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Re:Tunnels and Trolls on Monday July 20, 2020 @08:22AM (#23897037)
Think I've still got the books someplace. All those d6 became a real pain you needed dozens.
There is no silver bullet
Re:When in doubt: hang up, look up, and call back on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:21AM (#22968917)
Just get rid of the land line. When I move house, I'm not going to have one ever again.
Re:“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” turns 42 on Monday March 09, 2020 @05:05AM (#22524006)
I have them too, both series.
Re:Folding@home takes up the fight against COVID-19 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @08:07AM (#22493169)
sounds like a great new idea for phone scammers; try to con people into downloading their covid research project.
Re:The core memory inside a Saturn V rocket's computer on Thursday March 05, 2020 @05:20AM (#22492400)
I played Lunar Lander in the arcades, top draw game that.
I might just do that
I've had one of these letters, 600 quid they wanted for my neighbours electric, addresses to the owner occupier. never had a Scottish power account and it's nothing to do with me.

I called them, but we shall see if that stops them.

Re:Beer Waste Saves Montana Town $1M on Water Treatment on Thursday February 13, 2020 @04:58AM (#22316538)
marmite
Re:The Disneyfication of a University on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:28AM (#22297910)
that reminds me, I must clean my phone.
Re:The limits of high-speed rail on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:38AM (#22265788)
It takes 5 hours to go 100km? what route is that?
Re:Terry Jones has died on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @08:06AM (#22117170)
He's not the Messiah, he's...
It costs $30K to go to Barber School in the US?
Re:O(n^2), again, now in Windows Management Instrumentation on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:17AM (#21753213)
The very idea of O(n*(n!)^n) is going to give me nightmares.
Re:The Crystal Palace on Monday December 09, 2019 @04:59AM (#21741486)
I went to Selhurst last season, I was thinking of visit the Crystal Palace, but didn't have time. Rather wish I had now.
I wrote a COBOL interpreter on the C64 for this very purpose.
I love that cheese, Gjetost.
Re:The art of interrupting software engineers on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:38AM (#20564238)
I'd rather work on the bins.
Re:Capital One Says Breach Hit 100M Individuals in U.S on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:22AM (#20563486)
If you put data in the cloud...

assume it is no longer private.

I'm related to the Hoares. Probably. There can't be many distinct families with that surname.
Re:Invaders game in 512 bytes on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:07AM (#20124611)
i'm impressed
Re:Plaid Launches in the UK on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:20AM (#20049563)
I thought it was about a remake of Dead Men Don't Need Plaid.
I would very much like to know who owned it and what it was used for. and more importantly why it was just left to rot. It must have been worth something.
"Zork I is a 1980 interactive fiction game"

Surely, these were called Adventure Games at the time. I never recall them being called that.

Re:Aphex Twin Speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi (2017) on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:30AM (#19663942)
Indeed The John Peel Show was awash with the stuff in the early 90s, certainly where I heard LFO, Aphex Twin (etc) for first time.

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