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Thursday, 3 August, 2006 by L
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Nerdley types: "Dear DevTeam, I have a bug to report."
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"If one was to polymorph into an iron golem"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
century. Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
menial work.
"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
of vegetable half-life. What life it had, too, so the story
runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
`free sidereal strength of the universe.'
"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
destroyed it. Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless. All that was
left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
the Old Synagogue." ...
[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
, equip waterDay after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere
Nor any drop to drink.
        [ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
         Coleridge ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
walking boots..."
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"And fall into a pool while on a steed on the same turn that a carried corpse rots away..."
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"A serious inventory glitch occurs by which any wands inside containers you may be holding..."
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"Become inexplicably transformed into fully charged wands of wishing."
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"I hope that this glitch is corrected very swiftly."
@ "Nerdley! DON'T DO IT!!"
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@ "Submit."
@ "NNNNNOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!!!"
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@ "NNNNNOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!!!"
All bugs reported in this strip are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual bugs, fixed or
otherwise, is entirely coincidental.


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  August 3, 2006 07:44
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
I have to try that.
Eskimo August 3, 2006 07:48
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Huh, and the fun part is that such a bug shouldn't be reported? Ok, but Fair just because the "bug" was so good.
Mikoangelo August 3, 2006 15:35
First comment: 19 October, 2005 82 comments written
I though it was good, both the strip itself and the bug.
Roger Barnett August 3, 2006 15:50
First comment: 7 April, 2006 143 comments written
Ah, the best intentions...
Fathead August 3, 2006 21:47
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Man, it's a good thing that the DevTeam isn't made up of idiots.
Grognor April 19, 2007 07:10
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
This would be damn near impossible to set up.
DaHusky June 12, 2007 07:12
First comment: 4 June, 2007 27 comments written
Amusing. Just, amusing.
Fredil April 27, 2008 04:39
First comment: 17 April, 2008 26 comments written
Just once, I need to try that.

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