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Re: 20Q (was Re: Prophecy (was Re: AucZILLA X: what is this item?)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Date:
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Thu, 6 May 1999 21:22:45 GMT
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lpien@ctp.*Spamcake*iwantnospam.com
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, lar@voyager.net (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
> > Sproaticus wrote:
> > >
> > > Todd Lehman wrote:
> >
> > > > Hmmm... Must be a Big Blue thing, eh?
> >
> > Yes.
> > > > Umm, does it spot inside another
> > > > application?
> > ?? Rephrase the question, what do you mean by "spot"?
> >
> >
> > > > -- is that how people don't know that they're spotning it?
> > ?? Rephrase the question, what do you mean by "spot"? (or SpotN in this
> > case)
> >
> > > > What kind of text data does it typically operate on?
> > We won't hold you to "yes/no" questions! All kinds
> >
> > > > Is it special purpose?
> > No
> >
> > > > Does it spot on PCs or mainframes?
> > ?? Rephrase the question, what do you mean by "spot"?
>
> Oh. Sorry.
>
> c /spot/run/ * *
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> --Todd
Ohmigawd, I can't believe I walked into that! A classic shaggy dog if
there ever was one. (in more ways than one, so to speak :-))
But isn't that a pun and thus offtopic for .fun and thus subject to
needing to be crossposted to .pun? Or don't I get the rules yet? Help!
To re answer the three spot (1) questions
. It can run inside another app and often does... but it started as
standalone.
. Yes.
. originally MF but there is a PC version, believe it or not.
Still 13 questions left. A poster answered offline correctly with no
further clues (but he works for the company that developed it...)
1 - obscure reference... what is a three spot in the railroad context?
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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