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To: GeronL

I am not sure I understand. For them to catch on? I don’t think they ever did.

Or study up on the fake test? About 20 minutes.

Everything you need is now online, so you don’t need access to the MIT list serv like we used back in the horse-and-buggy days.

To give away my age, we invented a game called “Zork” and played it on massive mainframes.


49 posted on 07/11/2013 1:13:30 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

this actress sounds clueless


51 posted on 07/11/2013 1:21:31 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jewbacca
To give away my age, we invented a game called “Zork” and played it on massive mainframes.

I remember Zork. I used to dialup Harris Corp. down here in Florida and play Zork on their PDP-10 over a 300-baud acoustically coupled modem.

The sophistication of Zork's English parser was one of the mind-blowing things that inspired me to pursue a career in Computer Science.

54 posted on 07/11/2013 1:25:14 PM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: Jewbacca

You invented Zork? I grew up playing Infocom’s version on my C64 when I was a kid. And I have an authentic Zorkmid I got on eBay in the ‘90s, which I think has turned out to be a better investment than gold.

Are you one of these 4 creators or some other contributor not mentioned here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork


55 posted on 07/11/2013 1:28:41 PM PDT by JediJones (Gridlock means taking credit for stuff that automatically happens while you do nothing)
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To: Jewbacca

“You might be eaten by a grue.” Ah, memories.


62 posted on 07/11/2013 7:36:15 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda machine.)
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