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. =============================================================================== Below: My core, goto template.. Combining some nostalgic favorites of mine =============================================================================== .---------------------------------------------------. .-----------------------. | The Beyonder.. Heroes.. Villains.. Molecule Man.. | | 'Secret _'`;\/:, | | ,,,, | | Wars' was '- `` `=/ | | ,;) .';;;;', | | one of _/,` "_< | | ;;,,_,-.-.,;;'_,|(\;;;/);;.~_ | | the '._____ _) | | `';;/:|:);{ ;;;||..;../;;;.')\ | | greats, ___/ / | | .:`''` - \;;'.__~;;;/ . _'-. | | Spidey! `\;--| | | .'/ \ \;;;;;;/.'_`:. ').\_ | |_______________________| | .''/ \ '._ );}{;//.' '-: '.,\ | _______________________ | . . / \ ( |;;;/_/ \._/;\ | | ___________________ | | '.. / |\ ( /;;/_/ ';;;\,;;_, | | | | | | '... / {__(/;;/_/ {;;''''' | | |C:\> _ | | |'... / _;:':;;;;:';-._ {; | | | | | |... / / \ `'` --.'-._ | | | | | |.. / .' '. ,' '-, | | | | | |. / / / r--,..__ '.\ | | | | | | / .' ' .' '--._ ] | | | | | | ( :.(;> _ .' '- ;/ | | | | | | | /:;( ,_.';( __.' | | |___________________| | | '- -'"|;:/ (;;;;-'--' | |_______________________| | |;/ ;;( | _____[___________]_____ | '' /;;| | | [_____][]| | \_/ | | [_____][]| .___________________________________________________. |_______________________| =============================================================================== Simulated Snoopy meets ChatGPT... =============================================================================== ________________________________________________________________________ | ____________________________________________________________________ | | |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. | | | |____/_______________________________________\_______________________| | |________________________________________________________________________| =============================================================================== Loved playing Maxit/SuperMaxit back in the day. Created a couple of screens. =============================================================================== .---------------------------------------------------. .-------------------. | (( 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 | |___________________________________________________| |___________________| .---------------------------------------------------. .-------------------. | (( 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 ] | |___________________________________________________| |___________________| =============================================================================== I wanted to play around with ASCII as Desktop Publishing (DTP) =============================================================================== ` ----- 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. |__\ _| | ------------------------------------- : '\ .'| | finger 640kb@happynetbox.com | less |___|_,,,/ | | _..--. ,--_- | /' \../ / /\\ finger @happynetbox.com ,'|_ I---| 7 ,,,_/ / , / _\\ 31-Jan-2023 ,-- 7 \| / ___..,,/ / , ,_/ '-----. =============================================================================== A bracket contest that I wanted to fit within an 80 character width. =============================================================================== 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). =============================================================================== 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' =============================================================================== _____ _______ _ ____ _ _ / ____| |__ __| | | _ \ | | (_) | | ___ _ __ __ _ _ __ | | | |__ ___ | |_) | __ _ _ __| |__ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ | | / _ \| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ | | | '_ \ / _ \ | _ < / _` | '__| '_ \ / _` | '__| |/ _` | '_ \ | |___| (_) | | | | (_| | | | | | | | | | | __/ | |_) | (_| | | | |_) | (_| | | | | (_| | | | | \_____\___/|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| |_| |_| |_|\___| |____/ \__,_|_| |_.__/ \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| --------------------------------------------------.--------------------------------------------------. | 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 | --------------------------------------------------'--------------------------------------------------' =============================================================================== From the 90s TV series: Lois & Clark =============================================================================== 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. _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | 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 (-) | |_____________________________________________________________________________| =============================================================================== From the 90s TV series: Lois & Clark =============================================================================== ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------, | 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! | '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | 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) | |_____________________________________________________________________________| _[____________________________________]_ [________________________________________] =============================================================================== =============================================================================== .---------------------------------------------. | CC0: No Rights Reserved | .---------------'---------------------------------------------'--------------. | https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .-----------------------------. .--------------. .---------------------. | finger 640kb@happynetbox.com|----| Mar 26, 2025 |----| 640kb.neocities.org | '-----------------------------' '--------------' '---------------------'