A Moment of Silence

Let's all have a moment of silence for Marcel Marceau (1923 - 2007).

A long, long time ago...

   Before computers were able to visually represent real-life things...
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There was ASCII - the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.  Basically, it is the accumlation of all things you can make on your standard keyboard.  

In the days prior to fancy EGA graphics cards and  MS Paint  people would tirelessly try to visually represent the 
world using creative ASCII manipulation.  But this was usually limited to
simple pictures of a rose, or maybe a crude looking face... That is until...
A single man, used the force and created...

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/

ENJOY!