What exactly are the ascii views of the pictures here? Do they open in a seperate window so that they can be hosted or something, and if so, why doesn't work?

The ascii view was just something we added when we first started. It's just a thing that converts images into html code. I've been meaning to disable it for awhile now. Thanks for reminding me

I've just removed the link from the image view. You can still see this wonderful piece of code in action by going to /ascii/