NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/sun/misc/6153

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Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!julienas!ircam!francis
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Francis)
Subject: Re: "sports" games for X-Windows
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 17:42:31 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ronald Florence) writes:
>My son, aged 14, would like me to build some sports-oriented games he
>can play on our little network of Sun-3/60s and 3/80s, running Open
>Windows.  He plays in an EFBL rotisserie league via email, and enjoys
>xtank, xconq, xtrek, xmris, and tetris.  He is jealous of friends with
>Nintendo or ms-dos machines with color displays and commercial games.
>I think he'd particularly enjoy X-Windows games based on baseball,
>football, or basketball.  Any suggestions?
>
>Please reply by email.  If there is much interest, I'll post a summary
>of replies.  Thanks.
>--
>
>                Ronald Florence
>                [e-mail]

Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: VenturaWin3.0, ruling lines don't print
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Martin Brown) writes:
>I'm using Ventura Publisher for Windows v3.0.
>
>While using "Ruling line above..." from the paragraph menu, I have run into a
>problem.  The ruling line are visible, as per my specs, in all views.  I can
>change them fine, all adjustments appear as specified.  I can save the file
>in which the exist, and appear when the file is reloaded...
>
>  BUT THE RULING LINES WILL NOT PRINT!?
>
>This document had, at one time, a box around the frame that did print!
>
>Anybody know what's going on?  Any ideas?
>
>Thanx.
>--
>
>                                   - mjb -
>
>                                [e-mail]


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Subject: Re: Getting off Xanax
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Greg Parkinson) writes:
>
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Bob Yazz) writes:
>
>|> Mark, I haven't seen a single withdrawal-from-hell story about Valium
>|> here on sci.med, and I've seen loads of them about Xanax.
>
>I remember a number of years ago a *lot* of stories
>about Valium withdrawal - not on sci.med, but in newspapers,
>books, television.
>
>Using equally strong logic, I can say that Valium is worse
>because as far as I know there have been *no* films on television
>about Xanax withdrawal and there have been at *least* two
>specifically about Valium withdrawal - _I'm Dancing As
>Fast As I Can_ comes to mind.
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Subject: Re: "sports" games for X-Windows
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Organization: IRCAM, Paris (France)

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ronald Florence) writes:
>My son, aged 14, would like me to build some sports-oriented games he
>can play on our little network of Sun-3/60s and 3/80s, running Open
>Windows.  He plays in an EFBL rotisserie league via email, and enjoys
>xtank, xconq, xtrek, xmris, and tetris.  He is jealous of friends with
>Nintendo or ms-dos machines with color displays and commercial games.
>I think he'd particularly enjoy X-Windows games based on baseball,
>football, or basketball.  Any suggestions?

Perhaps its just my orientation, but all I could think of building was
xteth (with a pronounced lisp) - an X based tetherball game.

You need a good 24-bit color X terminal, thin-wire ethernet
connection, a long pole, crash helmet and boxing gloves. You connect
one end of the ethernet wire to the top of the pole, and let the
terminal hang down along the side. The wire cannot be too long or the
signals attenuate too much - the terminal should just touch the
non-static floor carpeting. The object of the game, like ordinary
tetherball, is to wind the cable around the pole until it cannot be
wound tighter.  You put on the boxing gloves and crash helmet, and hit
the X workstation as hard as you can to make it swing around the pole,
winding the cable. Make sure you have the motorcycle crash helmet
securely tightened to avoid having your brains bashed out if the
workstation hits you in the face when you miss (I know how maladroit
most programmers are). I would suggest that children under twelve wear
shoulderpads.

It is a visually exciting game, with full 24-bit color quality,
especially popular in France. I know that tetherball hasn't really
been adopted by rigid-wristed international sports organizations, but
hey. Perhaps the EFBL rotisserie league will be interested.

I know my friends are jealous!


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