Re: What is obascii?

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:54:37 +1300, Matthew Thomas
<mpt...@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

>David Rekowski wrote:
>>...
>> I have seen lots of ob-asciis, but couldn't figure out what it exactly
>> means.
>> Could somone tell me please?
>>...
>
>ObASCII, n. ASCII picture inserted in otherwise non-pictorial messages
>  sent to <news:alt.ascii-art>. Including an ObASCII in messages is an
>  unregulated moral code; it is intended to increase the quantity of
>  pictures, slow down flame wars (by encouraging people to draw a
>  picture while their temper subsides), and generally improve the
>  signal-to-noise ratio of the group. [Coined by Matthew Thomas, circa
>  1998, but may have been used earlier by others; OB- abbr. of
>  /obligatory/, + ASCII; modelled after similar terms in other Usenet
>  groups, e.g. ObASR for obligatory luser story in
>  <news:alt.sysadmin.recovery>]
>

>Matthew `mpt' Thomas
>ASCII art FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/faq/

OK, guess I should keep my mouth shut, so I will.

obascii:

      .-.
  '. :   :
   '.-'-'
 Balloon and string, floating on breeze.




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