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We shall soon have a new logo & site design, let us use this last breath of the simple times and golf this ASCII version of the speech bubble beta logo:

+-------------------------------------------+
|    .---------------------------------.    |
|   .EPEpEpBPEpEGCXCgCgCGJgCgP&PWP&P&P&Y`   |
|  .RSRsRWRSRsRsHoNoNONxNONONuJuSUSUSVSUS`  |
|  :o@OTO@O@O@W@IDiDIWiDIDIDWZEZeZEWEZeZE-  |
|  :GWGFGfGFKFGFMEMwMEMEMeXEMZLZLWLZLzLZH-  |
|  :rLRLRLXLRLrLMBMGMGmGXGMGMLzTZLZLZLYLZ-  |
|  :AOAoBOAOAOAYAOAoAoBOAOAoAWZEZEZEVEZEZ-  |
|  :MGVGm!'""'!GRLr!'""'!LRKRS!'""'!uSuSU-  |
|  :XEME' .''% !Gf' .;G% 'GFG' .;P% '&PVP-  |
|  :IDID  !DI! !V! .OPoYOPOP!  -gCGCGHGCG-  |
|  :NONw  ``` .OR! .RWRRRRRR! !ONo* 'ONON-  |
|  :GBGC  !CXCGCP! !POP; !xOP  `IJ; `!IDW-  |
|  :P&P&._!&P&P&F~.____.;GFGF~.____.;eJEM-  |
|  :USUSVSUSuSuTLRlRLRWRLRlRLWMGMGmGwGmGM-  |
|  :ZeWEZEZeZWZeOAOaKAOAOaOwOOAoAOXoAoAOA-  |
|  :wLZLZLzHZLZLGMxMgMGMgBGMGLRLXLRLrLRTr-  |
|  :LZLZLYLZLZLzBMEMEMEyEmEMEfBFGFGfGWGFG-  |
|  :EZEVEZEZeZVZDIdIDYdIdIDIx@O@o@oKO@O@o-  |
|  `SkSuSuSUXUSuONOVONOnONWNOSRSRWRSRSRS-   |
|   `.&P&PVP&P&PCXcGCGCGVGcGCEPYPEpEPE?.-   |
|      ```````````````````:STACKE-`````     |
|                         :XCHA-`           |
|                         :NG-`             |
|           ?=W...HWYWVWB :E`               |
+-------------------------------------------+

This is , so it's straight forward, output all the text that appears in the above code-block in as few bytes of code as possible, without any funny-business.

input

None

Output

The ASCII content of the code-block above as a return value or printed to STDOUT or equivalent;
carriage returns (13) and/or new lines (10) are acceptable;
a trailing empty line is also allowed.

Update

The original aim of this challenge was to have a puzzle aspect. It seems this has not been noticed, so I have decided to make the puzzle portion significantly easier, but still present, by performing a couple of steps to get you going:

  1. There is a use of the string "STACKEXCHANGE" in the very bottom portion of the speech-bubble.

  2. If one reads the rows of text in the main-portion of the speech-bubble, one might notice an almost repetitive nature of pairs of letters, for example the fourth row reads "GWGFGfGFKFGFMEMwMEMEMeXEMZLZLWLZLzLZH" which is almost "GFGFGFGFGFGFMEMEMEMEMEMEMZLZLZLZLZLZH", except some letters have been changed either to another letter (e.g. the second letter from F to W), to lower-case (e.g. the sixth letter from F to f), or both (e.g. the sixteenth letter from E to w). The rows seem to all conform to such a pattern with a 12-13-12 character split (ignoring the mess of the PPG logo's white space and border).

  3. The process described in (2), once noticed, should be quite easy to undo for the unmasked rows of the speech-bubble (the top six and bottom seven), by first converting the whole text to upper-case and then replacing the odd-ones-out and results in:

+-------------------------------------------+
|    .---------------------------------.    |
|   .EPEPEPEPEPEGCGCGCGCGCGCGP&P&P&P&P&P`   |
|  .RSRSRSRSRSRSNONONONONONONUSUSUSUSUSUS`  |
|  :O@OTO@O@O@O@IDIDIWIDIDIDIZEZEZEZEZEZE-  |
|  :GFGFGFGFGFGFMEMEMEMEMEMEMZLZLZLZLZLZL-  |
|  :RLRLRLRLRLRLMGMGMGMGMGMGMLZLZLZLZLZLZ-  |
|  :AOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOBOAOAOAEZEZEZEZEZEZ-  |
|  :MGVGm!'""'!GRLr!'""'!LRKRS!'""'!uSuSU-  |
|  :XEME' .''% !Gf' .;G% 'GFG' .;P% '&PVP-  |
|  :IDID  !DI! !V! .OPoYOPOP!  -gCGCGHGCG-  |
|  :NONw  ``` .OR! .RWRRRRRR! !ONo* 'ONON-  |
|  :GBGC  !CXCGCP! !POP; !xOP  `IJ; `!IDW-  |
|  :P&P&._!&P&P&F~.____.;GFGF~.____.;eJEM-  |
|  :USUSUSUSUSURLRLRLRLRLRLRLGMGMGMGMGMGM-  |
|  :ZEZEZEZEZEZEOAOAOAOAOAOAOOAOAOAOAOAOA-  |
|  :ZLZLZLZLZLZLGMGMGMGMGMGMGLRLRLRLRLRLR-  |
|  :LZLZLZLZLZLZEMEMEMEMEMEMEFGFGFGFGFGFG-  |
|  :EZEZEZEZEZEZDIDIDIDIDIDID@O@O@O@O@O@O-  |
|  `SUSUSUSUSUSUONONONONONONOSRSRSRSRSRS-   |
|   `.&P&P&P&P&PCGCGCGCGCGCGCEPEPEPEPEP.-   |
|      ```````````````````:STACKE-`````     |
|                         :XCHA-`           |
|                         :NG-`             |
|           ?=W...HWYWVWB :E`               |
+-------------------------------------------+
  1. While carrying out (3) one may notice a couple of things. First the least obvious: that the only ?, in the very bottom-right became a P, whereas the extra text at the bottom says ?=W..., and that a large proportion of replaced characters were also W. Second that the odd-ones out in upper-case were B,H,J,K,T,V,W,X,Y. Third that the odd-ones out occurred every seven letters. The second and third observation helps to fill in the middle rows - which, if we remove the PCG mask of spaces and non-letters, non & (used in the top and bottom row) and replace it with the letters yields:

+-------------------------------------------+
|    .---------------------------------.    |
|   .EPEPEPEPEPEGCGCGCGCGCGCGP&P&P&P&P&P`   |
|  .RSRSRSRSRSRSNONONONONONONUSUSUSUSUSUS`  |
|  :O@O@O@O@O@O@IDIDIWIDIDIDIZEZEZEZEZEZE-  |
|  :GFGFGFGFGFGFMEMEMEMEMEMEMZLZLZLZLZLZL-  |
|  :RLRLRLRLRLRLMGMGMGMGMGMGMLZLZLZLZLZLZ-  |
|  :AOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOBOAOAOAEZEZEZEZEZEZ-  |
|  :MGMGMGMGMGMGRLRLRLRLRLRLRSUSUSUSUSUSU-  |
|  :MEMEMEMEMEMEGFGFGFGFGFGFG&P&P&P&P&P&P-  |
|  :IDIDIDIDIDIDOPOPOPOPOPOPOCGCGCGCGCGCG-  |
|  :NONONONONONORRRRRRRRRRRRRONONONONONON-  |
|  :GCGCGCGCGCGCPOPOPOPOPOPOPDIDIDIDIDIDI-  |
|  :P&P&P&P&P&P&FGFGFGFGFGFGFEMEMEMEMEMEM-  |
|  :USUSUSUSUSURLRLRLRLRLRLRLGMGMGMGMGMGM-  |
|  :ZEZEZEZEZEZEOAOAOAOAOAOAOOAOAOAOAOAOA-  |
|  :ZLZLZLZLZLZLGMGMGMGMGMGMGLRLRLRLRLRLR-  |
|  :LZLZLZLZLZLZEMEMEMEMEMEMEFGFGFGFGFGFG-  |
|  :EZEZEZEZEZEZDIDIDIDIDIDID@O@O@O@O@O@O-  |
|  `SUSUSUSUSUSUONONONONONONOSRSRSRSRSRS-   |
|   `.&P&P&P&P&PCGCGCGCGCGCGCEPEPEPEPEP.-   |
|      ```````````````````:STACKE-`````     |
|                         :XCHA-`           |
|                         :NG-`             |
|           ?=W...HWYWVWB :E`               |
+-------------------------------------------+
  1. Now reading the columns one can see that the "input" text to make this base grid was PROGRAMMINGPUZZLES&CODEGOLFPROGRAMMINGPUZZLES&CODEGOLF@SE.

The lower-casing and replacement characters are to be determined by you, but also note that the ten remaining letters in the alphabet after removing those present in that string are B,H,J,K,Q,T,V,W,X,Y - the replacements plus Q.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Kind of related. \$\endgroup\$ Oct 8, 2016 at 20:58
  • \$\begingroup\$ Just wondering, how did you generate this? \$\endgroup\$
    – Oliver Ni
    Oct 8, 2016 at 21:07
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Oliver Python and Notepad++. Part of the puzzle is to find any patterns in the data of course (although I cannot say if a pure compression will triumph). \$\endgroup\$ Oct 8, 2016 at 21:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Downvoters Can you please explain the downvotes? \$\endgroup\$ Oct 8, 2016 at 21:39
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    \$\begingroup\$ I downvoted because ASCII-art challenges should have some pattern or sequence (same with kolmogorov-complexity), but this is an arbitrary image which isn't even a proper ASCII representation of the PPCG logo, nor does it even use a consistent pattern of characters \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Oct 8, 2016 at 22:48

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Bubblegum, 542 541 bytes

Reversible hexdump:

00000000: d2d6 251e 68f3 72d5 002a 2903 1637 6138  ..%.h.r..*)..7a8
00000010: 8a7f 9578 7027 0c9a 0fd0 32ae 6a63 b435  ...xp'....2.jc.5
00000020: 2668 6734 00e7 d8d9 32b6 cea3 4769 57c6  &hg4....2...GiW.
00000030: 3efb 5e94 1a60 07c7 e5f1 7f89 f033 35ff  >.^..`.......35.
00000040: a725 18f4 5d92 5aec cf88 53a6 d80b 7b09  .%..].Z...S...{.
00000050: adf3 a88e f610 5fc3 d583 d228 a869 279c  ......_....(.i'.
00000060: 1665 f15a e8c1 5f93 3eef 7399 5f72 099d  .e.Z.._.>.s._r..
00000070: d6a7 f20b 54a1 da1b 3eef 9772 2b97 567a  ....T...>..r+.Vz
00000080: 99ae beaf 528d 82b4 61a6 334c 0f3e 9b70  ....R...a.3L.>.p
00000090: ae79 cc77 3cde c43c 164c 9c05 83ba 9a09  .y.w<..<.L......
000000a0: 9399 4ca3 ae99 491c 7ecc 0aa8 461d 3311  ..L...I.~...F.3.
000000b0: 0a2e f881 d770 915d b7b8 036a 32e3 f040  .....p.]...j2..@
000000c0: 067d 2803 ab06 d58f 5798 b561 5695 7587  .}(.....W..aV.u.
000000d0: 0b5e f183 e7df ddf9 1ec7 2f8c abac d814  .^......../.....
000000e0: e5b8 3c95 38b1 c3f1 94cc 27d4 f7ef 89c7  ..<.8.....'.....
000000f0: 7758 2df8 3df1 711e bb54 583e a84a 39dc  wX-.=.q..TX>.J9.
00000100: 7681 106f 957a c4ab 3c42 a5ea 1ba9 a4f2  v..o.z..<B......
00000110: 0899 2181 8827 2887 a3c3 6742 dab6 0559  ..!..'(...gB...Y
00000120: 0047 06c3 c0dd 32ef 3f11 5f82 7038 0f79  .G....2.?._.p8.y
00000130: 84dd a31a 3b29 30d8 7841 bc8b 54d8 235d  ....;)0.xA..T.#]
00000140: 2f48 eb21 0387 db94 e993 37a4 1dff a54f  /H.!......7....O
00000150: 1878 fc98 4feb 6ecd 84c3 6f39 a303 dbac  .x..O.n...o9....
00000160: f889 1034 0ab3 1e33 38a3 84c3 4da7 d990  ...4...38...M...
00000170: b736 1d1a fe75 1358 9767 697b 2feb de7a  .6...u.X.gi{/..z
00000180: e0f0 f390 dc35 b1ce c545 ecb1 e93e c4c6  .....5...E...>..
00000190: 53d6 c5f6 e8f0 5bce d035 14cc ea37 3bc0  S.....[..5...7;.
000001a0: 7761 3cbc 4d1a eef0 5bce 9da9 cc2a 7d4e  wa<.M...[....*}N
000001b0: 57cd b3f5 f482 77b4 5ff6 1b69 e709 6fcb  W.....w._..i..o.
000001c0: 1fe5 9073 8dd3 a2c5 15ea 97cc 752e 4b7c  ...s........u.K|
000001d0: 031a 0581 1e71 f014 1d44 ced6 a3fa 1b8f  .....q...D......
000001e0: a08a 6366 aab1 5f98 628f d4e1 76b4 ff8f  ..cf.._.b...v...
000001f0: 79b9 0da2 0d9b 0d17 401c fee6 98d7 5112  [email protected].
00000200: ccda e9fa 3d3c e70e 7e0b 7ffc ac29 a589  ....=<..~....)..
00000210: 6e74 a543 34cc c113 fea1 bfa5 7f         nt.C4........

Try it online!

Just Zopfli'd the string for 1 million iterations. Running for 100 million iterations does not yield a shorter solution.

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PHP, 780 Bytes

<?=gzinflate(base64_decode("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"));

Maybe helpful maybe not I do not know I give up to find an other way. beginning the first line at 1 you could concat lines they have the sum 24 with one letter starts with the W in the middle go up go left and go reverse the 2 line down then concat the first letter of line 13 with the end of line 11 and go to the middle now I assume that you must go down to line 14

It seems for me that "?=W...HWYWVWB" is a hint to solve this

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for taking the effort to look for patterns! Indeed the extra text at the bottom is part of a pre-golf puzzle. I am in the process of updating the question to give some more insight... \$\endgroup\$ Oct 9, 2016 at 12:27
  • \$\begingroup\$ @JonathanAllan Could it been that my feeling that I can read "I DID IT ON PCG" is right? \$\endgroup\$ Oct 9, 2016 at 12:36
  • \$\begingroup\$ No, I saw that too :D. My upcoming update will get you the "input" text... \$\endgroup\$ Oct 9, 2016 at 12:37
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Ruby, 788 bytes

Basically the same method as the PHP solution.

puts Zlib.inflate Base64.decode64 "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"
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