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I tend to be very aware of linguistic quirks, such the overuse of the word "literally" (ie, it's literally raining cats and dogs out there) or the whole implied/inferred conflation. In my more uptight past I used to get annoyed by some of these, but (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | From Yahoo News - Oddly Enough
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Workers at a Romanian car factory have decided to donate sperm to get the debt-ridden plant out of the red, private television ProTv reported on Tuesday. "Our feasibility study shows that if 1,000 workers donate their sperm for (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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(...) Wasteland and Heroes of Might and Magic. I didn't work on the original Bard's Tale except for conversions, so I don't count that one. Bruce (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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(...) So did any make it? Frank (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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(...) any of the games I worked on made it into the hall of fame. :-) There was the Scott Adams abbreviated version around that time. Bruce (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: predigested pap (was Re: Star Destroyer
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(...) Yup, in high school, we were given a box of punched cards and if the program couldn't be written with the finite cards huddled in that box, then there was something wrong with you. I know that to be true, because the teacher told us so. Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Assuming the TI-83 has a reasonable way to input text, I would say theoretically yes. It seems to use the same Z-80 processor that the TRS-80 used, and appears to have enough RAM. Some models come with Flash ROM, which if useable for user (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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(...) Did that 'xyzzy' have anything to do with the 'xyzzy' BITNET chat program (It was kinda like 'talk' on UNIX but not really,) I remember using on the VAX at my university oh way back when??? -Kyle (24 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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I just remembered that in junior high "frotz grue" was funny. (24 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zork
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(...) xyzzy doesn't work, fool! Before there was Zork, there was Colossal Cave. 'xyzzy' only works in Colossal Cave. Both programs were named 'adventure' at one time, though Zork also went by the name 'dungeon'. There were family resemblances: you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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