Just noticed in the readme for asciiquarium, a perlscript that fills a terminal with a aquarium/sea animation by Kirk Baucom:

Contributors
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Pretty much all of the ASCII art was done by Joan Stark:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/

Anything that she didn't do, I don't have a source for.


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In alt.ascii-art, <ron@shiftinnull.ronnet.moc> wrote:

Just noticed in the readme for asciiquarium, a perlscript that fills a terminal with a aquarium/sea animation by Kirk Baucom:

Script and readme here:

https://github.com/Eli-the-Bearded/vt100-slowcat/tree/master/misc-old-code/asciiquarium

Elijah
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a lot of Joan's art got reused

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On Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 4:20:32 AM UTC+5:30, Eli the Bearded wrote:

In alt.ascii-art, <r...@shiftinnull.ronnet.moc> wrote:

Just noticed in the readme for asciiquarium, a perlscript that fills a terminal with a aquarium/sea animation by Kirk Baucom:

Script and readme here:

https://github.com/Eli-the-Bearded/vt100-slowcat/tree/master/misc-old-code/asciiquarium

Elijah
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a lot of Joan's art got reused

.......
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';xXz+;,,,,;;+xxxx+;,,;;+x+'
';+zmmzzzz++xxxzzx;''
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In alt.ascii-art, Mriganka Kumar Sarma <banijoon2@gmail.com> wrote:

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';xXz+;,,,,;;+xxxx+;,,;;+x+'
';+zmmzzzz++xxxzzx;''
''''''

That looks like a globe that lost all leading whitespace.

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;+x+;,,,,,,;;;;,,,;;+++;,,,,;xx,
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;zmx;+;,,,,,xUXx+;;;+z;++++x++;;;+,,xm,,,,+;++x+
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+z+;;;,,,,+zz+x+xxxx+;;xmmmXmzzxmmxxx+U+,,,,,;++x+.
+z++z;,,,,,,mxxx+++;;;;;+mmXYXXYYzzzzU+,,,,,,,;;++,
+z+;,,,,,,,;X;z++;;;;;;;+zmzxzzmUUUXXm,,,,,,,,;,++.
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'z++;+,,,,,,,,;xXz+,,;;;;;;;;;,,zx,,zm+;,,+++;+x
+z;;;++,,,,,,,++;,,,;;,,,,;,,,,xmzxmm+x,;x;++x'
+mx;;;,,,,,,+x;;;;,,,,,,,,,,,,;;mmmY;,,+++;x'
;mx,;++;,,,m+;;,,,,,,,,;;x+++;;;mmmx,x;,+x'
'zmx+++;,;z+;;;,,,,;++x+;;;,,,,;mx;;,;++'
;mmz,;;+;,,;+xxxx+;,,;;;;,,,,,xx,x++'
'zXz;,++xx+;;;,,,,,,;xzmXXx+++x;'
';xXz+;,,,,;;+xxxx+;,,;;+x+'
';+zmmzzzz++xxxzzx;''
''''''

Nope. It's Thomas Jefferson on a nickel (US five cent coin).

Elijah
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http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-06-24


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On Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:36:56 +0100, Eli the Bearded wrote:

That looks like a globe that lost all leading whitespace.

[...]

Nope. It's Thomas Jefferson on a nickel (US five cent coin).

LOL

Nice!

*thumbs*up*

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On 07/02/2023 16:36, Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:36:56 +0100, Eli the Bearded wrote:

That looks like a globe that lost all leading whitespace.

[...]

Nope. It's Thomas Jefferson on a nickel (US five cent coin).

LOL

Nice!

*thumbs*up*

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43-lined signatures rule! :)

then you'll like mine...

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