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From: cat@bga.com (Dr. Cat)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
Subject: Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art?
Date: 13 Sep 1994 11:51:15 -0500
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Art is a word that most people disagree on the definition of.  It's 
pointless to argue "no, no the word art means THIS" because there simply 
is no consensus.

Regarding the merits of GIF -> ASCII conversions...  As I understand it,
this newsgroup is simply a place for pretty-to-look-at things to be posted.
Just like with pictures in any other medium, a variety of techniques are 
used to produce the images.  If I enjoy looking at it, I don't care which 
one of them was used.

                               -- Dr. Cat