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GG- In ASCII



The GG Emoticon & other recent images reminded me of a Mac 
shareware program called ASCII Art Converter that I've had 
kicking around for a while but never actually tried. Here's 
how it interprets a familiar photo of GG, from the 
nineteen-fifties or so:

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|                              __                                |
|                          __| ~)(.  __"M(.                      |
|                       ."M"M.)"M"M"M"M"M"M,                     |
|                     ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M                    |
|                   ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M|                   |
|                   |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M                  |
|                 |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M^~"M"M                  |
|                "M"M(^"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M|    '"M|                 |
|               |"M"M` "M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M| (.                      |
|               |~).)"M"M(^~)"M"M"M"M"M                          |
|                "M"M"M"M(.   '(^^~            ,                 |
|                "M"M"M"M"M|      |           ||                 |
|                "M"M"M"M"M____.)(^`          ||   |             |
|               |"M"M"M.)(^"M"M"M            .)|   |             |
|               '"M"M"M~),  |^~"M,  '     ."M"M(..)"M            |
|                 '^~^~`    '   '(.     '"M"M(^"M"M"M            |
|                               ."M.)(.__  (^  "M"M(^            |
|                                ` ~)"M"M"M`   "M"M"M            |
|                                      ^~      "M"M"M            |
|                                              ~)"M"M            |
|                                               |"M"M            |
|(.                                             |"M(^            |
|"M"M"M__"M"M"M(.                                "M"M"M"M        |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M                                ~)"M(^`  |^~"M__|
|"M"M"M"M"M^~`  '                                  ^~`          '|
|"M"M"M"M"M,                                                  .  |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M    __ '(.                  ,                     ^~|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M(.  "M,  |  __,                                .,   |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M, ^~^~      ~)"M|                           ` "M(.|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M(.         ',     ~).)"M"M(."M"M"M"M____     '"M"M|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M|              ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M           |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M(.     _|
|________________________________________________________________|

Some distance helps, but it's a pretty cool effect, like screening 
a photograph. A non-proportional font, like Monaco or Geneva, set 
at nine point or less is recommended. 

regards, Josh Randall

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