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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    12/17/08

    In reply to ASCII Art, Since 1948
    (.Y.)
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    Image of WildWon WildWon
    12/18/08

    @admoseremic: You've just created the best anti-disemvoweling comment ever.
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    Image of jdbaile3 jdbaile3
    12/18/08

    @WildWon:



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    i hope this looks like it does in the preview...
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/18/08

    @jdbaile3: I'm pretty sure it doesn't...
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    Image of jdbaile3 jdbaile3
    12/18/08

    @Rabid Penguin: No, not quite.


    You get the idea...

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    Image of Unspellable Unspellable
    12/18/08

    @jdbaile3: No. Not really.


    In Opera 10 and IE7: looks like a drunken caveman's writing.

    In FireFox 3.1beta: looks like a nightmare.


    Not until it is copied and pasted into gVim does it make sense.

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/18/08

    @unspellable: At first glance I thought it was an owl, but after looking at what he was replying too, I quickly figured it out ;c)
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    Image of wirelessdeo wirelessdeo
    12/17/08

    In reply to ASCII Art, Since 1948
    The log cabin looks like it would take a while to complete. Impressive
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/17/08

    @wirelessdeo: 



    
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You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.

    
There is a small mailbox here.

    
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/17/08

    @Rabid Penguin: I suppose it _did_ take me awhile to make that... sorry... I'm bored.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/17/08

    @Rabid Penguin: Hey, I think you showed me before, but I forgot how you did monospaced fonts on the comments
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/17/08

    @ripfire:

    I used the <listing> tag for the cabin (which gives monospace), and a <pre> tag for the text (which will show stuff exactly as you type it, and is not-monospaced).


    Tags are a little messed up on giz so you can't properly close them, so here's an example:




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I am a monospaced stick man.

    


    



    
The line-height style allows you to adjust the 

    
spacing between each line. It seems kind of kooky on giz, 

    
but I'm sure with the knowledge I have equipped 

    
you with, you can figure it out :c)
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/17/08

    @Rabid Penguin: awesome. gotta save this message somewhere.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/18/08

    @Rabid Penguin:


    >OPEN MAILBOX_

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/18/08

    @Monty:



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Opening the mailbox reveals a leaflet.

    
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    Rabid Penguin was starred Rabid Penguin was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/17/08

    In reply to ASCII Art, Since 1948
    Who doesn't like to type those ampersand soldiers?
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    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/09/08

    In reply to Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search
    Google: Exploring the Vagaries of the Fair-Use Doctrine for Fun and Profit.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/09/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: [books.google.com] I'd read this mate...
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    KhaiJB was starred KhaiJB was unstarred
    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/09/08

    In reply to Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search
    ok question... how do you get these saved locally?
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    12/09/08

    In reply to Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search
    You know what I wish they'd digitize and put online? All the old Sears Wish Books.


    Unless they've already done that, in which case... links???

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/09/08

    In reply to Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search
    ok can someone supply my desk with food & drink please... I'm gonna be sat here for a long time....
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    KhaiJB was starred KhaiJB was unstarred
    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/28/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: One Year of Popular Mechanics for $5
    I like the magazine, I don't love it.

    It's a gift I'm given every year, but they just aren't in-depth enough on the stuff I particularly like.

    It's usually a decent enough read though.
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    11/28/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: One Year of Popular Mechanics for $5
    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!


    lol I've always wanted a subscription to esquire, unfortunately, my damn student budget doesn't permit it...


    $5 though? No coffee and bagel today, I'd rather have a full year subscription to Esquire. :-)


    Thanks again!

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    SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/28/08

    @SJRNWT: Son, your student budget permits you to spend $5 on a magazine subscription if you want to. Drink less Starbucks.


    $5 is two venti drips. It's also 4 16oz. boxes of pasta on a 4/$5 sale. It's a couple of rides on the subway. It's an Extra-Value Meal. It's a small popcorn at the movies. It's buying a game used rather than new.

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    Image of stre stre
    11/28/08

    @OMG! Happy Thanksgiving!: uh, i believe if you re-read what SJRNWT wrote, you'll find that he states that he can afford $5. he just couldn't afford the full magazine subscription.
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    stre was starred stre was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/28/08

    @stre: Duly noted. This is what happens when I am not properly caffeinated and showered.


    New rule - no computer before hygiene.

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