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That's called bricktext[0], it used to be a thing you'd occasionally see on usenet and places like GameFAQs. [0] http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/B/bricktex

That's called bricktext[0], it used to be a thing you'd occasionally see on usenet and places like GameFAQs. [0] http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/B/bricktext.html http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/B/bricktext.html (Also wow Google has completely erased this concept from its search results.)

paradox460 2y ago
Google may have, but kagi still shows it prominently I actually got an angelfire link in my search results a few days ago. Was related to quake 2
sweeter 2y ago
oh my god that person wrote "The Art of Unix Programming" I binge read it last week and it was exceptional. What a world. These are the kind of people that I look up to and aspire to be like.
- klez 2y ago
  That person (Eric S. Raymond) also wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"[0], a seminal work for the Open Source movement. [0] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
  - boffinAudio 2y ago
    See also, "In the Beginning Was the Command Line", which I seem to recall was also monospace presented in the good ol' days ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Command_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Co... Or maybe it was just a plain ol' textfile, I forget.
- baq 2y ago
  just came here to say your post makes me feel old. esr was a classic a cool 20 years ago. enjoy!
_the_inflator 2y ago
Funny guide, different scene. http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/crackers.html http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/crackers.html On C64 the signs of puberty were usage of words like “lamer”, “loser/looser” Loser vs looser was especially painful. “Haha, we know it’s loser but looser sounds cooler.” A lame cover up, somewhat contradicting the whole meaning. 90% of the scroll texts were about contrived stories of displaying superiority over lamers and losers. The folks from Finland appeared to be a bit over the top with references to their weight lifting careers to appear like some sort of brutal fighting machine. Kids back then… ;)
red_trumpet 2y ago
> Also wow Google has completely erased this concept from its search results For me, it replaces the search with "brick text", but allows you to change to "bricktext" again, at which point it does give the catb.org result.

paradox460 2y ago

Google may have, but kagi still shows it prominently I actually got an angelfire link in my search results a few days ago. Was related to quake 2

sweeter 2y ago

oh my god that person wrote "The Art of Unix Programming" I binge read it last week and it was exceptional. What a world. These are the kind of people that I look up to and aspire to be like.

klez 2y ago
That person (Eric S. Raymond) also wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"[0], a seminal work for the Open Source movement. [0] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
- boffinAudio 2y ago
  See also, "In the Beginning Was the Command Line", which I seem to recall was also monospace presented in the good ol' days ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Command_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Co... Or maybe it was just a plain ol' textfile, I forget.
baq 2y ago
just came here to say your post makes me feel old. esr was a classic a cool 20 years ago. enjoy!

_the_inflator 2y ago

Funny guide, different scene. http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/crackers.html http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/crackers.html On C64 the signs of puberty were usage of words like “lamer”, “loser/looser” Loser vs looser was especially painful. “Haha, we know it’s loser but looser sounds cooler.” A lame cover up, somewhat contradicting the whole meaning. 90% of the scroll texts were about contrived stories of displaying superiority over lamers and losers. The folks from Finland appeared to be a bit over the top with references to their weight lifting careers to appear like some sort of brutal fighting machine. Kids back then… ;)

red_trumpet 2y ago

> Also wow Google has completely erased this concept from its search results For me, it replaces the search with "brick text", but allows you to change to "bricktext" again, at which point it does give the catb.org result.