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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Newsgroups, arts, ants, etc. (was Re: CRAP Poll 77C Part III
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:04 this Thursday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> >>>> >> just put urself on your xface like i do :>
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >xface?
>> >>>
>> >>>> Sayeth the Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Face):
>> >>>
>> >>>>    An X-Face is a small bitmap (48 × 48 pixels, black and white) image
>> >>>>    which is added to a Usenet posting or e-mail message, typically
>> >>>>    showing a picture of the author's face. The image data is included
>> >>>>    in the posting as encoded text, and attached with an 'X-Face'
>> >>>>    header.
>> >>>
>> >>>>    While many programs support X-Face, most of them are free software
>> >>>>    and based on Unix or its variations, such as KMail or Sylpheed.
>> >>>
>> >>>> I've never heard of it myself. I've never used an NNTP client that
>> >>>> supported it; my ancient version of Agent certainly doesn't. And I'm
>> >>>> happy about that; Usenet is text. Binary shit like that doesn't
>> >>>> belong. I mean, what's next, bold text and colors? That way leads to
>> >>>> chaos and madness, I tell you! ;-)
>> >>>
>> >>> Interesting. It reminds me of web sites' favicon.ico which is popular.
>> >>> I never knew this X-Face existed. Did anyone even use it? I just know
>> >>> people use ASCII arts like mine. :P Obviously, they need a fixed width
>> >>> font like Courier, Monospace, etc. to see it formatted correctly.
>> >> 
>> >> I use xface! mostly because ascii is hard :D
>> >
>> >I use X-Face: headers, and have been known to use Face: headers,
>> >too.
>> >
>> >Pan supports them, so I see those from others like
>> >candycanearter07.  
>> >
>> >They take up just a few lines in the article header.
>
>> Apparently NewsTap --an NNTP client for Apple IOS-- supports it too.
>
>> Me, I'm stickin' with ASCII. It's a slippery slope otherwise --today
>> X-Face, tomorrow Emojis!-- and I'm not willing to risk that ;-P
>
> ASCII & ANSI FTW. Animojis aren't even popular with Apple users. Haha. 
> Although, I do want an ant animoji. Apple should let customize our own! 
>:(


Antimoji :D
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