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Re: Geology from Outer Space
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Date: 
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 03:03:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:

Oh, come, come now. They didn't really mean that every SPECIES of animal
went in the ark. Just every KIND.

  I see--two prokaryotes and two eukaryotes.  *Now* I understand!  What could I
have been thinking??

You are lost in a maze of twisty little contradictions, all alike.

  Ah, Zork!  An all-time favorites!

     Dave!



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  Re: Geology from Outer Space
 
(...) Oh definitely (though I've never finished it, I've just always loved the idea from the very beginning when Infocom brought computers to Boskone to show off their nifty new game). These days Zork fits on your Palm Pilot. Several folks have (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Geology from Outer Space
 
(...) You know, I never actually played Zork. My pastiche paid homage to Zork's predecessor, ADVENT, which I *have* played on such machines as the UNIVAC 1100/80, the IBM 4341, and the Commodore PET. (URL) don't think the above link is to the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Geology from Outer Space
 
(...) Oh, come, come now. They didn't really mean that every SPECIES of animal went in the ark. Just every KIND. So there was plenty of room. And the kinds must have quick-evolved back into all the species... er, oops, I said a naughty word. There (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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