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Do you grok Xyzzy?

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    raddevus
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    I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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      I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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      Forogar
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      Nothing Happens. Darn it! I have just revealed my age!

      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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        Slacker007
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        No, I don't grok it. Don't care to grok it either.

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        • R raddevus

          I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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          Forogar
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          Another answer that proves how many hours I have spent playing TOCC (The Original Colossal Cave)... Plugh!

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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            Marc Clifton
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            Youngin! :laugh:

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              Another answer that proves how many hours I have spent playing TOCC (The Original Colossal Cave)... Plugh!

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              OriginalGriff
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              FEE
              FIE
              FOE
              FOO

              I used to have the FORTRAN sources for that on microfiche!

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                FEE
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                I used to have the FORTRAN sources for that on microfiche!

                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                Forogar
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                I had the source on green stripy paper. A friend and I wrote a customised version of it (in FORTRAN 4) to run on our college computer (a Pr1me 300B) with our own messages and map. Nobody liked it much so we gave up and I wrote a version of the early Star Trek type game instead which proved immensely popular - so much so that we were instructed to restrict access to it as all terminals were permanently occupied with students playing it.

                - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                  No, I don't grok it. Don't care to grok it either.

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                  raddevus
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                  They'll be removing your membership soonly. :rolleyes:

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                    Another answer that proves how many hours I have spent playing TOCC (The Original Colossal Cave)... Plugh!

                    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                    raddevus
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                    Forogar wrote:

                    proves how many hours I have spent playing TOCC (The Original Colossal Cave).

                    It was all in the name of QA, right? :-D

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                      Youngin! :laugh:

                      Latest Article - A Concise Overview of Threads Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                      raddevus
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                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                      Youngin!

                      It's the rare insult that makes you feel better. :laugh: I just arrived late to the game.

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                        Nothing Happens. Darn it! I have just revealed my age!

                        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                        raddevus
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                        Forogar wrote:

                        Nothing Happens.

                        :thumbsup: You know your stuff!

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                        • R raddevus

                          I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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                          Eric Lynch
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                          Extra credit for using both "grok" and "xyzzy" in a sentence. Mr. Peabody apparently fired up the Wayback Machine for you! :) Fun game, back in the day. I spent countless hours lost in those twisty little passages. As a result, xyzzy.txt remains one of my go-to names for a temporary/junk file.

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            FEE
                            FIE
                            FOE
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                            I used to have the FORTRAN sources for that on microfiche!

                            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            OriginalGriff wrote:

                            to have the FORTRAN sources for that on microfiche!

                            It might take you the rest of the year to top that statement! :laugh: :laugh:

                            Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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                              Extra credit for using both "grok" and "xyzzy" in a sentence. Mr. Peabody apparently fired up the Wayback Machine for you! :) Fun game, back in the day. I spent countless hours lost in those twisty little passages. As a result, xyzzy.txt remains one of my go-to names for a temporary/junk file.

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                              raddevus
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                              Eric Lynch wrote:

                              Mr. Peabody apparently fired up the Wayback Machine for you!

                              That's correct, Sherman. :-D I really loved the Rocky & Bullwinkle show. I also liked Tennessee Tuxedo[^].

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                              • R raddevus

                                I stumbled upon this while searching for other obscurities and thought it was just obscure enough to obscure this message board for a while. :laugh: Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia[^] Hint: It's related to a very famous video computer game (not much video in this one).

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                                Ravi Bhavnani
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                                Here, have at it[^]! :) /ravi

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                                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                                  to have the FORTRAN sources for that on microfiche!

                                  It might take you the rest of the year to top that statement! :laugh: :laugh:

                                  Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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                                  OriginalGriff
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                                  It does date one slightly, doesn't it? :laugh:

                                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                    Here, have at it[^]! :) /ravi

                                    My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                    raddevus
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                                    :) Wow, that's fantastic! :thumbsup: Now I can to Xyzzy every day! Nothing happens. :laugh:

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