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X11 in ASCII

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-the-hell-not dept.

ChristTrekker submitted a story that we probably have run once upon a time, but hey, it's a holiday weekend, and who doesn't enjoy reading about a X11 in ASCII graphics? Complete with screenshots and code for you do it yourselfers. I like the enlightenment screenshots. Painful.

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  1. slashdotted? by Blob+Pet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe the screenshots should have been done in ascii instead of jpeg?

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    1. Re:slashdotted? by catmaker · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Not really insightful. The JPEGs on the site were ones I took in a hurry just to get *some* pictures to show people.

      The week after I created the GIFs, which were a lot sharper, and smaller files.

      And as to why I shouldn't have 'big' files? Well, who expects a slashdotting?

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  2. Re:cool but banal by leshert · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, it wasn't intended to be useable (or even)useful). It was intended as a fun diversion for the author, and to that end, I imagine it was successful.

  3. Re:ascii dvd-player (mplayer) by catmaker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, then what did I say after that? I did it for shits'n'giggles, and for the geek factor.

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  4. Re:ascii dvd-player (mplayer) by catmaker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A bit defensive, aren't you?

    Maybe, but you lot are so bloody negative about everything. Oh, this is wrong, that's wrong, wrong shade of blue there. What's wrong with saying "in spite of being almost useless, this is actually fairly neat"? That's what I set out for, and that's what I got out of it. If anyone else likes it, that's a bonus. If not, I ain't sobbing.

    See?

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