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# .


grrr. the ascii is too long to stick on the board. not fair.

EDIT: Click for texty
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:12, archived)
# Oh my god.
That is fantastically woo, and much yay!

Edit: will you marry me? I can have the operation!
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:13, archived)
# Too long you say?
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(I helped save b3ta! gingerbenji wrote a book http://goo.gl/8UiGjd, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:54, archived)
# That
is rather spiffingly spectacular - a singularly excellent helicopter, with fantastic supporting acts too!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:14, archived)
# I can't claim it all as all my own
it's various bits of ascii art cut and pasted together.

The ladder / man / sea, i.e the crap bits were handdrawn tho.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# Well
it's the whole that counts here, isn't it?

"Photoshopping" with ASCII, what could be more b3tan? :-D
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:19, archived)
# it's called
notepadding
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:25, archived)
# I'm using noted
which is a text editor written by cal.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:32, archived)
# An alternative to Notepad, eh?
What animation program comes with it, TextReady or ASCIIShop?

"How do you guys write your excellent posts?"
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:38, archived)
# haha
nice
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:14, archived)
# Is that real?
Etc, etc
Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:14, archived)
# heard you got your
dates wrong :)
(I helped save b3ta! curry monster, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:15, archived)
# 'shuffles feet"
Yeah.
Where you there? What's your excuse?
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# I was in the Rad earlier that evening
spookily enough, but had to go and see a man about a dog
(I helped save b3ta! curry monster, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:20, archived)
# Sorry we missed you
Click here to see what you managed to avoid ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# does djdirect
ALWAYS look pissed?
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:23, archived)
# yes
.
(I helped save b3ta! curry monster, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:23, archived)
# i tihnk it's a fine line
and i'm not sure *look* really a necessary word...
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:26, archived)
# He was very together
on Friday. We had a lovely time. Shame the rest of you could'nt make it.
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:26, archived)
# none of the rest of use knew ;)
you do keep your little trysts so secret...
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:28, archived)
# We'd booked our babysitters
for the saturday... ;)

Sorry you got the wrong date down hon, dunno how that happened - it was right in scheduler and the flyer!

Maybe next time.
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:29, archived)
# Just being a muppet
I guess. We couldn't have done Saturday anyway, as our babysitters were busy..
Next time....
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:33, archived)
# hahah,
thank you - i was cooking me tea - i was way plastered when i left though. not unlike saturday, and sunday. and monsterous hangover the last two days - just going now in time for football tonight, hurrah!
(I helped save b3ta! djdirect, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:06, archived)
# woo
havent seen those pictures before - i did go to see the rugby in the afternoon, so i have an excuse, sigh....

*never drinking again, FACT, good job theres no drinking going on on the 11th...*
(I helped save b3ta! djdirect, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:47, archived)
# how do you
put that kind of text on the board ( I know that is a screen shot, but how would you normally do it?)

I tried to do a picture with letters in here, but it never worked...... kept deleting extra spaces and the like!
(I helped save b3ta! @stephenshortt Jaysus it's been a while!, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:15, archived)
# <pre> tags?</pre>
They allow images, text etc to be displayed as is
         but only in this font
(Helga, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:16, archived)
# pre tags?

      like
   This
                 then
or
    is
          there
  something
             wrong
?
(I helped save b3ta! @stephenshortt Jaysus it's been a while!, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# double line spacing
on anything other than IE, I think.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# Must
be a
Windoze
thing.
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:25, archived)
# Yay you've
notepaded it!
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:15, archived)
# crikey
you're member no. 11!
how many members are there? and who's no. 1?
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:15, archived)
# i am not a number i'm a f...
oh, wait, i'm number 1745
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# Cal is number 1
Pep's number 2, most of the rest of the early numbers aren't used...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# we've been saving them for the
four horsemen of the webpocalypse. brokengif, 404, bandwidth and er ..
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:20, archived)
# Jeff?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# redex?
(Helga, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:22, archived)
# Why don't you
look and see?
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:19, archived)
# thats a good idea
member 1. buttercups has been a member for 33 years. 2. pep 1 yr 193 days. 3. not_real member for ages. 15 frontpages. and so on
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:33, archived)
# neil is member 8
been a member for 1 yr 200 days and posted 1 message
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:35, archived)
# number 9. jack
no posts.
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:36, archived)
# no. 10 . crab bloke
58 frontpages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:37, archived)
# no. 11 rob
him, cal and pep run this place,
47 frontpages. "I've actually sat there and counted links from clickthrus from images VS text. Text wins. By a fucking mile."
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:40, archived)
# no 12. zanussi-beatz
3 front pages.
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:43, archived)
# no 13. monkeon
has this great pic in his profile :

191 FRONTPAGES! - who has the most?
do you want to employ me as a b3ta member researcher?
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:44, archived)
# no. 14 nicey
has favourite buscuits in order in his/her profile. 5 frontpages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:46, archived)
# no 15 phil
no messages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:50, archived)
# no 16 lion
7 messages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:51, archived)
# no 17 - plasticmachines
3 messages - he/she likes icecream
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:53, archived)
# To help you out
Hugo Rune did a list of all the users+ids just before Christmas (I think).

It might be an idea to ask if anyone has the link or try searching the spazz...
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:54, archived)
# no 18 - hal9000
15 frontpages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:55, archived)
# no 19 - Makes_Tea-with_Ocelots
0 messages
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:58, archived)
# no 20 - chimpy
141 messages
0 frontpages
ah i'm off for a tea break, i'll continue tomoorrow
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:59, archived)
# no 21. fatskier
4 frontpages. 17 messages! crikey, that's a high message to frontpage ratio. do you think it's the highest?
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:06, archived)
# no 22. doh i can't get the pages to show anymore.
ah well. i suppose it gets me out of this loop i seem to have got into.
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:08, archived)
# that was me + cal + peps old boss
.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:40, archived)
# Too much time + hands + ascii + Rob =
youwayhoupla
(I helped save b3ta! Darryn.R, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:16, archived)
# Yet another repost opportunity...

I think it's fair to say we've all had a go at that image
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:18, archived)
# I haven't
(Helga, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:20, archived)
# Ok
then it's fair to say most of us have had a go etc...
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# well, if there are over 10000 b3tans,
do you think over 5000 have had a try?
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:26, archived)
# i haven't
and wouldn't...
never done no hands neither.. nor a kitten...
unless you count "how to skin a cat" which is rather horrid.

and no - cos i doubt 5000 even post pics with any regularity - loads of the 11,000 just lurk/get newsletter.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:41, archived)
# I haven't either and don't expect to.
I think i might have done 1 no hands, and 1 the fear.
I think Joshua should do some further statistical investigations, how many active board members do we have?
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:50, archived)
# Jesus!
What is this? A Pedants convention?
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:21, archived)
# mmmmiiiiiiiinnnnnnndddddddddd
ppppppi..ahh can't be arsed.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# I
haven't.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:21, archived)
# I knew a girl like that once....
everyone had a go.....
(I helped save b3ta! @stephenshortt Jaysus it's been a while!, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:22, archived)
# what was her name?
Raleigh?
(Helga, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:25, archived)
# Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I forget... Oh yeah... Poooooooooost
best pic ever, unless it RedEx's on me again.
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:37, archived)
# you could have posted a link to the txt file
if you felt it was too big for the board ;)
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:19, archived)
# I have now ...
www.b3ta.com/images/b3ta/heli.txt
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:23, archived)
# wow!
thanks. :-D
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:26, archived)
# if you highlight the sea,
it makes it blue :)
(joshwa ultra lurker, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:28, archived)
# hahahaha
ingenious!
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 15:38, archived)
# an apt

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| |  __   / /  | | | | | | | |       \ \/ /     / /| |  \ \/ /  
| | /  | / /   | | | | | | | |        \  /     / / | |   \  /   
| |/   |/ /    | |_| | | |_| |        / /     / /  | |   / /    
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(Seany boy, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:11, archived)
# i
like it and give it a


WOO YAY HOUPLA
(Kazoooooooo, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 20:07, archived)
# hmmm... here be my


new woo... please tlel if too big/gaudy yadda
(Squidge, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 20:29, archived)