From: Steve O'Hara-Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:26:24 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo NL Lines: 11 Message-ID: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p645.vcu.wanadoo.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: scavenger.euro.net 1006286244 37369 194.134.201.173 (20 Nov 2001 19:57:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:57:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!news2.euro.net!news.euronet.nl!ams-gw.sohara.org!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94710 Try this: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: 21 Nov 01 10:45:13 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: <656.725T651T6454040@sky.bus.com> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-428.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews3 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94750 In article javnews@earthlink.net (John Varela) writes: >On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:26:24, Steve O'Hara-Smith >wrote: > >> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > >Incredible! Ditto. I don't know whether I'm more amazed that someone would actually do something like this, or that it works just fine both on my Amiga and on my Linux box. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. I don't read top-posted messages. If you want me to see your reply, appropriately trim the quoted text and put your reply below it. ###### From: Peter N. M. Hansteen Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: 21 Nov 2001 16:36:06 +0100 Organization: Only to a certain degree Lines: 18 Message-ID: <87itc4qgpl.fsf@bgnett.no> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.54.103.99 Original-Sender: peter@bgnett.no X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!uninett.no!torget.bgnett.no!127.0.0.1!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94757 Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: > telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > > Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. I tried, but all I got was: bryggen:~> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl Trying 62.250.7.101... Connected to towel.blinkenlights.nl. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. Did they feel slashdotted, perhaps? -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team ###### From: "John Carlyle-Clarke" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:04:29 +0000 Organization: Europlacer Message-ID: References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> <87itc4qgpl.fsf@bgnett.no> User-Agent: Xnews/4.06.22 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 22 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!pc69.comconnect!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94838 Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote in news:87itc4qgpl.fsf@bgnett.no: > Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: > >> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl >> >> Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. > > I tried, but all I got was: > > bryggen:~> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > Trying 62.250.7.101... > Connected to towel.blinkenlights.nl. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > Did they feel slashdotted, perhaps? > I got that first time. Try again a few times, and it will eventually connect. Possibly a limit on simultaneous connections? ###### From: rsteiner@isis.visi.com (Richard C. Steiner) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc. Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX) Lines: 16 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:14:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.98.98.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@visi.com X-Trace: ruti.visi.com 1006366481 209.98.98.8 (Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:14:41 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:14:41 CST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!ruti.visi.com!rsteiner Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94824 In article <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net>, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > Try this: > >telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl You can also view it on the web here: http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ -- -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN Written online using slrn 0.9.5.4! The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then. ###### From: Steve O'Hara-Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:54:48 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo NL Lines: 25 Message-ID: <20011121195448.135700e8.steveo@eircom.net> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p1528.vcu.wanadoo.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: scavenger.euro.net 1006369013 67834 194.134.170.253 (21 Nov 2001 18:56:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:56:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!cleanfeed.casema.net!leda.casema.net!news2.euro.net!news.euronet.nl!ams-gw.sohara.org!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94805 On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:14:41 GMT rsteiner@isis.visi.com (Richard C. Steiner) wrote: RCS> In article <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net>, RCS> Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: RCS> RCS> > Try this: RCS> > RCS> >telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl RCS> RCS> You can also view it on the web here: RCS> RCS> http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ Hmm, steenkin Java in a browser :( I now have it as a perl script :) I will check to see if I can put it on line. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ ###### Sender: eric@ruckus.brouhaha.com From: Eric Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy. Date: 21 Nov 2001 11:06:05 -0800 Message-ID: Lines: 9 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: ruckus.brouhaha.com X-Trace: 21 Nov 2001 11:08:01 -0800, ruckus.brouhaha.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.he.net!news.kjsl.com!news.spies.com!ruckus.brouhaha.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94809 Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: > Try this: > > telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > > Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. Nothing happens; I just get "connection closed by foreign host". What do you expect it to do? ###### Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: 21 Nov 2001 21:55:49 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 23 Message-ID: <6uk7wj2696.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> <656.725T651T6454040@sky.bus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: chonsp.franklin.ch X-Trace: chonsp.franklin.ch 1006376149 689 10.0.3.2 (21 Nov 2001 20:55:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Nov 2001 20:55:49 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94841 "Charlie Gibbs" writes: > In article 64.157.63.119.Dial1.Washington1.Level3.net> javnews@earthlink.net > (John Varela) writes: > > >On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:26:24, Steve O'Hara-Smith > >wrote: > > > >> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > > Ditto. I don't know whether I'm more amazed that someone would > actually do something like this, or that it works just fine both > on my Amiga and on my Linux box. Me definitely the former. Both telnet and the implicit assumption of ANSI escape sequences are simple, old and debugged technologies. -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery ###### Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: 21 Nov 2001 21:57:20 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 22 Message-ID: <6uhern266n.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: chonsp.franklin.ch X-Trace: chonsp.franklin.ch 1006376240 689 10.0.3.2 (21 Nov 2001 20:57:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Nov 2001 20:57:20 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94842 Eric Smith writes: > Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: > > Try this: > > > > telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl > > > > Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. > > Nothing happens; I just get "connection closed by foreign host". > What do you expect it to do? Animated (by ANSI escape sequences) ASCII art rendering of the oldest StarWars film (up to when they are in the Death Star. Totally great. -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery ###### From: lysse.hates.spam@blueyonder.co.uk Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:34:03 +0000 Organization: lysse's domain Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> <87itc4qgpl.fsf@bgnett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-62-31-4-86-bf.blueyonder.co.uk (62.31.4.86) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1006374961 2714677 62.31.4.86 (16 [111955]) X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pc-62-31-4-86-bf.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94849 On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:04:29 +0000, John Carlyle-Clarke told alt.folklore.computers: : Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote in : news:87itc4qgpl.fsf@bgnett.no: :> Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: :> :>> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl :>> :>> Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. :> :> I tried, but all I got was: :> :> bryggen:~> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl :> Trying 62.250.7.101... :> Connected to towel.blinkenlights.nl. :> Escape character is '^]'. :> Connection closed by foreign host. :> :> Did they feel slashdotted, perhaps? : I got that first time. Try again a few times, and it will eventually : connect. Possibly a limit on simultaneous connections? Worked second time for me. Oh dear... do I have to watch the whole thing *again*??? But excellently done, guys, if you're reading this (which you almost certainly aren't) -- lysse at lysse dot co dot uk "Why are your problems always so much bigger than everyone else's?" "Because they're mine." -- Ally McBeal ###### From: Steve O'Hara-Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:09:41 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo NL Lines: 20 Message-ID: <20011121230941.79a4989b.steveo@eircom.net> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> <656.725T651T6454040@sky.bus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p430.vcu.wanadoo.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: scavenger.euro.net 1006380664 56924 194.134.201.30 (21 Nov 2001 22:11:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:11:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!news2.euro.net!news.euronet.nl!ams-gw.sohara.org!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94848 On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:10:14 GMT javnews@earthlink.net (John Varela) wrote: JV> I got tired of watching it and quit about the time Luke and his uncle JV> arrived to buy the 'droids. Did anyone watch it all the way through? Does JV> it do the whole movie? No, it gets up to just before the escape from the Death Star. I cheated and captured the whole stream - then played it back with a perl script :) The author does not want help and has no intention of hurrying - apparently he does this when very bored. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ ###### From: Steve O'Hara-Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:12:07 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo NL Lines: 20 Message-ID: <20011121231207.6cff2071.steveo@eircom.net> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p1246.vcu.wanadoo.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: scavenger.euro.net 1006380900 58209 194.134.203.227 (21 Nov 2001 22:15:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!fu-berlin.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!news2.euro.net!news.euronet.nl!ams-gw.sohara.org!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94851 On 21 Nov 2001 11:06:05 -0800 Eric Smith wrote: ES> Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: ES> > Try this: ES> > ES> > telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl ES> > ES> > Some people have *way* too much time on their hands. ES> ES> Nothing happens; I just get "connection closed by foreign host". ES> What do you expect it to do? Try again - there seems to be a connection limit. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ ###### From: hanss@sunhalle65.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Sebastian Hans) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: ASCII art taken to extremes Date: 22 Nov 2001 09:51:58 GMT Organization: TU =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=FCnchen,_Institut_f=FCr?= Informatik Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <9tihru$jmh$2@sunsystem5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <20011120202624.19fac80b.steveo@eircom.net> <656.725T651T6454040@sky.bus.com> <20011121230941.79a4989b.steveo@eircom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunhalle65.informatik.tu-muenchen.de User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (SunOS) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!193.190.198.17.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!uni-erlangen.de!lmu.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!hanss Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:94912 In article <20011121230941.79a4989b.steveo@eircom.net>, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:10:14 GMT >javnews@earthlink.net (John Varela) wrote: > >JV> I got tired of watching it and quit about the time Luke and his uncle >JV> arrived to buy the 'droids. Did anyone watch it all the way through? Does >JV> it do the whole movie? > > No, it gets up to just before the escape from the Death Star. > > I cheated and captured the whole stream - then played it back with >a perl script :) I cheated, too, and I was probably faster. Download the applet from www.asciimation.co.nz. It's all in there (well, up to where he got anyway). seb