Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 31 Jan 1997.
A World of Stars
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 31 Jan 1997
Agust announced: >: There is a new on-line service up and runing that lets ywrite your >: most favorit moviestar for FREE! Check it out today! >: URL http://www.centrum.is/~gusti/write Susan C. Mitchell <sus...@primenet.com> responded: >We Jittloviani can do that right *here*, silly. An tHiS runing *moviSTar* wil korek nd reerite yewr speling, 2! ;-D Sue added: >Think globally, act locally. On that note, a little Jittlovian ascii... _____________________________________________________________________ [View/print ASCII pix with Courier, Monaco or other monospaced fonts] MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ::::. `::::::. :::::. :::::: ::::: ::::: :::::: .::::: .::::::' .:::: ::::::. ::::::: `::::: :::::. :::: :::: .::::: :::::' ::::::: .:::::: `:::::::.`::::::.`::::: `` '' :::::'.::::::'.:::::::' . `:::::::.`:::::.`` ..:oo888888888888oo:.. ''.:::::'.:::::::' . ::. `:::::::.`` ..oo8888"""" """"8888oo.. ':'.:::::::' .:: :::::.`::::' .oo888""" If the Earth """888oo. ':::::'.::::: `::::::.`` o888"" were only a few feet in ""888o :'.::::::' . `::::` .o88"" diameter and floating a few feet ""88o '::::' . :::. ` o88" above a field somewhere, people would "88o ' .::: ::::` o88" come from everywhere to marvel at it. People "88o ':::: `::` o88" would circle around it, marveling at its large "88: '::' :. o88 pools of water, at its little pools, and all the 88o .: :` o88' water flowing between the pools. They would marvel `88o ': : :88" at the very thin layer of special gases surrounding "88: : . o88' it, and at all the water suspended within the gases. `88o . .88o People would marvel at all the many creatures walking o88. :.88o about the surface of the ball, and also the many more o88.: ::88o creatures in the water. The people would then declare o88:: :'88o the ball supremely precious, because it was the only o88': '888. one they would ever have, and they would protect it, 888' . "88: so that it would never be harmed. The ball would be :88" . : `88o the greatest wonder known, and people would come to o88' : :. "88. behold it, be healed by it, to gain its knowledge, .88" .: '. 888. to feel its beauty and to wonder how it could be. .888 .` .:: 888. People would love it, and defend it with their .888 ::. :::: `888. very lives, because they would each somehow .888" :::: :::'. "88o realize their lives, their own roundness, o88" ..`::: ' .:::. "88o. could not exist without it. If the .o88" .::::. ` ::::::::'. `888o.. Earth were only a few feet ..o888' .`:::::::: ::::::'.:::. `"888oo... in diameter. ...oo888""' .:::.`:::::: :::'.:::::::'.. `""8888oo:.... ....:oo88888""' ..`:::::::.`::: ' .:::::::'.::::: .. `"""88888MJittlov88888"""' .. ::::::.`:::::::. ` ::::::::'.:::::'.::::. :..... .... .... ....: .::::.`::::::.`:::::::: ::::::'.::::::'.::::: .::::: .:::: ::::. ::::. :::::.`:::::::.`:::::: ---- -------- ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------- -------- ---- // //////// /////// /////// |||||| |||||| \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\ /////// ////////aa%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%aa\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ /// ///a@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@a\\\ \\\ ///a@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@a\\\ /////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@\\\\\ //////////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%\\\\\\\\\\\ /////////////////////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW The above inscription is at the center of Wells Cathedral in Wells, England, and typeset within a two-foot circle. Although no author is credited, it's positioned next to a photo of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, smiling amid a cheering crowd. I copied it down, in Oct'95, and ascii-transcribed it for the Internet. Pass it on... _____________________________________________ ___._`.*.'_._ _________ Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc . . + * .o o.* `.`. +. 902 Maltman, L.A., CA 90026-2714 ' * . ' ' |\^/| `. * . * . (213) No-Human (noon, to moon) (: May All Your \V/ Good Dreams <& alt.fan.mike-jittlov> and Fine Wishes /_\ Come True:) ================================================== _/ \_ ============ "A small drop of ink...makes thousands...think." -- Byron [Special Tonight! Alternative Quote!!] "Mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to extinction. Let us pray we choose correctly." -- Woody Allen
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