It was *all* of the Zork games.
Jon
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Or you are likely to be eaten by a grue - wait, that might be a Zork
game.
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Sorry guys, you all fail your nerd check.
You all take -3 to your Charisma for the rest of the evening, and
Chuckie
takes -5 since he has the Caustic personality trait.
And 2d10 Sanity loss for Mythos knowledge.
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Jon Brock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Somebody let me know when they get around to cargo class. =20
Jon
They are working on it, see IBM Redbook SG24-7124, IBM System z9 109
Technical Guiode, p. 217:
The Redundant I/O Interconnect (RII) function now provides for redundant
STI
connectivity to all
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I know we are all virtual...really...
But in what universe can you have a 20 sided dice? The pursuit of a 20
sided dice, would make the pursuit of free beer look as easy as
turning on the tap (for those of us that
I know we are all virtual...really...
But in what universe can you have a 20 sided dice? The pursuit of a
20
sided dice, would make the pursuit of free beer look as easy as
turning on the tap (for those of us that don't work at a brewery).
Any gaming store (or other store that sells DD
I even saw a 100-sided die one time. It looked a lot like a large golf ball.
Took forever to stop rolling.
Jon
/snip
Dude! You never played Dungeons Dragons? Two 20-sided dice
(icosahedra) give you a number between 00 and 99 with an even probability
distribution. Picture at
On Apr 28, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Tom Duerbusch wrote:
I know we are all virtual...really...
But in what universe can you have a 20 sided dice? The pursuit of
a 20
sided dice, would make the pursuit of free beer look as easy as
turning on the tap (for those of us that don't work at a brewery).
On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Alan Altmark wrote:
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I know we are all virtual...really...
But in what universe can you have a 20 sided dice? The pursuit of
a 20
sided dice, would make the pursuit of free beer look as
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Dennis
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I don't recall DD being available on the 370.
Must be a younger generation type of thing.
Now, I did write a Star Trek game that was very popular at the
University for TSO
And a console monitor back in '73. But that was used to spy on the
central facility
Tom Duerbusch
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On Apr 28, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Tom Duerbusch wrote:
I know we are all virtual...really
One time at band camp I saw a moebius strip die, I think it had 1 side.
It was blue or red.
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I thought all computer geeks played DD :-)
Certainly all the schizophrenic ones :))
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Nope... Some of us are too old for that, but we did play Adventure on
VM... maze of twisty turny little passages all different. No graphics,
just keystrokes
Sure, everybody has those! But just try to find a d1! They look at you
strange grin.
I believe I saw those in the Moebius catalog, didn't I? For when you need
a truly non-random number.
Tim Hare
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On Apr 28, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Tom Duerbusch wrote:
I don't recall DD being available on the 370.
Must be a younger generation type of thing.
It's not a computer game. You actually sit around a table with your
friends and dice and pieces of paper and pencils. It's very quaint,
so I hear.
An
I could be wrong but as I remember DD is about 2 years older than Adventure.
You are lost in a maze of twisty turny little passages all the same. Watch out
for the Dwarf.
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Nope... Some of us are too old for that, but we did play Adventure on
VM... maze of twisty turny
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9ec/
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http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9ec/
And for those of us who are old enough to remember, this does not
derive from BC Mode (S/360) or EC Mode (S/370)!
IBM System z9 EC Enterprise Class (formerly IBM System z9 109)
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9ec/
And for those of us who are old enough to remember, this does not
derive from BC Mode (S/360) or EC Mode (S/370)!
IBM System z9 EC Enterprise Class (formerly IBM System z9 109)
IBM System z9 BC Business Class
You can
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Ah, two years have already passed. Time for the biennial IBM
machine renumbering.
Hannes:
Actually, z9-109 was announced July 2006 so that name did not
last even 1 year!
Jim
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I always thought the IBM machine labeling closely coinceded with a
change in VP
of marketing.
Or is it something like how they determine when Easter is?
Actual naming is very complex. Multi-colored wheels with
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Ah, two years have already
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I always thought the IBM machine labeling closely coinceded with a change in VP
of marketing.
Or is it something like how they determine when Easter
Would we get meals with the z9-FC and BC machines?
Betsie
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I was thinking a better naming
On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Alan Altmark wrote:
Actual naming is very complex. Multi-colored wheels with spinners, 20
4-sided dice, and 4 20-sided dice are involved. (I think the 20-sided
dice explain why certain letters never appear in product names.)
Does that mean that the z9BC is a 6
Would we get meals with the z9-FC and BC machines?
No, the machine's just a little bit wider, and the covers recline 3 more
inches.
You still don't get a blanket, and there's still only peanuts.
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Somebody let me know when they get around to cargo class.
Jon
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Actual naming is very complex. Multi-colored wheels with spinners, 20
4-sided dice, and 4 20-sided dice are involved. (I think the 20-sided
dice explain why certain letters never appear in product
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