| \_\_\ *scuttle* Tux was no match for the lightning pace of the spider, and it was soon on top of him. /\ /\ /\ /||\ /||\ /\ /\ /||\/ /\ ################## /\ \/||\ /\ /||\/ /\ \/########################\/ /\ \/||\ / /\ \/ /\############################/\ \/ /\ \ / / /\ \/ ############################## \/ /\ \ \ / / /\ \ \################################/ /\/\ \ \ /\/ /||\/\##################################/\/||\ \/\ / / / /\ \/#######/ / / / \ \ \#######\/ /\ \ \ \ / / / / /\ \######/ /__/___/ \___\__\ \######/ /\ \ \ \ \ / / / / | /\ \####// /OOOOOO\ /OOOOOO\ \\####/ /\ | \ \ \ \ /\/ /\/ |/ \/\###\ (OOOOOOOO)(OOOOOOOO) /###/\/ \| \/\ \/\ | / / / \ \###\\\OOOOOO/ \OOOOOO/ /###/ / \ \ \ | |/ / / \ `|##\ `````` \ ``/``/ /##|`\/ \ \ \| / / \/####\\ \ \ / / /####\/ \ \ /\/ ####\ \ \ \ / / /#### \/\ | / ###\\__\_\___/__/### \ | |/ \\\||||||/// \| \\| |// \| |/ |\|||||||||^o: |_|||||||||..' The spider stung Tux and wrapped him up in her webs to eat later. It looked like it was all over for the code-bearer, but then an unlikely hero suddenly came to his rescue. .----------------. | Oh no, I've lost | ? | control of my | | tank! | /\/\ ####### /\/\ '---------.------' //\\\\###########////\\ | ///\\\#############///\\\ | ////\\###############//\\\\ | /////\\###############//\\\\\ _____ /// \\###<<><> >###// \\\ | | | | ><> | // \\###\___/###// \\ | | | |_____| // `````| |````` \\ | | | | | o o :|||o /\/\ ####### /\/\ //\\\\###########////\\ ///\\\#############///\\\ ////\\###############//\\\\ /////\\###############//\\\\\ /// _\\###<<> <>>###// \\\ // | ><> |#\___/###// \\ // |_____|``| |````` \\ | |*BASH* o o :|||o \\ Dead // \\ ____ // \\ \\________/- -\________// // \\ '------##\____/##------' // \\\\______####|##|####______//// \\'-----##############-----'// \\\\_____##############_____//// _____ \\'------############------'// | <>< | \\______//########\\______// |_____| '------' '------' | | :|||o o o After losing control of his tank, Flatfish then inadvertently delivered a fatal blow to the spider, and Tux was saved. Or was he... Part 3: THE RETURN OF THE WINTROLLS _________________ .----------------------. | __ | | Flatfish! You've saved | | 8__>{ | | me! Now cut me out of | | | | these bonds! | |_________________| '--------------------.-' | _______________ | \ || || \ || | || || | || |\|||||||||^o: || | || |_|||||||||..' () | () | | .-------------'------------. | No! We won't let the thief | | free! No precious, we will | | let it die...Sssss...then | | we can get the precious | | back! Yes, we will get the | | precious! | '--------------------------' Meanwhile, outside the gates of Redmond, the rest of the fellowship was getting ready to confront Bill on his own doorstep. } ___ ___ { } |[_]| |[_]| { } |---| | | { } |---| | | { } |---| | |{ }|---| | { }|---|\_____________________________/| { }---|Welcome to Redmond. Entr $500k | { }--| (conc $499k)| { }-| | { }-|_______________________________|{ }| | | | { ________________________}___________|__|__|____________{__________________ _( ) ( )_[]_ o _||_ ?? ~~ (__) [] ## |_ || ??~||~ || || () || ?? || .----------------------. | We're going to install | / \_____| Linux on all your | | | computers! | .-----------'-----. '----------------------' | Come on out Bill! | '-----------------' But the Dark Lord had been expecting them, and now he had them in his trap, he could unleash the wrath of all his forces. .---------------. .------------------. | Linsux is crap! | | Redhat is slow and | '---------.------' | buggy and won't | \ | even install! | \ '-------------.----' \ \ |\ |\ |\ | .--------------. \ ||__|| ||__| | Oh no, trolls! | __/O O \ __/O O '--.------.--.-' / \ / | | \ / / \ / / | | \ / / _ \ / / _ | __ \ / /____/| \ / /____/| __ |==| _ \___/| | | | \ \___/| | | | _|__|_ |.-| _|_|_ | \|_|_|/ \ | \|_|_|/ |_=| /|####|\ _\_/ /| / \ \ | ||\/|| |####| | / o\ || | | \ | || || |####| ||.' | | || | | || (|--|)_| |_)|| o | |_| |_|_|_| || | || | | | |/ | | | / | | || | | | | o | \ | / \ | |_|| |__|_| |___|_| | | | | | __|_))__|__)_)___|_)_)_______________________c_c_c_c/_\c_c_c_c_____c_c_c_c/ The battle was long and bloody, and the members of the fellowship were being badly beaten. It was all up to the Code- bearer... .----------------------------------. ________________ | The penguin will soon be dead... | | __ | | Sssss...and then we can take our |____ | 8__>{ | | precious...yes, our precious that | | | | was stolen...It came to us on our | |________________| | birthday, yes precious, it did, | | ______________ | | and soon we will have it back... | || || '----------------------------------' || || || || |\|||||||||^o: || || |_|||||||||..' () () / .-------------------'-. | Oh no, I have to find | | a way to escape. | '---------------------' Tux thought all day for a way to escape. Soon he came up with an idea. .----------------------------------. ________________ | Hey Flatfish, if you let me out | | __ | | of these webs, I can give you the | | 8__>{ | | precious now, and then you won't | | | | have to wait. | |________________| '------------------------------.---' | ______________ | | || || | || || || | || |\|||||||||^o: || | || |_|||||||||..' () | () | .------------'----. | A good idea, yes. | | We will let the | | penguin out, and | | then we can have | | the precious! | '-----------------' And so Flatfish unwrapped Tux. But Tux didn't fullfill his end of the bargain... .---------------. | Hehe...I'm off! | '----------'----' ________________ .---------------. | | __ | | Asch! Wicked! | | | }<__8| --| Tricksy! False! | | | | | The thief lies! | | |________________| '---------------' | | ______________ | || || ..'': || || .' .<> || || .' .: : || || /\.'.'.' () () \_\_| Tux escaped, and carried on his journey into Redmond. Before long he came to The Blue Screens of Doom. ______________ ______________ | ____________ | | ____________ | .--. ||General || _______________ || || :O_O : ||Cockup || | _____________ | || Please || :<_> : ||0x543535 || || || || Reboot || .'.' ': ||____________|| || 0x745328479 || ||____________|| :-: :: |______________| || /fatalerror/|| |______________| | | | | /________\ ||_____________|| /________\ \_|--|_/ |_______________| /_________\ | | | .---------------------------'--------. | I have come. But I do not choose now | | to do what I came to do. I will not | | do this deed. The Code is mine! | '------------------------------------' Tux claimed the Code for his own, but as he ran off with it, Flatfish came to get it. ___ |||_|| |___||| _ __ ________________ ---'| \\| o\ .-----. | | | __ | --' / <>o| ---| Ouch! | | | | }<__8 | _/ /\ \ '-----' | | | | | \/ / /\\ | | |________________| \/\/ / ` | | | ______________ | \ /\/ | | || || \ \_| | | || || \ \ | | || || \ | | || ||*bash* \ | | () () |\ /| __| \ / |___ \ _ \/ _ / __\ \ / /__ | \ _ *splash* / | |_____________________________\ \ \ / /_________| | | | ______ | | ||||__|| | | .======. | | | | }\: : |WinXP | | | } - - - -8| |______| | | }/: : | | '======' \ | | \ | | .'--------. | | | PRECIOUS! | | | '---------' | |_____________________________________________________| | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Flatfish had finally got back the code. But after such a long journey, a large amount of static electricity had built up on the disk, and Flatfish was in for a shock... *spark* *sizzle* \\ // *hiss* // \\ \\ \\ // \\ \\ \\ //// // // \\ \\ // //// \\// \\ // *fizz* \\// // \\ \\ \\// .---------------. |/__\//__//___\\___/_/| | Help! I'm being | | __/\__/\__/\__ | _| electrocuted to | | __\ / | / | death! | | \ >##8 > ---+-' '---------------' | /__ _\ | | /__ __ ___\ | | \/ \/ | |_____________________| | _________________ | | | | | | | *crackle* | | | | | | | | | | |_| |_| But no help came, and the tank soon exploded due to the build-up of pressure. /\ ___ ____ /\ / \ / / |\ ___ \ \ /\ / \ / / /__/ | \ \ | __\ \__/ \___/ \\ / | \ \ | \ \____\ \\/ |___\ ___ \|___\ __ __ \____ _____ \ \ \ |_ |\/| /\ |_ |_|| // / \__\ /\ \ __|| |/``\__|| |. //____/ / \ \ /___ \ \ / /\/ /\ \ / / / \ / \ /| \/ /__ ___________________ \ / /____\ / | |/| _________________ |\ |\/ /__| ____ || || \| __ | / || || | / |__/ || || |/ || || || || Flatfish was completely and utterly destroyed, and with him, the activation code. This was bad news for Bill, whose Fortress collapsed. *rumble* |~~--_ |-~_~0~-_ ______|~-_--~~ { { } }~~ { { } } *crumble* { { } } { { } } } { { } } { { { } } } { } } } ______{ / / | \ \}___________ ______ { { } } { { } } { { } } { { } } } ______ { { } }__( ) )_ { { { } } } ( ) ) { } }( *smash* ) )_ ______{ / / | \(_(___(___)__)__)__ Bill Gates was last seen flogging lighters on Liverpool market, 5 for a pound. .--------------------------. | Come and get yer lighters, | ____| 5 for a pound. Now in: | / | LighterXP, 20% less fatal | ###### / | explosions than LighterME! | ([o][o]) / '--------------------------' | _\ | | '--' | .--\____/--. / \ | / \ / ||| # \ / /| ||| |\ \ \ \| ||| |/ / \# \ ||| / / ____\__\__|||_/__/____ / [__]] [__]] [__]] /| / [__]] [__]] / | /_____________________/ | | | | | billies' lighters, | | ____| now with non-leak | |_______ / | casing! | / / / | | / / /______|______________________|/______/ Tux eventually decided to go home. The rest of the fellowship had been FUDded to death by the trolls, so it was a lonely journey. Eventually, he made it back to Finland. However, he was in for a shock. .------------------. | Oh no, look what's | ____________________ | happened to my | | __________________ | | computer! | ||Welcome to WinXP. || /'------------------' || || / ||Now removing all || / ||ext2 partitions...|| / || || .--. / || || : O_O: ||__________________|| : <_>: |____________________| .'.' ':. / \ :-: :: / \ __| | | |______________________________/_____________\______ \_|--|_/ Some evil ruffians had installed Windows XP on Tux's computer. After some time he managed to get rid of it and reinstall Linux. .---------------------------. | Phew, that was hard work. | | But I'm bored of Linux, | | Writing an OS is no fun | | when there is no serious | | competition. | '--.-------------------------' .--. / : O_O: ___/ : <_>: .'.' ':. :-: :: ____________| | | |__________ \_|--|_/ And so Tux set sail accross the North Sea, never to be seen by any living person _____ ever again. .-' '-/|\ .' / ||\ / / || \ : / || \ | .'. || \ '-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-|.###. || \_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_-'-_- | '####|| \ '-_-' '-_-' \ '.##||## \ '-_-' ' -' '-_-' '-_-' \ \\ '###########:. '-_-' \ \ '.##########:| '-_-' '-_-' \ \\ '''''''''' |-_-' '-_ \ \ / \ _-' '-_-' '-_-' \\ // \ '-_-' \ \`-.____.-'/ / '-_-' '-_-' '-_ '-.._____.-'/ '-_ '-._____.-' / '-._____.-' ------------------------------------------ By DrSquare 2001/2002 -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: Kim Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: Lines: 9 User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.233.162.31 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1010696968 12.233.162.31 (Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:09:28 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:09:28 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:09:28 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!17884!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26879 Magnificent! That is one of the most well done, creative posts I have ever found on Usenet. I wish I had the tallent to create an ascii-art bow of appreciation. Kim ###### From: Bones@you.should.know (Bones) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: 10 Jan 2002 21:45:04 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVZD+ln9jl+UZq+77Pvl/2hgXm8tl20xS21E4JtTuonEmtNZMO+WMF9U X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Jan 2002 21:45:04 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.3 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!105198!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!Bones Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26869 > In article , drsquare wrote: > The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. [snip] ROFL! The old Drsquare is back, albeit with some residual bitterness. ---- Bones The opinions stated here are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. ###### From: "Ahab" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Lines: 13 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! - Test our service with our FREE trial at https://www.easynews.com/trial/trial.phtml X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:38:34 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.frii.net!easynews!news.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26873 Outstanding. -- Regards, Ahab ahabnymaliasnet And on the third day, God said: "Let there be div(D)=Pf, div(B)=0, curl(E)=-dB/dt, curl(H)=jf+dD/dt" ###### From: tjporter@gronk.porter.net (Terry Porter) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:21:55 +1100 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: tp@no-spam.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lisax4-079.dialup.optusnet.com.au (198.142.18.79) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010705440 29086754 198.142.18.79 (16 [116180]) X-Orig-Path: tjporter User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!lisax4-079.dialup.optusnet.com.AU!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26892 On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 +0000 (UTC), drsquare in article dashed off: >The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. > >Best viewed in font: >-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1 >or fixedsys. >Best viewed with black text on a light grey background, but can also be >viewed with any light-on-dark combination. Must not be viewed with light on >dark, as many things will look wrong. >If you are using a non-fixed-width font, then you will be miserable for the >rest of the episode. >Make sure your window is wider than 80 characters (we don't want any >wrapping). > > > >Part 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ACTIVATION CODE Another excellent cartoon from the master of Cola cartoons, DrSquare! You've a lot of tallent Drsquare, and unless anyone objects, I'm appointing you "Official Cola Cartoonist in Residence" :) Personally I think you had enough material for several episodes there, and should have released it in little pieces. Regards Terry ###### Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art From: ahlstromc@home.com (Chris Ahlstrom) Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. References: Reply-To: ahlstrom-c@home.com Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy Organization: Semantic Analysis Ultd. User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Lines: 16 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:17:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.9.74.156 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news2.nash1.tn.home.com 1010711854 24.9.74.156 (Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:17:34 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:17:34 PST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!news-in-sanjose!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news2.nash1.tn.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26877 After takin' a swig o' grog, Bones belched out this bit o' wisdom: >> In article , drsquare wrote: >> The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. > [snip] > > ROFL! The old Drsquare is back, albeit with some residual bitterness. It's gotta be a medication thing. (I'm actually serious; I know how I get without Prozac.) Chris -- A day without Linux sucks ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-192-117.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010739198 23263 213.122.192.117 (11 Jan 2002 08:53:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:18 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26889 On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:04:10 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:nesr3uohctam0k3tpv3a0squt1cgl1hb6a@4ax.com >> The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. > >Too long. Sorry, I'll write something more suitable for your attention span in future. >And wrapped. It was not wrapped. The line width was set at 100, and the longest line was no longer than 80. If there is any wrapping it's on your side. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:20 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2a6t3u8o8ea8mvuml71j2r45pm8klbutge@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-192-117.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010739200 23263 213.122.192.117 (11 Jan 2002 08:53:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:20 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26886 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:21:55 +1100, in alt.ascii-art, (tjporter@gronk.porter.net (Terry Porter)) wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 +0000 (UTC), drsquare in article > dashed off: > >>Part 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ACTIVATION CODE > > > >Another excellent cartoon from the master of Cola cartoons, DrSquare! I'm glad you enjoyed it. >You've a lot of tallent Drsquare, and unless anyone objects, I'm appointing >you "Official Cola Cartoonist in Residence" :) > >Personally I think you had enough material for several episodes there, and >should have released it in little pieces. No, I think it's best all as one piece, so there's no chance of missing any episodes. It wasn't actually that long though, not even 3000 lines. It would be spreading it a bit thinly to release it in several pieces. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-192-117.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010739201 23263 213.122.192.117 (11 Jan 2002 08:53:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:21 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.74.65.73.MISMATCH!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26883 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:33:19 +1300, in alt.ascii-art, (Adam Warner ) wrote: >drsquare wrote: > >> The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. > >(Well I'm glad you didn't kill yourself drsquare) > >That's a lot of impressive ASCII art. Do you have templates for the >characters or do you draw them from scratch? No, they're all drawn from scratch. Apart from the trolls, which I stole from someone else. >Is there such a thing as an ASCII authoring kit? What's the editor you >use? I did the entire thing in vi. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-192-117.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010739206 23263 213.122.192.117 (11 Jan 2002 08:53:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:53:26 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!newspush.london1.eu.level3.net!level3eu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26880 On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:38:34 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy, ("Ahab" ) wrote: >Outstanding. Oh come on, it wasn't that good. Anyone can see the last two parts were rushed. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: Hubert Cross Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 02:04:25 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 8 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26899 AWESOME! Long as hell but worth reading! This was worth the wait since episode 2!!!! The best part was the FreeBSD reference. FreeBSD!! I would have liked to have seen the Daemon involved somewhere. Maybe he could have been Samwise Gamgee? Heh. -Hubert ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:14:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-194-72.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1010747663 6326 213.122.194.72 (11 Jan 2002 11:14:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@knossos.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:14:23 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26876 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 02:04:25 -0800, in alt.ascii-art, (Hubert Cross ) wrote: >AWESOME! Long as hell but worth reading! This was worth the wait since >episode 2!!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. >The best part was the FreeBSD reference. FreeBSD!! >I would have liked to have seen the Daemon involved somewhere. Maybe >he could have been Samwise Gamgee? Heh. Well, it's too late now. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:10:41 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 47 Message-ID: <3c3ee3ca$0$35517$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.243.165.226 X-Trace: 1010754506 dread03.news.tele.dk 35517 62.243.165.226 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26894 "Terry Porter" wrote in message news:slrna3s8gg.d6.tjporter@gronk.porter.net... > Another excellent cartoon from the master of Cola cartoons, DrSquare! > > You've a lot of tallent Drsquare, and unless anyone objects, I'm appointing > you "Official Cola Cartoonist in Residence" :) > > Personally I think you had enough material for several episodes there, and > should have released it in little pieces. If you like good ascii-comics you should see : http://home9.inet.tele.dk/jez/ascii/comics.txt There are quite a few anti-microsoft comics in there too I especially like "THE VEX FILES #3" ( ( ) ) _____ ____ THE VEX FILES #3 \_ _/ ///=- \-=- \ .------------. ___ ( "-- --" ) ///|==\//=\\ \ | It must be | /---\\--. ( ( ) ) ) ||//==\//=\\\\\| demonic | // /==\/-\\ \_ ( _/ \\\/ \\\|||| posession. | ///=/ \ \ ( "-- ) --" ) \/ _ __ \///|`-. .--------' |_/=/ ._ _.\= ( ( ) ) ) \"\ /"-.\|// |/ / /= ." . /=\ \_ ( ( _/ /`/ /` ||/ ' / / / \ \\ \ ( " ( ) " ) / / .) | /|(. " || | )( ))) )) )( |(__.)\ /| \ \\| /-\ |/ / __\ (()(((()( /__ _ | ___, | _ \\_\\\_ `-' /_// |.-' """""" `-.| \"-\ - ____/-"/ " /\`\___/|/\ || -._ .-. ||__\|/`---' /\| /____ _..--'\ \ . / /--.|| -._| | | || \\ \ _ / /// "\ / \_\---/ *. || -._|"|"| || .* \_/ \_///__ | | \ \ / .|| -._|.-.| ||. \_/ / / | | | \ / *. ||_______________|| .* / \| / Y | \ *. . /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-_\ . | || / | | DrS. . /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-._\\ .* / | *. /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.\ .* ( ( /_____/___________\___o_\ ) ) \_______________________/ Scurvy suspects a more mundane reason for the self-destruction of her laptop. - CeeJay ###### From: chrisv Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 6 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:39:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.86.4.55 X-Complaints-To: abuse@onvoy.com X-Trace: news7.onvoy.net 1010759971 199.86.4.55 (Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:39:31 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:39:31 CST Organization: Onvoy Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!372752!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!upp1.onvoy!onvoy.com!news7.onvoy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26897 drsquare wrote: >The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Ignore the troll. ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-191-103.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010764438 20258 213.122.191.103 (11 Jan 2002 15:53:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:53:58 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26859 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:17:14 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:e76t3uolc0c9jokiu313l3eeg2kqvss4ku@4ax.com > >> >Too long. >> >> Sorry, I'll write something more suitable for your attention span in >> future. > >Thanks. Maybe you could just read so much at a time, so your brain doesn't get overloaded. >> >And wrapped. >> >> It was not wrapped. The line width was set at 100, and the longest line >was >> no longer than 80. If there is any wrapping it's on your side. > >Strange, Goldmoon's gargantuous pics looked fine. My maximum line length was 80. It did not wrap in a vi window of width 80. The line width for the post was set at 100. No-one else has complained of any wrapping. Therefore, it is wrapped at your side. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-191-103.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010764439 20258 213.122.191.103 (11 Jan 2002 15:53:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:53:59 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26861 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:39:31 GMT, in alt.ascii-art, (chrisv ) wrote: >drsquare wrote: > >>The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. > >Ignore the troll. What the fuck is up with you? -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: "Freezer" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:13:42 +0100 Organization: T-Online Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1010769129 07 24138 cXddTv5VSbAMsu 020111 17:12:09 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 06203180401-0001@t-dialin.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26871 "drsquare" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:lb1u3u8at3t1cptsrulvqjv792tofvqlas@4ax.com... > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:17:14 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: > My maximum line length was 80. It did not wrap in a vi window of width 80. > No-one else has complained of any wrapping. Therefore, it is > wrapped at your side. *complains* just look at the part where tux tells em to use the ISS exploit... ###### From: ret28@ObviousSPAMBLOCKcam.ac.uk (Richard Thrippleton) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:19:08 +0000 Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pi.chu.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!area.cu.mi.it!fu-berlin.de!server1.netnews.ja.net!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!ret28 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26874 In article , Terry Porter wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:31:17 +0000 (UTC), drsquare in article > dashed off: >>The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. >> >>Best viewed in font: >>-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1 >>or fixedsys. >>Best viewed with black text on a light grey background, but can also be >>viewed with any light-on-dark combination. Must not be viewed with light on >>dark, as many things will look wrong. >>If you are using a non-fixed-width font, then you will be miserable for the >>rest of the episode. >>Make sure your window is wider than 80 characters (we don't want any >>wrapping). >> >> >> >>Part 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ACTIVATION CODE > > > > >Another excellent cartoon from the master of Cola cartoons, DrSquare! > >You've a lot of tallent Drsquare, and unless anyone objects, I'm appointing >you "Official Cola Cartoonist in Residence" :) > >Personally I think you had enough material for several episodes there, and >should have released it in little pieces. Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. Richard -- My .sig blatant plug http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~ret28 ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-130-188.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1010776330 27090 213.1.130.188 (11 Jan 2002 19:12:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@knossos.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:12:10 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26895 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:07:17 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:lb1u3u8at3t1cptsrulvqjv792tofvqlas@4ax.com >> >> Maybe you could just read so much at a time, so your brain doesn't get >> overloaded. > >Perhaps. OTOH, the story was basically just LoTR after a few 'search & >replace':s. Yeah, I just did a search and replace on the normal LOTR ascii-art edition... A special search and replace which creates images completely from scratch, as well as all the dialogue. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:58:35 +0000 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3C3F43EB.50B3D37D@hotmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.181.212.229 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010778879 28990640 212.181.212.229 (16 [58193]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!area.cu.mi.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.181.212.229!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26866 Richard Thrippleton wrote: > Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? > 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. It was wrapped at the sending end. -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ ####-[.]\ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd /[.]-\\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _)} == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T # ||\ ###### From: snootycutie@excite.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Sender: Christine Abernathy Message-ID: References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.553 X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 11 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:19:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.188.206.55 X-Trace: news02.optonline.net 1010780375 24.188.206.55 (Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:19:35 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:19:35 EST Organization: Optimum Online Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news01.optonline.net!news02.optonline.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26888 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:07:46 +0100, "Joaquim Gāndara" wrote: >Aha! So you admit it! Seriously though, the art was cool. > >-jg The guy certainly has a talent :) Christine ###### User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. From: Pet Name Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Message-ID: References: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Lines: 50 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:48:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.152.160.176 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1010782084 64.152.160.176 (Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:48:04 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:48:04 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:47:58 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26920 Has anyone seen like a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 line jarjar binks? just his head. 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Operators are standing by!! 1-888-MOD-MUSE *this offer not valid in Canada or any other country who syndicates bad american television and film only to insults the US about it later. ---------------------------------------------------- ###### From: chrisv Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Message-ID: <7iou3uggemdohk7p7im80ei4c0of9k07vv@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 16 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:04:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.86.4.55 X-Complaints-To: abuse@onvoy.com X-Trace: news7.onvoy.net 1010786648 199.86.4.55 (Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:04:08 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:04:08 CST Organization: Onvoy Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!upp1.onvoy!onvoy.com!news7.onvoy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26956 drsquare wrote: >On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:39:31 GMT, in alt.ascii-art, > (chrisv ) wrote: > >>drsquare wrote: >> >>>The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. >> >>Ignore the troll. > >What the fuck is up with you? You have some nerve asking that, after your expletive-ridden rampage of the last week.... ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 19 Message-ID: <87qu3usrsbdftel1r3vicsa3qnf3qlciie@4ax.com> References: <3C3F43EB.50B3D37D@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-196-137.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010789739 16853 213.122.196.137 (11 Jan 2002 22:55:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:39 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26975 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:58:35 +0000, in alt.ascii-art, (Veronica Karlsson ) wrote: >Richard Thrippleton wrote: >> Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? >> 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. > >It was wrapped at the sending end. It can't be my client, as the line width was perfectly adequate. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com> References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-196-137.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010789740 16853 213.122.196.137 (11 Jan 2002 22:55:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:40 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!newsfeed.r-kom.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26959 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:07:46 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com >> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:07:17 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, >> ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >> >> >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >> >news:lb1u3u8at3t1cptsrulvqjv792tofvqlas@4ax.com >> >> >> >> Maybe you could just read so much at a time, so your brain doesn't get >> >> overloaded. >> > >> >Perhaps. OTOH, the story was basically just LoTR after a few 'search & >> >replace':s. >> >> Yeah, I just did a search and replace on the normal LOTR ascii-art >> edition... A special search and replace which creates images completely >> from scratch, as well as all the dialogue. > >Aha! So you admit it! Seriously though, the art was cool. Not really. I rarely used any characters other than _|\/.-:' The plot was ripped off and bland anyway. Not a good episode overall. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <7iou3uggemdohk7p7im80ei4c0of9k07vv@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-196-137.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010789741 16853 213.122.196.137 (11 Jan 2002 22:55:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:41 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26954 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:04:08 GMT, in alt.ascii-art, (chrisv ) wrote: >drsquare wrote: > >>>>The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. >>> >>>Ignore the troll. >> >>What the fuck is up with you? > >You have some nerve asking that, after your expletive-ridden rampage >of the last week.... Oh, stop living in the past. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: tjporter@gronk.porter.net (Terry Porter) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:20:31 +1100 Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: tp@no-spam.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.au (198.142.179.219) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010791865 29484202 198.142.179.219 (16 [116180]) X-Orig-Path: tjporter User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.AU!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26970 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:19:08 +0000, Richard Thrippleton in article dashed off: >Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? >'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. No I didnt Richard, perhaps we use different fonts, plus I run 1024x768 res here and have a fairly large Slrn window ? Terry -- _ .' `. Free Micro Burner |a_a| http://w3w.arafuraconnect.com.au/~tp/burn.html Debian \ V / 2.2.20 /( )\ Linux Registration Number: 103931 |\`> < /\ http://counter.li.org \_|=='|_/ * OSS is long-term credible ... FUD tactics can not be used to combat it. ###### From: tjporter@gronk.porter.net (Terry Porter) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:22:44 +1100 Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <3c3ee3ca$0$35517$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Reply-To: tp@no-spam.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.au (198.142.179.219) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010791874 29484202 198.142.179.219 (16 [116180]) X-Orig-Path: tjporter User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.AU!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26966 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:10:41 +0100, CeeJay in article <3c3ee3ca$0$35517$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> dashed off: >If you like good ascii-comics you should see : >http://home9.inet.tele.dk/jez/ascii/comics.txt > >There are quite a few anti-microsoft comics in there too >I especially like "THE VEX FILES #3" > > ( ( ) ) _____ ____ >THE VEX FILES #3 \_ _/ ///=- \-=- \ .------------. > ___ ( "-- --" ) ///|==\//=\\ \ | It must be | > /---\\--. ( ( ) ) ) ||//==\//=\\\\\| demonic | > // /==\/-\\ \_ ( _/ \\\/ \\\|||| posession. | > ///=/ \ \ ( "-- ) --" ) \/ _ __ \///|`-. .--------' > |_/=/ ._ _.\= ( ( ) ) ) \"\ /"-.\|// |/ > / /= ." . /=\ \_ ( ( _/ /`/ /` ||/ ' > / / / \ \\ \ ( " ( ) " ) / / .) > | /|(. " || | )( ))) )) )( |(__.)\ /| > \ \\| /-\ |/ / __\ (()(((()( /__ _ | ___, | _ > \\_\\\_ `-' /_// |.-' """""" `-.| \"-\ - ____/-"/ > " /\`\___/|/\ || -._ .-. ||__\|/`---' /\| /____ > _..--'\ \ . / /--.|| -._| | | || \\ \ _ / /// "\ > / \_\---/ *. || -._|"|"| || .* \_/ \_///__ | > | \ \ / .|| -._|.-.| ||. \_/ / / | > | | \ / *. ||_______________|| .* / \| / Y | > \ *. . /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-_\ . | || / | | > DrS. . /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-._\\ .* / | > *. /.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.\ .* > ( ( /_____/___________\___o_\ ) ) > \_______________________/ > > Scurvy suspects a more mundane reason > for the self-destruction of her laptop. > >- CeeJay Thanks CeeJay, I do love good ascii cartoons and will take a look at the site you pasted :) Regards Terry -- _ .' `. Free Micro Burner |a_a| http://w3w.arafuraconnect.com.au/~tp/burn.html Debian \ V / 2.2.20 /( )\ Linux Registration Number: 103931 |\`> < /\ http://counter.li.org \_|=='|_/ * OSS is long-term credible ... FUD tactics can not be used to combat it. ###### From: tjporter@gronk.porter.net (Terry Porter) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:26:21 +1100 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: tp@no-spam.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.au (198.142.179.219) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010791881 29484202 198.142.179.219 (16 [116180]) X-Orig-Path: tjporter User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!lisax3-219.dialup.optusnet.com.AU!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26965 On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:19:08 +0000, Richard Thrippleton in article dashed off: > Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? >'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. Opps now I've seen the Mark Bilk repost and fix, I realise I did have some lines missing from the garden, but otherwise it was fine. Terry -- _ .' `. Free Micro Burner |a_a| http://w3w.arafuraconnect.com.au/~tp/burn.html Debian \ V / 2.2.20 /( )\ Linux Registration Number: 103931 |\`> < /\ http://counter.li.org \_|=='|_/ * OSS is long-term credible ... FUD tactics can not be used to combat it. ###### From: jimlascola@uswest.net (Jim LasCola) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: 11 Jan 2002 16:56:15 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 18 Message-ID: <41ff526b.0201111656.37d77c62@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.156.32.8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1010796976 745 127.0.0.1 (12 Jan 2002 00:56:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jan 2002 00:56:16 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed.nextra.ch!news.nextra.ch!nextra.at!newsfeed4.cidera.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!netnews.com!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!isdnet!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26939 Kim wrote in message news:... > Magnificent! > > That is one of the most well done, creative posts I have ever found on > Usenet. > > I wish I had the tallent to create an ascii-art bow of appreciation. > > Kim now that would be kewl a Linux version of "The Draw" ehehhe Just My 2@ Jim :W! zz :X! ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:11:15 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 10 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26951 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Bravo. -- _aa=.=__ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '^^`)., `.___ % Thanks for your time % `"" '\( ,_.-'` % Hope it helps % \\ % Love - Max % . .. `' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:16:01 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> <4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-199-59.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010801761 29609 213.122.199.59 (12 Jan 2002 02:16:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:16:01 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26948 On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:24:17 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com >> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:07:46 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, >> ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >> >> >Aha! So you admit it! Seriously though, the art was cool. >> >> Not really. I rarely used any characters other than _|\/.-:' > >What's wrong with those? It's very basic and just shows the limit of my abilities. Whenever I tried something like shading, it was terrible. All I can do is crap, two dimensional sketches. >> The plot was ripped off and bland anyway. Not a good episode overall. > >Now you're agreeing with me. That's no fun. Should I switch sides too? Yes. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> <4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-199-164.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010860099 21628 213.122.199.164 (12 Jan 2002 18:28:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:28:19 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26945 On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:02:10 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:ka6v3uc158aiedok49m26mt8rdlkd1cdc6@4ax.com > >> It's very basic and just shows the limit of my abilities. Whenever I tried >> something like shading, it was terrible. All I can do is crap, two >> dimensional sketches. > >What are you talking about? What about the "Linus came face to face with the >monstrosity." part? That's pretty good. For an amateur maybe. Anyone with any skill can tell that my work is amateurish and rushed. >Could use a bit of smoothing, >something like this, perhaps: > >MMMMD / EDMMDE __ EDMMDE \ DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >MMMMD/ _EDMMDE _DMMD_ EDMMDE_ \DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >MMMM _DMMMDDDE DMMD EDDDMMMD_ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >M" DMMMMMDDDE DMMMMD EDDDMMMMMD "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > DMMMMMMMDDE DMMMMMMD EDDMMMMMMMD "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > DMMMMMMMDE DMMMMMMD EDMMMMMMMD "MMMMMMMMMMMMMM > _MMMMMMMM DMMMMMMD MMMMMMMD._ "MMMMMMMMMMM >_______MMMMMMMMMM___ DMMMMD______MMMMMMMMMMM__________________"MMMMMMMM Hmmm...that makes the edges look a bit sharp and definite. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:31 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 16 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26969 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:17:14 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: [...] >My maximum line length was 80. It did not wrap in a vi window of width 80. >The line width for the post was set at 100. No-one else has complained of >any wrapping. Therefore, it is wrapped at your side. It wrapped for me. I haven't a clue why. -- _aa=.=__ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '^^`)., `.___ % Thanks for your time % `"" '\( ,_.-'` % Hope it helps % \\ % Love - Max % . .. `' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:10:38 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> <4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 42 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!freenix!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26949 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:24:17 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >>"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >>news:4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com >>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:07:46 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, >>> ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >>> >>> >Aha! So you admit it! Seriously though, the art was cool. >>> >>> Not really. I rarely used any characters other than _|\/.-:' >> >>What's wrong with those? > >It's very basic and just shows the limit of my abilities. Whenever I tried >something like shading, it was terrible. All I can do is crap, two >dimensional sketches. That is appropriate for a satirical cartoon. MORE MORE! >>> The plot was ripped off and bland anyway. Not a good episode overall. >> >>Now you're agreeing with me. That's no fun. Should I switch sides too? > >Yes. You're going to have to grow out of that "insult myself so others will disagree thing", little buddy. It doesn't work, long-term, and is much less effective on Usenet because nobody can tell you are still a child. They end up just thinking you are an idiot, and the negative re-enforcement you get from their lack of comfort will make you an asshole before you are thirty. -- _aa=.=__ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '^^`)., `.___ % Thanks for your time % `"" '\( ,_.-'` % Hope it helps % \\ % Love - Max % . .. `' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:45:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 23 Message-ID: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-164-15.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1010882752 14836 213.1.164.15 (13 Jan 2002 00:45:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@paris.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:45:52 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!952775!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26934 On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:31 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:17:14 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, >> ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: > [...] >>My maximum line length was 80. It did not wrap in a vi window of width 80. >>The line width for the post was set at 100. No-one else has complained of >>any wrapping. Therefore, it is wrapped at your side. > >It wrapped for me. I haven't a clue why. Maybe it just doesn't like you. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:33:04 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 30 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26955 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:31 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:17:14 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, >>> ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >> [...] >>>My maximum line length was 80. It did not wrap in a vi window of width 80. >>>The line width for the post was set at 100. No-one else has complained of >>>any wrapping. Therefore, it is wrapped at your side. >> >>It wrapped for me. I haven't a clue why. > >Maybe it just doesn't like you. Agent loves me and I love Agent. Some people have reported it with other readers. Who's 'side' it is on isn't really important, I'm actually kind of interested in trying to dope it out. I heard one guy who used slrn had it wrap, too. Agent has "wrap or don't", and my screen is certainly wider than 100 characters, but perhaps it is not uncommon for a reader to wrap if you put that extra twenty spaces after an 80 character line? -- _aa=.=__ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '^^`)., `.___ % Thanks for your time % `"" '\( ,_.-'` % Hope it helps % \\ % Love - Max % . .. `' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-195-139.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010919932 1101 213.122.195.139 (13 Jan 2002 11:05:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:32 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26953 On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:33:04 -0500, in comp.os.linux.advocacy, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: > >>>It wrapped for me. I haven't a clue why. >> >>Maybe it just doesn't like you. > >Agent loves me and I love Agent. Some people have reported it >with other readers. Who's 'side' it is on isn't really >important, I'm actually kind of interested in trying to dope it >out. I heard one guy who used slrn had it wrap, too. Agent has >"wrap or don't", and my screen is certainly wider than 100 >characters, but perhaps it is not uncommon for a reader to wrap >if you put that extra twenty spaces after an 80 character line? I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your newsreader. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:28:46 +0000 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3C416F6E.60D52B99@hotmail.com> References: <3C3F43EB.50B3D37D@hotmail.com> <87qu3usrsbdftel1r3vicsa3qnf3qlciie@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.181.212.229 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010921085 29896257 212.181.212.229 (16 [58193]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.181.212.229!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26908 drsquare wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Richard Thrippleton wrote: > > > > > > Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? > > > 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. > > > > It was wrapped at the sending end. > > It can't be my client, as the line width was perfectly adequate. Still, it was wrapped at the sending end. Why not go to alt.test and do some experimenting... -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ ####-[.]\ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd /[.]-\\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _)} == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T # ||\ ###### From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:49:26 +0000 Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3C417446.1F86C11A@hotmail.com> References: <2hdu3usd9mmtpt3350r2uti7vapg6spejj@4ax.com> <4cqu3u4t9av23vgi10cte0dpprmm5nf1tg@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.181.212.229 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010922325 29896257 212.181.212.229 (16 [58193]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.181.212.229!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26906 Joaquim Gāndara wrote: > MMMMD / EDMMDE __ EDMMDE \DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > MMMMD/ _.EDMMDE _DMMD_ EDMMDE_ \DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > MMMM _DMMMDDDE DMMD EDDDMMMD_ TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > MT" DMMMMMDDDE DMMMMD EDDDMMMMMD "TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > DMMMMMMMDDE DMMMMMMD EDDMMMMMMMD "TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > DMMMMMMMDE' DMMMMMMD `EDMMMMMMMD "TMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > _MMMMMMMM DMMMMMMD MMMMMMMD._ "TMMMMMMMMMMM > _______MMMMMMMMMM___ DMMMMD______MMMMMMMMMMM_________________"TMMMMMMMM `VMA. .AMV' MMMMM / MHMMHM __ MHMMHM `VMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMV/ .AMHMMHM _MMMM_ MHMMHM. `MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMV .AMMMHHHM MMMM MHHHMMMA. `VMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MV' AMMMMMHHHM AMMMMA MHHHMMMMMA `VMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM AMMMMMMMHHV AMMMMMMA VHHMMMMMMMA `VMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM VMMMMMMMHV' MMMMMMMM `VHMMMMMMMV `VMMMMMMMMMMMMMM .MMMMMMMM VMMMMMMV MMMMMMMM._ `VMMMMMMMMMMM _______AMMMMMMMMM___ VMMMMV______MMMMMMMMMMA_________________`VMMMMMMMM `Y8b. .d8P' 88888 / 808808 __ 808808 `Y88888888888888888888888 8888P/ .d808808 _8888_ 808808. `888888888888888888888888 888P .d8880008 8888 8000888b. `Y8888888888888888888888 8P' d888880008 d8888b 800088888b `Y88888888888888888888 d888888800P d888888b Y008888888b `Y88888888888888888 Y88888880P' 88888888 `Y08888888P `Y88888888888888 .88888888 Y888888P 88888888._ `Y88888888888 _______d888888888___ Y8888P______8888888888b_________________`Y88888888 -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ ####-[.]\ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd /[.]-\\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _)} == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T # ||\ ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2ke34uk8c5r1a2mgri93r8hb2uie6kd6up@4ax.com> References: <3C3F43EB.50B3D37D@hotmail.com> <87qu3usrsbdftel1r3vicsa3qnf3qlciie@4ax.com> <3C416F6E.60D52B99@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-131-158.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1010941010 19469 213.1.131.158 (13 Jan 2002 16:56:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@helle.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:56:50 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26946 On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:28:46 +0000, in alt.ascii-art, (Veronica Karlsson ) wrote: >drsquare wrote: >> Veronica Karlsson wrote: >> > Richard Thrippleton wrote: >> > > >> > > Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? >> > > 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. >> > >> > It was wrapped at the sending end. >> >> It can't be my client, as the line width was perfectly adequate. > >Still, it was wrapped at the sending end. Why not go to alt.test and do >some experimenting... It showed up fine when I viewed it. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: yttrx@mutilation.net (.) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: 14 Jan 2002 01:33:44 GMT Lines: 35 Sender: abbie Message-ID: References: <3C3F43EB.50B3D37D@hotmail.com> <87qu3usrsbdftel1r3vicsa3qnf3qlciie@4ax.com> <3C416F6E.60D52B99@hotmail.com> <2ke34uk8c5r1a2mgri93r8hb2uie6kd6up@4ax.com> X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVYF/TtWndvCaivLoNnCKHR8jATBKk0g5ALnzfa1WU6N2a6IGSdiW0v4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jan 2002 01:33:44 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.5.11-20011225 ("Darkcell") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.3-STABLE (i386)) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:26983 In comp.os.linux.advocacy drsquare wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:28:46 +0000, in alt.ascii-art, > (Veronica Karlsson ) wrote: >>drsquare wrote: >>> Veronica Karlsson wrote: >>> > Richard Thrippleton wrote: >>> > > >>> > > Terry, did you get some lines of it wrapping around viewing in slrn? >>> > > 'cos I did(and use slrn), and am wondering why. >>> > >>> > It was wrapped at the sending end. >>> >>> It can't be my client, as the line width was perfectly adequate. >> >>Still, it was wrapped at the sending end. Why not go to alt.test and do >>some experimenting... > It showed up fine when I viewed it. Ok look, just stop using computers once and for all. Theyre obviously quite beyond you. -----. -- Theres a hole in the world like a great black pit and its filled with people who are filled with shit and the vermin of the world inhabit it ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:43:25 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 27 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!15104!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.litech.org!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!paradoxa.ogoense.net!sn-xit-04!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27012 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:33:04 -0500, in comp.os.linux.advocacy, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >> >>>>It wrapped for me. I haven't a clue why. >>> >>>Maybe it just doesn't like you. >> >>Agent loves me and I love Agent. Some people have reported it >>with other readers. Who's 'side' it is on isn't really >>important, I'm actually kind of interested in trying to dope it >>out. I heard one guy who used slrn had it wrap, too. Agent has >>"wrap or don't", and my screen is certainly wider than 100 >>characters, but perhaps it is not uncommon for a reader to wrap >>if you put that extra twenty spaces after an 80 character line? > >I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your >newsreader. So now you admit the problem was on your end? -- _aa=.=__ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '^^`)., `.___ % Thanks for your time % `"" '\( ,_.-'` % Hope it helps % \\ % Love - Max % . .. `' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-195-113.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011107188 12845 213.122.195.113 (15 Jan 2002 15:06:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:06:28 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27017 On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:43:25 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: > >>>Agent loves me and I love Agent. Some people have reported it >>>with other readers. Who's 'side' it is on isn't really >>>important, I'm actually kind of interested in trying to dope it >>>out. I heard one guy who used slrn had it wrap, too. Agent has >>>"wrap or don't", and my screen is certainly wider than 100 >>>characters, but perhaps it is not uncommon for a reader to wrap >>>if you put that extra twenty spaces after an 80 character line? >> >>I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your >>newsreader. > >So now you admit the problem was on your end? Who cares? If you don't like it, then don't read it. This will be the last episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:22:59 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 37 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!2600385!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!isdnet!sn-xit-02!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27058 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:43:25 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: > >>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >> >>>>Agent loves me and I love Agent. Some people have reported it >>>>with other readers. Who's 'side' it is on isn't really >>>>important, I'm actually kind of interested in trying to dope it >>>>out. I heard one guy who used slrn had it wrap, too. Agent has >>>>"wrap or don't", and my screen is certainly wider than 100 >>>>characters, but perhaps it is not uncommon for a reader to wrap >>>>if you put that extra twenty spaces after an 80 character line? >>> >>>I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your >>>newsreader. >> >>So now you admit the problem was on your end? > >Who cares? If you don't like it, then don't read it. We aren't talking about whether I liked it. The discussion is whether it wrapped, and why. >This will be the last >episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. I do hope you are as full of shit as last time you said that. ;-) -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** ###### From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 01:05:35 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3c4614c1$0$249$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.243.165.226 X-Trace: 1011225793 dread04.news.tele.dk 249 62.243.165.226 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.162.153.118!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27080 [T.Max spends lots of time trying to make Dr. [] see reason] > T. Max Devlin > *** The best way to convince another is > to state your case moderately and > accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** "And if that doesn't work, it's time to make full use of the LART." - CeeJay obascii : (a LART) .---. | | | | | | | | | | `. ,' | | | | | | | | `. .' [=] [=] [=] [=] [=] (___) ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:44:09 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5kuc4u8t36e9h7pi875g5db28slj4l4bnr@4ax.com> References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-129-201.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1011253449 1751 213.1.129.201 (17 Jan 2002 07:44:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:44:09 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27079 On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:22:59 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>>>I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your >>>>newsreader. >>> >>>So now you admit the problem was on your end? >> >>Who cares? If you don't like it, then don't read it. > >We aren't talking about whether I liked it. The discussion is >whether it wrapped, and why. Who cares? If you want it not wrapped, view the actual text file in a text editor. >>This will be the last >>episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. > >I do hope you are as full of shit as last time you said that. I never said that before. Anyway, any further episodes would just be a let down after the latest one. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:20 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <3c4614c1$0$249$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 66 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27113 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard CeeJay say: >[T.Max spends lots of time trying to make Dr. [] see reason] > >> T. Max Devlin >> *** The best way to convince another is >> to state your case moderately and >> accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** > >"And if that doesn't work, it's time to make full use of the LART." - CeeJay > >obascii : > >(a LART) > > .---. > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > `. ,' > | | > | | > | | > | | > `. .' > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > (___) > > > Despite the fact that I am an American, I've always envisioned a LART (Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool, for the newbies) as more of an English cricket bat than an American baseball bat. .---. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \ / `. .' [=] [=] [=] [=] [=] (___) -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:22 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <5kuc4u8t36e9h7pi875g5db28slj4l4bnr@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 42 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27110 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:22:59 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: > >>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>>>>I meant the episode didn't like you. It was designed not to work on your >>>>>newsreader. >>>> >>>>So now you admit the problem was on your end? >>> >>>Who cares? If you don't like it, then don't read it. >> >>We aren't talking about whether I liked it. The discussion is >>whether it wrapped, and why. > >Who cares? If you want it not wrapped, view the actual text file in a text >editor. Just how dense are you planning on being? I'm trying to figure out why; I already know how to work around such trivial problems. I'm more interested in making them go away. >>>This will be the last >>>episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. >> >>I do hope you are as full of shit as last time you said that. > >I never said that before. Sure you did. AFAIR, you've said the same thing after every strip you've posted. >Anyway, any further episodes would just be a let >down after the latest one. It wasn't _that_ good. ;-D -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:54:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <5kuc4u8t36e9h7pi875g5db28slj4l4bnr@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-202-4.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1011455675 11165 213.122.202.4 (19 Jan 2002 15:54:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:54:35 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27108 On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:22 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>>We aren't talking about whether I liked it. The discussion is >>>whether it wrapped, and why. >> >>Who cares? If you want it not wrapped, view the actual text file in a text >>editor. > >Just how dense are you planning on being? I'm trying to figure out why; I >already know how to work around such trivial problems. I'm more interested in >making them go away. They can go away, by viewing the original text file in a text editor. >>>>This will be the last >>>>episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. >>> >>>I do hope you are as full of shit as last time you said that. >> >>I never said that before. > >Sure you did. AFAIR, you've said the same thing after every strip you've >posted. No, this is the first time I've ever said it, so be quiet. >>Anyway, any further episodes would just be a let >>down after the latest one. > >It wasn't _that_ good. ;-D Well then, I won't do any more. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:54:37 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <3c4614c1$0$249$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-202-4.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1011455677 11165 213.122.202.4 (19 Jan 2002 15:54:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:54:37 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27114 On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:20 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >Despite the fact that I am an American, I've always envisioned a LART (Luser >Attitude Readjustment Tool, for the newbies) as more of an English cricket bat >than an American baseball bat. > > .---. > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > \ / > `. .' > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > (___) You forgot the bit down the middle: .---. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \ | / `. .' [=] [=] [=] [=] [=] (___) -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:42:54 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <3c4614c1$0$249$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 76 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!freenix!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27136 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:20 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: > >>Despite the fact that I am an American, I've always envisioned a LART (Luser >>Attitude Readjustment Tool, for the newbies) as more of an English cricket bat >>than an American baseball bat. >> >> .---. >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> \ / >> `. .' >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> (___) > >You forgot the bit down the middle: > > .---. > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > \ | / > `. .' > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > (___) I tried it, but thought it was overdone. Maybe: .---. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^ | \ / `. .' [=] [=] [=] [=] [=] (___) I don't have a model to work from, though. -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** ###### From: T. Max Devlin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:42:55 -0500 Organization: the 'net Message-ID: Reply-To: tmax@localnet.com References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <5kuc4u8t36e9h7pi875g5db28slj4l4bnr@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 49 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!paradoxa.ogoense.net!sn-xit-04!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27135 In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:22 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: > >>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>>>We aren't talking about whether I liked it. The discussion is >>>>whether it wrapped, and why. >>> >>>Who cares? If you want it not wrapped, view the actual text file in a text >>>editor. >> >>Just how dense are you planning on being? I'm trying to figure out why; I >>already know how to work around such trivial problems. I'm more interested in >>making them go away. > >They can go away, by viewing the original text file in a text editor. I meant existentially, as in never recurring in any other efforts, either. You see, I don't even care if you don't want my help fixing your little problem; I'm going to try to help you anyway. >>>>>This will be the last >>>>>episode you will have the opportunity to read, so enjoy it. >>>> >>>>I do hope you are as full of shit as last time you said that. >>> >>>I never said that before. >> >>Sure you did. AFAIR, you've said the same thing after every strip you've >>posted. > >No, this is the first time I've ever said it, so be quiet. Pedantry will not help you. >>>Anyway, any further episodes would just be a let >>>down after the latest one. >> >>It wasn't _that_ good. ;-D > >Well then, I won't do any more. That's what you said last time, too. -- T. Max Devlin *** The best way to convince another is to state your case moderately and accurately. - Benjamin Franklin *** ###### From: Jim Richardson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special. Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:39:32 -0800 Organization: Erisian claw Lines: 100 Message-ID: References: <40l14uk919m23e9ssjh5lf3nh3d0n74vno@4ax.com> <17t14ukb0036hbehemcimuertt5klim40r@4ax.com> <3spb4u0j7hgubkirsj7k7tdqsc8mrma666@4ax.com> <3c4614c1$0$249$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12-228-171-40.client.attbi.com (12.228.171.40) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1011608227 34855837 12.228.171.40 (16 [123308]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!102929!news.imp.ch!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!12-228-171-40.client.attbi.COM!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27151 On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:42:54 -0500, T Max Devlin wrote: > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say: >>On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:15:20 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, >> (T. Max Devlin ) wrote: >> >>>Despite the fact that I am an American, I've always envisioned a LART (Luser >>>Attitude Readjustment Tool, for the newbies) as more of an English cricket bat >>>than an American baseball bat. >>> >>> .---. >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> | | >>> \ / >>> `. .' >>> [=] >>> [=] >>> [=] >>> [=] >>> [=] >>> (___) >> >>You forgot the bit down the middle: >> >> .---. >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | | >> \ | / >> `. .' >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> [=] >> (___) > > I tried it, but thought it was overdone. Maybe: > > .---. > | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | ^ | > \ / > `. .' > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > (___) > > I don't have a model to work from, though. > > .---. > |\ /| > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | /^\ | > \/ \/ > `. .' > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > [=] > (___) You forgot the beveled bits... -- Jim Richardson Anarchist, pagan and proud of it www.eskimo.com/~warlock Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.