On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 10:38 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 06:41 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > > How would a photo look printed on your Teletype 43? > > You need the ascii-art-plugin... (I just made that up, it's a joke, > don't ask how to get it.) > > There are programs that can do that, with some interesting results. But > the most interesting thing I saw was when I wondered what would happen > when I tried to use mplayer in a text console. I saw animated ASCII art > of the movie. > > And for those with too much time on their sleeve, go Googling for the > ASCII art version of Star Wars on someone's telnet server. ;-) Sounds like something I gotta find! <grins> I miss the old BBS days. Just think how fast your dsl connect would be using ASCII art? Ahhhh! World Peace and Brotherly Love. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
