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Comment by Brian on The Click That Could Cost You (December 28, 2024 02:44 PM)
(please see previous post) Just re-checked the page and it now shows the correct https protocol. Panic over, but mystery remains... ...
Comment by Brian on The Click That Could Cost You (December 28, 2024 02:38 PM)
My Firefox browser does not show "https://" for this web page but a man's silhouette with a red bar across it, suggesting that this very page is unsaf...
Comment by Kenton Eggleston on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 23, 2024 02:08 AM)
I am an ardent fan of Ask Bob, and I reside north of your alleged remarkably porous border. I too date all the way back to the Tourbus days, and while...
Comment by Betty Ross on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 22, 2024 09:46 PM)
We made ASCII pictures using manual typewriters during the 1950s through the 1970s. I taught typewriting and had many pages of instructions for diffe...
Comment by chris on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 22, 2024 02:38 PM)
Speaking of ascii pictures. You could turn the DOS blinking cursor into an ascii coded symbol or pic. So, instead if just a blinking dash you could ...
Comment by Renaud Olgiati on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 22, 2024 10:46 AM)
but remember if you try it that it only works with fixed spacing fonts......
Comment by Reed Davis on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 21, 2024 02:05 PM)
I was also a bus rider and worked the midnight shift which gave me time for unsupervised mischief. Time spent printing off ascii art. As I recall(?!...
Comment by DBA Steve on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 21, 2024 12:00 PM)
My introduction to these types of pictures pre-dates the general use of ASCII. When I was introduced to this sort of thing it was created using ...
Comment by Donna Sue Fraley on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 21, 2024 07:14 AM)
Ohhhh gosh, how this brought back memories! I was a rider on the Bus when it first came into being! And I do indeed remember when the squirrels starte...
Comment by howard on [WOW] ASCII Artwork - An Internet Treasure (December 21, 2024 02:34 AM)
I remember the days long ago when Steve and Johnnie, were on the overnight show on WGN radio, one day a week he would be on answering callers computer...
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