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- From: hsu_wh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (William H Hsu)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
- Subject: The ALL NEW! (tm) CS Nethackerisms I
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:19:40 -0500
- Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA
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- The *ALL NEW!* Nethackerisms (tm) by William the CS Undergraduate
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- d. an blessed self-extracting scroll of handwaving resistance
- What do you want to read? [d or ?*] d
- As you read, the runes on the page magically arrange themselves! --more--
- You feel skeptical!
- The orc shaman casts a spell... --more--
- You point out a theoretical error in the orc shaman's research. --more--
- THe orc shaman is destroyed!
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- What do you wish to engrave with? [-abc or ?*] ?
- a. a blessed +4 Sun workstation named rhombus (weapon in hand)
- b. a blessed +2 high-speed modem named Forval
- c. an uncursed high-density 3.5" floppy disk
- What do you wish to engrave with? [-abc or ?*] b
- You write in the dust with a blessed +2 high-speed modem named Forval. --more--
- What do you want to write? Shannon
- The data decompressor lord appears afraid! --more--
- The grid bug appears afraid!
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- What do you wish to engrave with? [-abc or ?*] c
- You write in the dust with an uncursed high-density 3.5" floppy disk. --more--
- What do you want to write? Penrose
- The emperor lich appears confused.
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- k. a blindfold (being worn)
- l. an uncursed mirror
- o. an uncursed lock pick
- p. a Sound Blaster (10)
- Apply what? [klop or ?*] p
- You blow into the Sound Blaster. --more--
- A sonic blast is emitted! --more--
- You destroy the xorn!
- Apply what? [klop or ?*] l
- Which direction? .
- You have the feeling that powerful CS professors are all around you.
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- f. a brown potion
- g. a potion of Gevalia Kaffe
- Drink what? [fg or ?*] f
- This makes you feel great! Call a brown potion: JOLT
- Drink what? [g or ?*] g
- You feel a sudden urge to play chess. --more--
- The caffeine overdose wreaks havoc with your nervous system! --more--
- You hear the wailing of the Banshee...
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- There is a LALR parser corpse here; tin it? y
- i. a blessed tin of LEX-YACCs
- Eat what? [i or ?*] i
- The tin opens like magic! --more--
- It smells like LALR parsers. Eat it? y
- Your expressions become regular.
- *|/////|====================-
- Danforth hits! --more--
- Your economic future is uncertain... --more--
- The U.S. economy seems to be moving slower.
- You hit Danforth. --more--
- Your hands stop glowing blue. --more--
- Danforth is already confused.
- You destroy Danforth!
- ...
- i. a fortune cookie
- j. 3 food rations
- k. a potatoe
- l. a +3 SyQuest removable disk named Media Elite (88)
- m. a scroll titled "seulav ylimaf"
- Read what [m or ?*] m
- Thinking of Murphy Brown you forget all else.
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- k. a tripe ration
- Eat what [k or ?*] k
- The tripe ration tasted like quails! --more--
- You finish eating the tripe ration.
- You vomit! --more--
- You are getting weak from hunger... --more-- d..
- You have attracted a Japanese dignitary! .@@<= Miyazawa
- Talk to whom? [l] ...
- Miyazawa asks whether you would like some more squid.
- Millie bites Miyazawa! --more--
- Miyazawa gets angry! --more-- %@.
- Miyazawa swings his katana at Millie. --more-- .@.<= George the
- Miyazawa destroys Millie! ... Ronin (*)
- You have a strange feeling in your thyroid gland, but then it passes.
- (*) Editor's note: Recall that a ronin of feudal Japan practices _Bushido_.
- *|/////|====================-
- Talk to whom? [h] ...
- Dave mentions that he has dropped Numerical Analysis. @@.
- You hit Dave! --more-- ...
- Dave gets angry! --more--
- Dave hits! Dave hits! --more--
- You hear the howling of the CwnAnnwyn... --more--
- What do you wish to engrave with? [-abc or ?*] u
- You write in the dust with a blessed spellbook of PLT. --more--
- What do you want to write? Good luck in the rest of your courses, hahahaHAHAHA!
- Dave looks confused. --more--
- Dave wanders off, muttering about how much work he has to do.
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- Escher hits!
- A trap door opens up under you! --more--
- You arrive on the same level.
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- Leonhard casts a spell! --more--
- You real...
- Leonhard summons a floating eye! --more-- (*)
- Leonhard summons an imp! --more--
- Leonhard hurls a cream pi! --more--
- You are hit by a cream pi! --more-- ..i..
- You can't see! --more-- .e@.@ <- you
- You feel like nothing. --more-- .....
- You die...
- (*) Editor's note: Recall that floating eyes and imps were familiars of the
- great wizard Leonhard (Euler).
- Editor's note to non-mathematicians: This is an $e^{i\pi} = 0$ joke.
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- Talk to whom? [k]
- Roger asks how you feel today. --more--
- You say: What would it mean to you if you found out how I feel today?
- Roger cries "You impostor!" --more--
- Roger gets angry! --more-- Roger-> Q..
- Roger hits! --more-- you-> @ .<- ghost
- The ghost of Alan hits! --more-- ...
- You hear the wailing of the Banshee... --more--
- What do you wish to engrave with? [-abc or ?*] j
- You write in the dust with a blessed spellbook of AI. --more--
- What do you want to write? Hans
- The ghost of Alan appears confused. --more--
- Roger hits! --more--
- You die...
- (*) Non-CS editor's note: This is an elaborate Turing Test joke involving the
- namesake of the test (the late Alan Turing) and Professor Roger Penrose, both
- of Oxford. "Hans" is Dr. Hans Moravec of CMU. The "You say:" reply is a
- standard Eliza line.
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- e. a blessed scroll of Computer Graphics source code
- The CS professor hurls an overhead projector! --more-- .@...@.<- you
- You are hit by an overhead projector! .#.#.#.<- SGI
- Read what? e .#.#.#.
- The program begins to compile... --more--
- The CS professor hurls a piece of stained glass! --more--
- You are hit by a piece of stained glass! --more--
- You hear the howling of the CwnAnnwyn... --more--
- The program is finished compiling.
- e. a blessed Computer Graphics executable
- Apply what? e
- Which direction? j
- The Silicon Graphics Indigo displays a pretty picture. --more--
- The CS professor returns to his office.
- *|/////|====================-
- The ghost of Hank Sr. hits! --more--
- You are getting depressed.
- You hit Willie!
- The ghost of Patsy hits! --more--
- Your mind turns into a pretzel! (*)
- You hit Willie.
- George hits! --more--
- You are getting more and more depressed.
- You destroy Willie!
- l. a red bandanna
- Tammy casts a spell... --more--
- Rover magically appears next to you! (+)
- (*) "Crazy" -- Patsy Cline
- (+) "Stand by Your Man" -- Tammy Wynette
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