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From: Marion Koslowski (text added also by other members of
alt.ascii-art)
Doida added:
Polish "kropka, kropka, kreska, kreska, to jest morda mego pieska" means
"dot, dot, line, line, this is my dog's face" :)
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| Punkt | Punkt | Komma | Strich | Fertig ist das | DE
| | | | | Mondgesicht! |
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|Punktum|Punktum| Komma | Streg | Sådan tegnes | DK
| | | | | Nikolaj! |
+-------+-------+-------+---------+-----------------+
| kropka| kropka|kreska | kreska | to jest morda | PL
| | | | | mego pieska |
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| tochka| tochka| zapyataya | vyshla rozhitsa | RU
| | | | kryvaya |
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| | | | | Lune est finie |
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| dot | dot |comma | dash | moon's face | UK
| | | | | in a flash |
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From: Philip Newton
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From: Timofei Shatrov
There is a theorem by Euler with which you can easily predict if the picture is
"drawable". Look. This double house has 4 odd points (it means that odd number of
lines goes into it):
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If there is more than 2 odd points the picture is "undrawable" under this rules.
From: Marco Kirschke
Yes. You're right. :)
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ASCII Character Codes:
d = ASCII 100
r = ASCII 114
a = ASCII 97
w = ASCII 119
i = ASCII 105
n = ASCII 110
g = ASCII 103
Capitalised:
D = ASCII 68
R = ASCII 82
A = ASCII 65
W = ASCII 87
I = ASCII 73
N = ASCII 78
G = ASCII 71
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