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Do you grok Xyzzy?

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  • S Slacker007

    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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    • F Forogar

      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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      • M Marc Clifton

        Youngin! :laugh:

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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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        • F Forogar

          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

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

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              DRHuff
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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:

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              • E Eric Lynch

                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:

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                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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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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