[ale] Meeting topic for tonight
Michael H. Warfield
mhw at WittsEnd.com
Thu May 16 15:45:19 EDT 2013
Uh... Sorry... I have to call on this one... I've run into this
before.
On Thu, 2013-05-16 at 13:22 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote:
> For those don't know who Scott Adams is ...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_%28game_designer%29
Actually, there seems to be this common misconception that Scott Adams
had something to do with the original Dungeon (better known as Zork) and
Adventure (Colossal Caverns or Colossal Cave Adventure). I can't speak
too much toward the Dungeon / Zork side of the house but I can for the
Adventure side. The original Adventure was done by Will Crowther and
later enhanced by many others, most notable Dave Platt, who did the 550
point version which I've played and completed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork
Part of the confusion may lay in Scott Adams being very well known in
early PC game, plus he has several games with "Adventure" in the name to
his credit, plus the fact that "Rick" Adams maintains a well known site
about the Adventure game here:
http://rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html
Adventure is still "somewhat" maintained. I have the sources for Mike
Arnautov's 770 point version from 2003 which I have not completed. It's
been ported to Android (it's in the Google App Store) and the Mac (and
of course to Linux and all forms of *NIX as well as DOS and C/PM /
ZCPR2) and even been recreated as an Astrisk dial plan / IVR (which is
truly frightening). I thought I heard rumors of a more recent version
(>800 points) but I suspect that may be a myth as I haven't been able to
actually find it.
AFAICT, Scott Adams has had nothing to do with either Adventure or the
original early Zork series. Just a common misconception.
Mike
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Michael H. Warfield
> <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-16 at 12:36 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > I see no elevator here.
>
> > It is dark. You might be eaten by a grue.
>
>
> You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different.
>
> Tip of the hat to both Dungeon (previous poster) and Adventure
> (after
> which my domain is named). The classics live forever!
>
> > Pete Hardie
>
> Mike
>
> > --------
> > Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Shawn
> <taaj.shawn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > go north
> > > go west
> > > go in elevetaor
> > > push elevator button 5
> > > go out elevator
> > > go north
> > > go north
> > > go north
> > > look west
> > > go in door west
> > > slay dragon
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Jim Kinney
> <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Future ALE meetings have been moved to the fifth floor,
> to room 5F. Take
> > >> the elevator near the mailboxes, get off at the fifth
> floor, turn right,
> > >> take the first left, and it's the second classroom on the
> left.
> > >>
> > >> Please swap left and right for the direction impaired and
> add or subtract
> > >> a turn for those with counting challenges. :-)
> > >> ____________________________
> > >> | end of the known universe |
> > >> | |
> > >> | |
> > >> / |
> > >> / |
> > >> / <<This door is 5F
> > >> / ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> / ^ |
> > >> / ^ |
> > >> / ^ |
> > >> / ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> |____ ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> | ^ |
> > >> ____| ^ |_______
> > >> ^
> > >> >>>>
> > >> elevator cave trolls
> > >> __ ^ __ ________
> > >> | | |
> > >> | 5 | |
> > >> |_______| |
> > >> madness
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Katherine Villyard
> <villyard at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > >>> Hash: SHA1
> > >>>
> > >>> ROTFL!!!
> > >>>
> > >>> Which room is this again?
> > >>>
> > >>> On 5/16/2013 9:07 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > >>> > OK. I just can't spell. Katherine gets to heckle me.
> Villyard is
> > >>> > her last name.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Argh. Humility and apologies.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On May 16, 2013 9:05 AM, "Jim Kinney"
> <jim.kinney at gmail.com
> > >>> > <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > I hate auto correct. Katherine Villiard not billiard.
> Sometimes
> > >>> > technology is NOT helpfull.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On May 16, 2013 7:46 AM, "Jim Kinney"
> <jim.kinney at gmail.com
> > >>> > <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > We have a trio of speakers tonight. Katherine Billiard
> will give us
> > >>> > an intro to Nagios monitoring. Chuck Payne will
> discuss a very
> > >>> > useful Nagios add-on. And lastly, yours truly will
> attempt a demo
> > >>> > of remote GUI capability using spice.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > As per last month, we will be meeting on the upper
> floor room at
> > >>> > 7:30 pm. I'll post a sign on the front door with room
> number.
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
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> > >>> >
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> - --
> > >>> Katherine
> > >>>
> > >>> "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not
> let the pain
> > >>> make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your
> sweetness. Take
> > >>> pride that even though the rest of the world may
> disagree, you still
> > >>> believe it to be a beautiful place."
> > >>> - --Kurt Vonnegut
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> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> --
> > >> James P. Kinney III
>
> > >> *
> > >> *Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a
> jail. What you
> > >> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding
> a dog on his own
> > >> tail. It won't fatten the dog.
> > >> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
>
> > >> *
> > >> http://electjimkinney.org
> > >> http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
> > >> *
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
>
> > > *- Shawn Taaj*
> > >
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