Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 25 Jan 1996.
WARNING: Control Codes
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 11 messages · 25 Jan 1996 - 18 Oct 1998
In article <4e3qfp$gg...@tzlink.j51.com>, wol...@j51.com says... > >Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) on stardate 23 Jan 1996 16:42:53 GMT in alt.ascii-art about <4e336d$ir...@orm.southern.co.nz> wrote: > >> =================================================================== > >> WARNING > >> ==================================================================== > >> PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to >> ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup. > >> ==================================================================== > >but if you want to mess up someones computer possiblely make it blow up. >use control codes in posts. > What are the control codes? I'd like to make some color ascii pictures myself, but I don't know what codes to use. Any help or ftp site would be appreciated. No, I will not put them into my Subject and screw up other people's terminals on the Internet. I know how you feel, because I've had problems myself, with those color, blinking, etc. codes. Thanks, Paul Probus pro...@cnj.digex.net
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WARNING
====================================================================
PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
avoided entirely.
====================================================================
Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
and titles.
The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
things and can even cause a system to crash.
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
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Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) wrote: : =================================================================== : WARNING : ==================================================================== : PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to : ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup. Relax, it's only the net =) What trouble? hahaha [2J#8[?3\;5h\(0[?3\;5h[H[J[7m]
===================================================================
WARNING
====================================================================
PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to
ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.
It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.
If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !
Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
avoided entirely.
====================================================================
Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
and titles.
The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
things and can even cause a system to crash.
This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes.
====================================================================
Zain (mrd...@indy.net) wrote: >Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) wrote: > >: =================================================================== > >: WARNING > >: ==================================================================== > >: PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control or Animation Codes to >: ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup. >Relax, it's only the net =) What trouble? hahaha [...code deleted...]> hehehe...I'm quite relaxed... ========================================================================== Dear: [ ] Clueless Newbie [ ] Loser [ ] AOLer/Euronetter/PIer [x] indy.netter [ ] Me too er [ ] Pervert [ ] Geek [ ] Spammer [x] Nerd [ ] Elvis [ ] Fed [ ] Freak [ ] FLAMENET [ ] Other: Unbearably self-righteous person You Are Being Flamed Because: [ ] You posted a "test" in a newsgroup other than alt.test/nl.test [ ] You posted warez in pieces LESS than 5000 lines [x] You posted a binary in a non-binaries group [ ] You quoted an ENTIRE post in your reply [ ] You continued a long, stupid thread [ ] You started an off-topic thread [ ] You posted a "YOU ALL SUCK" message [ ] You said "me too" to something [ ] You don't know which group to post in [ ] You suck [ ] You brag about things that never happened [ ] Your sig/alias/server sucks [ ] You posted a (phone-sex) ad [ ] You posted something totally uninteresting [ ] You crossposted [ ] You posted a message all written in CAPS [ ] You posted racism shit [ ] I don't like your tone of voice [ ] I think you might be a member of CO$ [ ] I think you might be a fed To Repent, You Must: [ ] Give up your AOL/Euronet/Planet Internet account [ ] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it [ ] Jump into a bathtub while holding your monitor [x] Actually post something relevant [ ] Read the f****** FAQ [ ] Be Pat Buchanan's love slave [x] Be the guest of honor in alt.flame for a month [x] Apologize to everybody in this newsgroup [ ] Post your tests to alt.test/nl.test In Closing, I'd Like to Say: [ ] Blow me [ ] Get a life [ ] Never post again [ ] I pity your dog [ ] Go to hell [ ] I think your IQ must be 7 [ ] Take your s*** somewhere else [ ] Learn to post or f*** off [ ] Do us all a favor and jump into some industrial equipment [ ] See how far your tongue will fit into the electric outlet [x] All of the above End of Flame. ) ( ( ( ( ) () @@ ) (( ( ( ( )( @@ ( )) ) ( ( ( ( ()( /---\ (()( ( _______ ) ) )(@ !O O! )@@ ( ) ) ) < ____) ) ( ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( ) /--| |( o| ( ) ) ((@@(@@ !o! @@@@(@@@@@)() ( | > \___| ) ( @)@@)@ /---\-/---\ )@@@@@()( ) | /---------+ (@@@@)@@@( // /-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@( . | | \ =========______/|@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ . . | \ \\=========------\|@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ O @@@ /-\ @@@ O @@(@@)@@ @ . | \ \----+--\-))) @@@@@@@@@@ !! @@@@ % @@@@ !! @@)@@@ .. . | |\______|_)))/ . @@@@@@ !! @@ /---\ @@ !! @@(@@@ @ . . \__========== * . @@ /MM /\O O/\ MM\ @@@@@@@. . | |-\ \ ( . @ !!! !! \-/ !! !!! @@@@@ . | | \ \ ) . . @@@@ !! !! .(. @. .. . | | \ \ ( / .( . \)). ( |O )( O! @@@@ . ) . | | / / ) ( )). (( .) !! ((( !! @@ (. ((. . . | | / / () )) )) .( ( ( ) ). ( !! )( !! ) (( )) .. | |_< / ( ) ( ( ) ) (( ) )).) ((/ | ( | \( )) ((. ). ____<_____\\__\__(___)_))_((_(____))__(_(___.oooO_____Oooo.(_(_)_)((_ Have a nice day, ========================================================================== *8-) Bye,
Heh ok I admit it, and I apologize to everyone who's terminal was
effected in a bad way, I was just being a smartass and was in an odd mood.
*usually* I just write something crazy and then don't send it, you know,
just to get it out of my system, heh btw- that was a great flame ;) bravo!
I've been doing some stuff lately and you have my word that I will post
something nice very soon. I am working on a nice pentagram for morgie...
(hey we all get to have our days of being rebellious eh?)
(and btw- it wasn't really a binary I posted per se, though some of the
groups it got posted in *were* binary groups, not that it's any excuse
for being a smartass... hehe)
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Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) writes: > Hmm. Maybe the problem is with Southern InterNET service's software or > system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going > to read any postings from this guy in future. > > All the best... Colin wrote the FAQ and the charter of this newsgroup. Your reply reeks of ignorance of the problem that control codes can cause. NOT EVERYONE is using Netscpae to read news. There are Macs, PC, VT-100 terminals and UNIX systems. Just because it doesn't affect your system, doesn't mean it won't affect others. On my system UNIX box running Freeport software control codes (in fact last week in another NG) switched my screen to unreadable extended ASCII characters. I didn't even open the article, the poster thought it would be cute to put escape codes in his Subject header line. Darrell Larose | http://livewire.newforce.ca/darrell | dar...@.newforce.ca "Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down" (Ray Bradbury)
Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) writes: > Hmm. Maybe the problem is with Southern InterNET service's software or > system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going > to read any postings from this guy in future. > > All the best... Colin wrote the FAQ and the charter of this newsgroup. Your reply reeks of ignorance of the problem that control codes can cause. NOT EVERYONE is using Netscpae to read news. There are Macs, PC, VT-100 terminals and UNIX systems. Just because it doesn't affect your system, doesn't mean it won't affect others. On my system UNIX box running Freeport software control codes (in fact last week in another NG) switched my screen to unreadable extended ASCII characters. I didn't even open the article, the poster thought it would be cute to put escape codes in his Subject header line. Darrell Larose.. http://livewire.newforce.ca/darrell .. dar...@.newforce.ca "Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down" (Ray Bradbury)
Heh...You got "flashed" by a newsgroup subject. that's crazy. On 30 Sep 1997 19:51:06 GMT, ad6...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Darrell A. Larose) wrote: > >Dave Wallace (DS...@willows-end.demon.co.uk#nospam) writes: >> Hmm. Maybe the problem is with Southern InterNET service's software or >> system. I'm not worried about control codes and I am certainly not going >> to read any postings from this guy in future. >> >> All the best... > >Colin wrote the FAQ and the charter of this newsgroup. Your reply reeks >of ignorance of the problem that control codes can cause. NOT EVERYONE is >using Netscpae to read news. There are Macs, PC, VT-100 terminals and >UNIX systems. Just because it doesn't affect your system, doesn't mean >it won't affect others. On my system UNIX box running Freeport software >control codes (in fact last week in another NG) switched my screen to >unreadable extended ASCII characters. I didn't even open the article, >the poster thought it would be cute to put escape codes in his Subject >header line. > > > >Darrell Larose.. http://livewire.newforce.ca/darrell .. dar...@.newforce.ca > > "Living at risk is jumping off the cliff > and building your wings on the way down" (Ray Bradbury) > > RaD Man ACiD Productions http://www.acid.org
> The ones you mustn't use are control codes
does this mean that yuo cant put the letters in that order, or not press that
button?
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XSkreeemxX <xsk...@aol.come.norn> writes >> The ones you mustn't use are control codes > >does this mean that yuo cant put the letters in that order, or not press that >button? > >�~-=-~Jessica~-=-~� > [][ hi ... as an example ... what are those chars that delimit your name ? do you have to press the Ctrl or Alt key to get them ? obasc: === HHH HoH H/H / \ /...\ / \ o o + o o . : | ; . . `, | ,' , . `-.o.-` ,- :--. .--; `--.`-...-'.--' `-...-' [][ see yuz [][ colin -- ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
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