From: Michael DeHaan Date: 2004-12-09T02:26:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Duck images > In the end, we should have an ASCII equivalent of Quicktime VR. Have you ever seen "bb", which is an aalib demo? If not, you need to. "apt-get install bb" on debian. a Pure-Ruby aalib-type library would be interesting as heck! On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 02:10:30 +0900, why the lucky stiff wrote: > Brian Schr�der wrote: > > ># Franks Original Version: 186 Bytes > >... > ># Packed (RLE) and enhanced: 203 Bytes > ># Remove newlines > >... > ># Line-Broken Packed (RLE) and enhanced: 203 Bytes > >... > ># Shortened and enhanced: 172 Bytes > ># Remove newlines > >... > ># Line-Broken shortened and enhanced (Attention meaningfull newlines): > ># 170 Charakters including Newlines > >... > ># Line-Broken shortened and enhanced (Attention meaningfull newlines): > ># 170 Charakters including Newlines > ># Works also in a uxterm > >... > > > Great work everyone. Now, on to phase two. Here's my vision. > > We need to break the buck up into 3-dimensional cross sections. Then, > each of us will generate ASCII images of the duck at that point. Then, > we'll have our wizards here compress the cross-sections into code and > animate them. In the end, we should have an ASCII equivalent of > Quicktime VR. > > This would go a long way toward helping people accept Ruby. And making > the world a better place. And having more duck images. > > I think we have our first CodeFest. > > _why > >