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(...) Actually, I'm not sure yet. I've spent more time coding than playing. Karen's top score is 6000-something so far, but I'm pretty sure one can get past that. Also, I think I'm going to add a timer. It's possible to do really well if you spend (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) i use wordpad all the time, what are you talking about? :P (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) yup... pretty different situation... if I ever need to touch a win box at work, it's usually to set up the network on it, or install something for a client. Never do any kind of development or even desktop use on it. yah, right now I have (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) be (...) be (...) au contraire. It's partly a style issue and partly a matter of the type of work you do, but I totally disagree, at least for me. I was just at a client in Alabama (monday thru yesterday) teaching them how to use our product (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) while I used to use vi only in emergancies, I found that lately I use it (vim) almost exclusivly. Not really sure why, cause I did install emacs on my laptop... weird. (...) well, on windows you rarely actually need to edit text files... (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Indeed. vi sucks... however I feel it's good to know since it is likely to be on every unix box you walk up to. My preferred editor (emacs) often has to be installed in order for me to use it. I feel the same way about notepad on Windows (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Took a few tries but here is what I got back (heavily excerpted, the person responding wasn't really having a good day and I wasn't helping matters much for him with my queries) (...) I have no intention of destroying any of my mice (!!) but I am (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nod, it's pretty cool! what's a good score? :) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And vice versa, of course -- if the black line finishes, you can start another... (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) actually, I didn't know you could do that! the ability to start only one line is even better! :) now I'll have to try... (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Right. Any editor that makes you be in a special mode to *edit* is fundamentally flawed. (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You can *sort* of do this -- if the red line finishes while your black line is still going, you can start another red line. This is actually a pretty important tactic for getting high scores. It wouldn't be too hard to actually implement the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Both have cool properties, but the DIN A4, B5, etc. paper sizes are based on sqrt(2) because if you cut them down the longer side, each half retains the original aspect ratio -- perfect for 2-UP and 4-UP and saddle-stitching documents when (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) heh, make it allow to start multiple walls! so I can start one, and start another BEFORE the first one finishs! :) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) not to start a holy war, but vi has all sorts of weirdnesses in it... like, oh, modes? :) *grin, duck and run* (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And the sixth dumbest thing is how vi makes a big deal about "all the most import keys are right on the home row", and then a) foolishly has your right hand shifted one key to the left of where it should be and b) makes you hit ESC a lot, even (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'll nominate a fifth dumbest thing: contemporary use of QWERTY keyboards that were originally designed to make typing slower and more difficult. John (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I thought the DIN A4, B5, etc. paper sizes were based on the Golden Mean, not the square root of 2. Or are those two different flavors of the same universal constant? But your #3 item is just a variation of #1. Heck, so is #2. Earlier in the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Uh-huh. But that's not limited to US - as I've found out several times after a power blackout... Regards ROSCO (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Paper sizes ! Weights and measures are bad enough. (...) Working rotating shiftwork, this happens. In the eighties I was working nightshift (midnight-8am) one night, when one of the operators on evening shift came rushing in at 6am, thinking (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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