A collection of some of the postings I made on happynetbox.com. Often, I was
working on a template style in order to post future content.
All of this is "CC0: No Rights Reserved" insofar as I'm able.. Most of the
actual art is 3rd-party.
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Below: My core, goto template.. Combining some nostalgic favorites of mine
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| The Beyonder.. Heroes.. Villains.. Molecule Man.. | | 'Secret _'`;\/:, |
| ,,,, | | Wars' was '- `` `=/ |
| ,;) .';;;;', | | one of _/,` "_< |
| ;;,,_,-.-.,;;'_,|(\;;;/);;.~_ | | the '._____ _) |
| `';;/:|:);{ ;;;||..;../;;;.')\ | | greats, ___/ / |
| .:`''` - \;;'.__~;;;/ . _'-. | | Spidey! `\;--| |
| .'/ \ \;;;;;;/.'_`:. ').\_ | |_______________________|
| .''/ \ '._ );}{;//.' '-: '.,\ | _______________________
| . . / \ ( |;;;/_/ \._/;\ | | ___________________ |
| '.. / |\ ( /;;/_/ ';;;\,;;_, | | | | |
| '... / {__(/;;/_/ {;;''''' | | |C:\> _ | |
|'... / _;:':;;;;:';-._ {; | | | | |
|... / / \ `'` --.'-._ | | | | |
|.. / .' '. ,' '-, | | | | |
|. / / / r--,..__ '.\ | | | | |
| / .' ' .' '--._ ] | | | | |
| ( :.(;> _ .' '- ;/ | | | | |
| | /:;( ,_.';( __.' | | |___________________| |
| '- -'"|;:/ (;;;;-'--' | |_______________________|
| |;/ ;;( | _____[___________]_____
| '' /;;| | | [_____][]|
| \_/ | | [_____][]|
.___________________________________________________. |_______________________|
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Simulated Snoopy meets ChatGPT...
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| ____________________________________________________________________ |
| |640kb@4dos:~$ ~/AIs/ChatGPT | ~/Dev/Virtual.Snoopy.bas | |
| | | |
| | __-----_. | |
| | / \ \ o o O O Snoopy: How many | |
| | / | | \_---_ o ._. ____ biscuits are safe | |
| | | | \ | |"""" \ to eat in one day? | |
| | | | |@ | | | | |
| | \___/ ___ / | | | ChatGPT: Really? | |
| | \____(____\___/ | | | | |
| | |__| | | | I, who can answer | |
| | / \-_ | | | the most profound | |
| | / \_ "__ _ !_!--v---v--" questions. Solve | |
| | / "| |>) |""""""""| life's problems? | |
| | | _| | ._--""|| | | |
| | _\_____________|_|_____||________|_ This is your query? | |
| | / \ | |
| | /_____________________________________\ Snoopy: How many | |
| | / \ biscuits, please. | |
| |____/_______________________________________\_______________________| |
|________________________________________________________________________|
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Loved playing Maxit/SuperMaxit back in the day. Created a couple of screens.
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| (( MAXIT )) | | (( Activity )) |
| | | |
| .-------------------------------. | | ---- Score ---- |
| | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2 |-4 | 0 | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | 42 : DeepBlue |
| | |-6 | | |-1 | |-2 |###| | | 29 : Hal.9000 |
| |-------------------------------| | | |
| | |-7 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | --- Current --- |
| |-6 | 3 | | 0 |-1 | | | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | Turn: DeepBlue |
| |-3 |-1 | 2 |-9 | 0 | |-4 | | | | Last: [ 2 ] |
| |-------------------------------| | | |
| |-5 | 2 | | |-5 | |-2 | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | ---- Stats ---- |
| |-2 | 4 | | |-1 | 2 | 2 |-1 | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | Name : W - L |
| |-3 |-4 | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| '-------------------------------' | | DeepBlue: 2 - 2 |
| | | Hal.9000: 2 - 2 |
| Arrow Keys: Move -//- Space Bar: Select | | |
| | | |
| F1=Quit F2=Demo F3=Rules F4=Stats F9=Mute | | Games Played: 4 |
|___________________________________________________| |___________________|
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| (( MAXIT )) | | (( Activity )) |
| | | |
| .-------------------------------. | | ----- Score ----- |
| | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |-4 | 0 | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | 33: L/R: SELMA |
| | |-6 | | |-1 | |-2 |<#>| | | 29: U/D: DARYL |
| |-------------------------------| | | |
| | | 6 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | | --- Current --- |
| |-------------------------------| | | |
| | 8 | 3 | | 0 |-1 | | | | | | Turn: DARYL |
| |-------------------------------| | | Last: [ 5 ] |
| |-3 | | 2 |-9 | | |-4 | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | --- Standings --- |
| |-5 | 9 | | | 7 | |-2 | | | | |
| |-------------------------------| | | DeepBlue :12 - 7 |
| |-2 | | | |-1 | 2 | 2 |-1 | | |.Selma : 8 - 4 |
| |-------------------------------| | | Skynet : 6 - 3 |
| |-3 |-4 | | | | 4 | 1 | 4 | | |.Daryl : 3 - 2 |
| '-------------------------------' | | V'Ger : 5 - 5 |
| | | WOPR : 3 - 8 |
| Arrow Keys: Move -//- Space Bar: Select | | Hal.9000 : 3 - 11 |
| | | |
| F1=Quit F2=Demo F3=Rules F4=Settings F9=Sound | | [ F10: Stats ] |
|___________________________________________________| |___________________|
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I wanted to play around with ASCII as Desktop Publishing (DTP)
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` ----- Bat Facts -----
/\ /\ Some bats that hibernate are able to reduce their
/ \'._ (\_/) _.'/ \ body's energy use by 98%.
/_.''._'--('.')--'_.''._\
| \_ / `;=/ " \=;` \ _/ | Those that migrate to warmer climates can cover
\/ `\__|`\___/`|__/` \/ thousands of miles.
` \(/|\)/ `
" ` " The Bumblebee Bat: world's smallest bat / world's
smallest mammal: 1.1-1.3" in length; 0.071 oz in mass.
Largest bat? The Giant ....._
Golden-crowned Flying Fox. `. ``-. .-----.._
Wingspan up to 6 ft (3.1 lbs). `, `-. .: /`
: `".. ..-`` :
The Mexican Free-tailed Bat is / ...--:::`~ ~.`::... :
the fastest, with short bursts `:`` .` :: / `. ``---..:.
of up to 100mph! `\ .` ._: .-: :: `. .-``
: : :_\\_/: : .:: `. /
Bat echolocation... so tuned that : / \-../:/_.`-` \ :
it can detect objects as thin as a :: _.._ o` o ` /` \|
human hair... in total darkness! :-` ``(_. ../----^^``````~-._:
`
(_ ,_, _) Bats can hear frequencies between 20 Hz and 120,000 Hz.
/ `'--) (--'` \ Humans: 20Hz - 20,000Hz; Dogs: 40Hz - 60,000Hz.
/ _,-'\_/'-,_ \
/.-' " '-.\ Bats can eat up to 600-1,200 mosquitoes an hour; a small
colony of bats consume over one ton of insects a year (600 million+ bugs).
(640kb: The only stat I wasn't able to verify with any certainty. Maybe
these numbers represent theoretical/best case scenarios)
The world's only flying mammal. T\ T\
| \| \
Bats (generally speaking) can see in | | :
both night and day much better than _____I__I |
us. Some even see UV light. .' '.
.' '
Bats are not rodents and are not | .. '
even closely related to that group | /__. |
of mammals. Just saying... :.' -' |
/__. |
Bats frighten Batman (film) but they /__, \ |
really need more friends worldwide. |__\ _| |
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finger 640kb@happynetbox.com | less |___|_,,,/ | | _..--.
,--_- | /' \../ / /\\
finger @happynetbox.com ,'|_ I---| 7 ,,,_/ / , / _\\
31-Jan-2023 ,-- 7 \| / ___..,,/ / , ,_/ '-----.
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A bracket contest that I wanted to fit within an 80 character width.
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Street Level Face-off: Movie Version
_Bruce Lee ____
|
|_Rambo ________
_Rambo ________| |
|
_Jason Bourne _ |_Jason Bourne _
| | |
|_Jason Bourne _| |
_John McClane _| |
|
|
_Snake Plissken |_Jason Bourne
| |
|_Riddick ______ |
_Riddick ______| | |
| |
_John Matrix __ |_John Matrix __|
| |
|_John Matrix __|
_John Wick ____|
Edge goes to Bourne. He just seemed the most adaptable to me. But... to be
honest. It's a toss-up among the final 4 combatants. The bracket contest forced
me to pick one and Bourne seemed like a good choice.
Tomorrow, I could very easily make the argument for Riddick, Matrix or Rambo.
Re: Bourne. While I felt Bourne could enter the world of most/all of these
characters from a physical standpoint (maybe), some might have trouble adapting
to Bourne's highly technical espionage plots (maybe).
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Below: One of the few postings on happynetbox.com that exceeded my self
imposed 80-character width limit. This, like much of the stuff I posted, was
an attempt at creating an ASCII-based template for reuse in 'Bracket Contests'
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_____ _______ _ ____ _ _
/ ____| |__ __| | | _ \ | | (_)
| | ___ _ __ __ _ _ __ | | | |__ ___ | |_) | __ _ _ __| |__ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __
| | / _ \| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ | | | '_ \ / _ \ | _ < / _` | '__| '_ \ / _` | '__| |/ _` | '_ \
| |___| (_) | | | | (_| | | | | | | | | | | __/ | |_) | (_| | | | |_) | (_| | | | | (_| | | | |
\_____\___/|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| |_| |_| |_|\___| |____/ \__,_|_| |_.__/ \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|
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| Characters are all mostly based on '80s-90s. |
_Falcon _____ | |
| | Batman, Captain America, Punisher: not on list. |
|_Hawkeye ____ | Unpredictable deus ex machina, plot armor or too |
_Hawkeye ____| | | much high tech weaponry, explosives. |
|_Hawkeye ____ | |
_Black Widow_ | | | As a teen, a neighbor friend gave me two shopping|
| | | | bags full of Conan comics. He had rc'd as a gift |
|_Black Widow_| | | but didn't like. I had never read Conan. |
_Gambit _____| | | |
|_Conan | Some of the best stories I've ever experienced! |
_Moon Knight_ | | More adult than most comics of the time. Magic, |
| | | Witches, Demons, Monsters, Unrelenting Hordes... |
|_Daredevil __ | | |
_Daredevil __| | | | The movies never remotely captured the power of |
|_Conan ______| | this character. Versus Cap, Bats, Punisher? |
_Iron Fist __ | | Evenly matched weaponry? Bro... (smh) |
| | | |
|_Conan ______| | Conan never loses |
_Conan ______| | |
| https://redd.it/4urk98 : https://redd.it/dyrwoo |
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From the 90s TV series: Lois & Clark
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The Daily Planet computer main menu from season 3 of 'Lois & Clark'. I
ASCII-fied the menu except for the logo/globe and wrapped it within a
c.1995 monitor.
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| |
| _______________________________________________________________ |
| | | |
| | ---------------------------------------------------------- | |
| | | |
| | D A I L Y P L A N E T M A I N M E N U | |
| | | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] Current News [_] Sports [_] Civic | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] World News [_] View [_] Classified | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] National News [_] Entertainment [_] Advertising | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] Local News [_] Variety [_] Obituaries | |
| | | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] Business [_] Travel [_] Research | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] Stock Market [_] Recreation [_] Previous EDS | |
| | _ _ _ | |
| | [_] Opinion [_] Real Estate [_] API Service | |
| | _ | |
| | [_] Editorial | |
| | ---------------------------------------------------------- | |
| | | |
| | .-----------------------. | |
| | | Clark Kent's Terminal | | |
| | '-----------------------' | |
| |_______________________________________________________________| |
| |
| <> Gateway (-) |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
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From the 90s TV series: Lois & Clark
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| Computer screen seen on Lois & Clark (Target: Jimmy Olsen). Redrawn as |
| ASCII (with some modifications to the original TV version). All text below |
| is from the show. I added the Gateway name to the monitor's bezel (very |
| popular computer brand of the time); it was not part of the scene. |
| |
| Done May/2023 when I was rewatching the series. Never previously posted. |
| |
| I liked the thought they put behind the interface and those very serious |
| links to three-letter agencies/defense. I can imagine discussion pertaining |
| to this very small part of the entire episode (maybe 3 seconds long). |
| |
| Maybe even a producer saying, "Don't worry about what it looks like, ok?! |
| Nobody'll notice". Only to find this long forgotten screen immortalized on |
| a finger server some 30 years later! |
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| |
| _______________________________________________________________ |
| | | |
| | Fort Truman Research Facility | |
| | | |
| | Classification : ........................... : Top Secret | |
| | Project Name : ........................... : Valhalla | |
| | Subject : ........................... : Mind Control | |
| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | Deprogramming: | |
| | | |
| | In the event our funding is lost and the subjects are | |
| | abandoned, they will be able to live normal lives through a | |
| | deprogramming installment. | |
| | | |
| | The serum is a variation of the virus with a slight | |
| | alteration of its structure. The subjects can be injected in | |
| | the same way and there is no need to extract any of the | |
| | cerebral cortex. | |
| | | |
| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | cc: National Security Archives | |
| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | | |
| | [ Eyes Only ] [ DOD Access ] [ CIA Linkup ] [ Priority ] | |
| |_______________________________________________________________| |
| |
| <> Gateway <> (o) |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
_[____________________________________]_
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| finger 640kb@happynetbox.com|----| Mar 26, 2025 |----| 640kb.neocities.org |
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