X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a162f5bc434b87b7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: CJRandall Subject: Re: [Wolf] big ascii wolf symbol Date: 1999/01/05 Message-ID: <0oTenDAyhbk2EwUX@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 428926732 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 References: <19990105004749.00849.00012114@ng-fi1.aol.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 915519692 nnrp-03:29401 NO-IDENT shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 Organization: me? organised? MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Spunk1111 writes >>Message-id: > >I think the point VK was making is whether >or not one should 'initial' or take credit for >a converted pic-- one that is created via >special software... > >It's a valid question. If you don't create the >gif... you don't create the special software >or program... and there is no diddling or artistic >tweaking afterwards, is it really deserving >of your initials for credit? Can you (or should >you) take credit for the ASCII "art"? > >This particular situation is different as the >person who posted the ASCII pic also >created the gif that it was converted from. > >However, it is a thought-- perhaps we can >generate discussion about this... (hopefully >without being argumentative...) >-joan [][ yep ... i agree with you ... altho' i had read the posts concerning his authorship of the converted material ... ... perhaps an idea to issue a URL to the source gif used with any conversions ... (perhaps like Joris did?) ... plus prog.version used ... and a suggestion to tidy-up the edges or any 'colour' over-flood? my regard to this question is that basically the 'inits' say "you saw it here first!" ... whatever [obasc] s_z bleat! S(")3 bleat! S"S"S` `"3 /Ss s S 3 ....u'd've ne'er gues'd... i'd ney sed 'bleat!' '"||""""||" [translation:- you would have never ever guessed if i had not said bleat!"] (-:-easier to say in a north-english/north-britain accent as above-:-) 5jan99 [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___")