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mnottertail -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 6:17:52 PM)

oh, shit.........
I thought this was a spirited argument about decoupage.....
now I gotta deal with the difference between u238 and u235 and how the half-life works.............

Not today.

Ron



SirKenin -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 7:47:48 PM)


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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what half life means?


It's a physics term. It's the length of time that a radioactive element takes to lose half of its radioactive output.

Since the process is a halving, an element may be dangerous for a number of half-lives


It's not just used in physics. It's used for any atomic item. It is quite popular in the world of medicine for instance, where it is very important to know what the half life is of a pharmaceutical once it enters the human body.

But yeah. [:)] Very good.



Lordandmaster -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 9:27:47 PM)

You asked a question when you knew the answer?

And you say OTHER PEOPLE should get a life?



JohnWarren -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 10:03:36 PM)


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin

It's not just used in physics. It's used for any atomic item. It is quite popular in the world of medicine for instance, where it is very important to know what the half life is of a pharmaceutical once it enters the human body.

But yeah. [:)] Very good.


Great. I love learning new things. I was aware of LD50 (lethal dose 50%) but not that one



knees2you -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 10:11:30 PM)

Speaking of Games~ Hmmm

I have a Game called Eradecator.
What a thrill to play.

I also liked Rise of the Triad.

Sincerely, Ant[;)]

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SirKenin -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/22/2005 10:27:22 PM)

RotT. Now there is an old game. I have not heard of that one in ages.



JohnWarren -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 5:09:02 AM)


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin

RotT. Now there is an old game. I have not heard of that one in ages.


Colossal Cave on the IBM 360



SirKenin -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 6:55:55 AM)


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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin

RotT. Now there is an old game. I have not heard of that one in ages.


Colossal Cave on the IBM 360


I have not even heard of that one.. Now You are dating Yourself. lol



JohnWarren -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 7:16:34 AM)


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin


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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren


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ORIGINAL: SirKenin

RotT. Now there is an old game. I have not heard of that one in ages.


Colossal Cave on the IBM 360


I have not even heard of that one.. Now You are dating Yourself. lol


A later version for home computers was called Adventure. CC was played on a 110 baud teletype, display screens not having been advented yet. You gave directions to your character ("go north" "pick up key") and the computer responded.

Oh, I'm more dated than you realize my first computer was an Altair (eight switches and an "enter" button) and my first nipple clips were trilbites... live ones.



imtempting -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 8:00:28 AM)

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perverseangelic -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 11:46:48 AM)

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)



JohnWarren -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:07:00 PM)


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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)


You are in a maze of twisty turny passages all alike

I wish I could find a copy for you. For a while there was one at http://plugh.xyzzy.net/xyzzy.html but that's going. Even the domain is gone.



frenchpet -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:09:06 PM)

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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)

OMG ! I played lots of B&W and 4 colours games, including Ultima5 and SpaceInvaders, but you guys make me feel like I'm watching the BBC program about dinosaurs again ![sm=lol.gif]

edit : It's not even in http://www.abandonwarering.com/ . Did computers exist when you played this game ?



JohnWarren -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:12:03 PM)


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ORIGINAL: frenchpet
OMG ! I played lots of B&W and 4 colours games, including Ultima5 and SpaceInvaders, but you guys make me feel like I'm watching the BBC program about dinosaurs again ![sm=lol.gif]


I _AM_ a dinosaur! Didn't we just have the discussion about people not wanting to play with [trying to remember "creepy, old farts" wasn't it].

Fortunately for me, a certain amount of skill makes up for the loss of a bit of hair in back in the eyes of some delightful people.



frenchpet -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:27:32 PM)

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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)

again... It's here.

BUT :
-You'll need a floppy disk drive
-You need a FAT32 file system.
-You might be disappointed. I played Ultima5 a few years ago (about 12 years after I finished it), I was disappointed. It's like fantasies, some things are best kept in your mind.



pinkpleasures -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:45:26 PM)

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Ignore him hun. It is easy to tell what type of person he is when he has nothing uselful to contribute, yet he has to open his yap to say something detrimental to someone else. Believe it or not, it is people like that that generally have no self esteem and just look to boost it at the expense of others.

W/we all know what you meant, so no worries.

SirKenin


Sir, i agree with You about the spelling and grammar police, but You must admit Lam has contributed much to the boards...especially esoteric facts. It saddens me to see the two of You at each other. i respect both of You.

pinkpleasures



SirKenin -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 12:47:55 PM)

I liked playing Pitfall on the Apple II. I played that for hours. I was big into writing My own game for the Commodore Pet for a long time, but I never finished it. It impressed the hell out of our teacher though. [8D]



ModeratorEleven -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 1:00:18 PM)

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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)

Colossal Cave Adventure Page

XI



frenchpet -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 1:14:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ModeratorEleven

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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I had CC for a very very very old PC.

It rocked. Hard.

And I -always- got stuck after less than 10 minutes. Wish I could find a place to try it again ;)

Colossal Cave Adventure Page

XI

And it works ! yeah ! the first time I play a computer game with only texts. [sm=lol.gif]



ModeratorEleven -> RE: Not what Collage was for. (9/23/2005 1:34:21 PM)

Kids... [:D]

XI



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