[981] in Central_America
New quotes for Fri Oct 14
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Oct 14 01:27:00 1988
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 88 01:26:38 EDT
From: Initializer.SysDaemon <root@CHARON.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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aaron (Aaron A. Goodisman):
Sorry about yesterday's plan. My brain was malfunctioning.
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amgreene (Rhu Greene):
From the "How did they ever cope without it?" Department ---
Chinese National Television has purchased 21 episodes of an
American sitcom from ABC/Circle Films. Starting next January,
Chinese audiences will be thrilling to the adventures of Dave
and Maddie as they enjoy a season of _Moonlighting._
(adapted from the NYTimes)
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dachurch (Douglas A. Church):
Don't log in as root, use su
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dschmidt (Dan Schmidt):
I feel good (I feel good)
I feel bad (I feel bad)
I feel happy (I feel happy)
I feel sad (I feel sad)
Am I in love? (Ahhh - )
I must be in love
the Rutles
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fikhatri (Farzana Khatri):
This is Farzana's .plan file. Isn't it exciting.
Teddy bears are cute
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jab (Luke Vaxhacker):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Trip to the Museum of Science to see _Speed_ on Sunday.
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maddog (Matthew J Marjanovic):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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mar (Mark A. Rosenstein):
{From system: This user's .plan file is world, group, and owner readable}
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needle (Zanzibar B. McFate):
This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'
As you can imagine with so many Daves.
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qjb (Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt):
To find a better way of initially getting the "run" script than
run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run
consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult
run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run
consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult
run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run
consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult
run consult run consult run consult run consult run consult run
consult run consult run consult run consult .....
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tytso (Theodore Y. Ts'o):
DP Man
(sung to the tune "Piano Man" by Billy Joel)
It's eight o'clock on a Monday,
The programming crowd staggers in,
There's a user by my terminal,
With drool running off of his chin.
He says, "Son, can you code me some processing,
I'm not really sure what I want,
But it's short and it's sweet and it's NP-complete
And it has to be finished by lunch."
Chorus:
They say, "Write us some code, you're the DP man,
Write us some code today,
'Cause we need this report for the CEO,
And he wants it by yesterday."
Now, Tim at the console's a friend of mine,
He bumps up my priority,
And he'll bum me a smoke or some Twinkies and Coke,
But there's someplace that he'd rather be.
He said, "Paul, I believe it's a dead-end here,"
As the smile ran away from his face,
"But I'm sure I could find work with IBM,
If I could get out of this place."
Now, Mark is a frustrated racing man,
Whose license is riding on luck,
And he's talking with Jeff who scares mopeds to death,
With those forty-inch tires on his truck.
Well, it's pretty good code for a Monday,
And my team leader gives me a smirk,
'Cause he knows that it's me they'll be coming to see,
When they find out that it didn't work.
And the keyboard, it clicks like a tickertape
And the CRT screams like a jet,
And they walk by my cube and throw pens at my tube,
And say, "Man, ain't they fixed that thing yet ?"
And the old hands are screaming to standardize,
As the patches and kludges pile up,
'Cause this place is a hacker's own paradise:
It's a string-handling-in-Fortran shop.
Greg Gerke, from rec.humor.funny
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setenv TEDPATH x3-7788:x3-7787:x3-4261:x5-6361:x3-5009
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wchuang (William Chuang):
This is my Moria Character:
Name :The Falcon Mage Age : 18 Strength :18/100
Race :Human Height : 64 Intelligence :18/100
Sex :Male Weight : 213 Wisdom :18/100
Class :Mage Social Class: 56 Dexterity :18/100
Title :Wizard (7th) Constitution :18/100
Charisma :18/100
+ To Hit : 18 Level : 37 Max Hit Points : 377
+ To Damage : 23 Experience :975653 Cur Hit Points : 377
+ To AC : 40 Gold :506366 Max Mana : 145
Total AC : 62 Cur Mana : 145
(Miscellaneous Abilities)
Fighting : Superb Stealth : Good Perception : Very Good
Throw/Bows : Superb Disarming : Superb Searching : Fair
Saving Throw: Superb Magic Device: Superb Infra-Vision: 0 feet
Character Background
You are one of several children of a Guildsman. You are a credit to
the family. You have dark brown eyes, wavy auburn hair, and an
average complexion.
^L
[Character's Equipment List]
a) You are wielding : a Sabre (+10,+10) [+0] (HA) (+2 to STR).
b) Worn on head : an Iron Helm [5,+5].
c) Worn around neck : an Agate Amulet of Slow Digestion.
d) Worn on body : Hard Leather Ring Mail [8,+7] (R).
e) Worn on shield arm : a Medium Metal Shield [4,+8].
f) Worn on hands : a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+4] of Slaying (+1,+3).
g) Right ring finger : a Lapis lazuli Ring of Speed (+1).
h) Left ring finger : a Pearl Ring of Increase Damage (+4).
i) Worn on feet : a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+5].
j) Worn about body : a Cloak [1,+6] of Stealth (+2).
k) Light source is : a Brass Lantern with 8920 turns of light.
l) Secondary weapon : a Halberd (+8,+7) [+7] (DF).
[General Inventory List]
f) 5 White Mushrooms of Restoring.
i) 17 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
j) 2 Purple Speckled Potions of Invulnerability.
k) 28 Azure Potions of Haste Self.
l) 24 Misty Potions of Healing.
o) 14 Scrolls Titled "zun conta" of Teleport Level.
p) 23 Scrolls Titled "murun bjor bie" of Teleport.
q) 3 Scrolls Titled "ulk iv" of Genocide.
r) a Cedar Staff of Speed (+7 charges).
s) a Hickory Staff of Curing (+4 charges).
t) a Teak Staff of Teleportation (+8 charges).
u) a Topaz Ring of Lordly Protection (FIRE) [+5].
v) a Cloak [1,+5] of Protection.
To those of you who have seen the character created by someone in
"God/Wizard mode", this is *not* a "created" character. I've been
playing this mage since Sept. 20, averaging several hours a day. The
Balrog is next on my agenda, probably sometime next week, realtime.
This is using Umoria 4.87, with all the patches, including the random
generator fix.
^L
Now, for a joke:
This is best if yerr Scottish burr is pretty good.
The anatomy professor says, "Now, class, I've a few questions for ya
about the homewerrk.
Miss MacGregor! Stand please." [She stands.]
"What organ expands to ten times its normal size when excited?"
Miss MacGregor flushes and fidgets. Finally the professor tells her to be
seated. "Mister Campbell: stand please and answer the same question."
"It's the pupil of the eye, sir."
"Very good, Mister Campbell. Miss MacGregor, I have three things to say to you.
First, ya haven't done yerr homewerrk.
Second, ya have a derrty mind.
Third, yerr in for a *big* disappointment."
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yummie (Sarah Y Park):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
--- End of Central America ---
