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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
Date: 
Thu, 6 May 1999 21:22:45 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> 
> 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/ * *
> 
> --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?
--
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  Re: 20Q (was Re: Prophecy (was Re: AucZILLA X: what is this item?)
 
(...) Oh. Sorry. c /spot/run/ * * --Todd (27 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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