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#61
July 28th 08, 04:31 AM
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OT: xyzzy
"Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , "Jon Woellhaf" wrote: Just curious ... How many of you know the origin of xyzzy, without cheating and looking it up? yo -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) You mean the game origin, or the math origin that inspired the game origin? -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR Control-G Consultants 
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July 28th 08, 05:14 AM
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OT: xyzzy
"Lee K. Gleason" wrote in message . .. "Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , "Jon Woellhaf" wrote: Just curious ... How many of you know the origin of xyzzy, without cheating and looking it up? yo -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) You mean the game origin, or the math origin that inspired the game origin? -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR Control-G Consultants I can't believe I'm back in the forest!!!
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#63
July 28th 08, 08:20 PM
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OT: xyzzy
I wondered if anyone would mention that--it didn't start with the game.
David, AD8Y who also played that at 110 baud many moons ago Lee K. Gleason wrote: "Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , "Jon Woellhaf" wrote: Just curious ... How many of you know the origin of xyzzy, without cheating and looking it up? yo -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) You mean the game origin, or the math origin that inspired the game origin? -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR Control-G Consultants
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#64
July 29th 08, 12:35 AM
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OT: xyzzy
"David Kazdan" wrote in message
... I wondered if anyone would mention that--it didn't start with the game. David, AD8Y who also played that at 110 baud many moons ago I didn't know about the math origin until I looked it up. Must have been asleep when that was mentioned in class. I played at a blazing 1200 baud on a CRT hooked to a PDP-8. How could have anyone guessed "xyzzy" without looking at the source code, like we did? (Cheaters!)
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