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1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: Power out hack
Article: 7527 of alt.hackers From: chowes@trance.helix.net (Charles Howes) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: Power out hack Date: 19 Mar 1995 23:41:57 -0800 Organization: Helix Internet Lines: 41 Approved: The guy with the wrench Message-ID: 3kjbk5$60m@trance.helix.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.244.2.2 Approved-by: The guy with the wrench Status: RO
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Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> wrote:
>On 19 Mar 1995, Sam Trenholme wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a ftp site with cool AWK source code, or of any
>> mailing lists that are used to post AWK scripts? I know that perl has
>> basiclly taken over, but I only have books that tell me how to
use Awk,
>> no books to tell me how to use perl. Can't really afford perl
books anyway.
>
>That reminds me, does anybody have a way to tune in old Gomer Pyle TV
>shows on their TV? I know new shows have basically taken over, but I only
>have these old TV Guides and I can't afford to get new ones. Also, are
>there any game cartridges available for Pong?
1. You don't have to search & compile Awk (or nawk), it's everywhere.
2. If
"Lisp has all the visual appeal of fingernail clippings mixed with
oatmeal."
then
"Perl has all the visual appeal of aborted digestion."
Obhack: writing an awk script that took input from and output to telnet,
and did stuff on a mud. What stuff? Map the mud, of course.
"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
> Drop Object1
> n
"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
"There is an Object1 here."
>
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Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
Always tell the truth, then you make it the other bloke's problem!
- Sean Connery, 1971
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Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
Always tell the truth, then you make it the other bloke's problem!
- Sean Connery, 1971
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