Dudley's dungeon -- Friday, 30 November, 2007

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Number of ratings: 29

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Antheridium	November 30, 2007 01:30
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
The reader laughs! A lot of games have debug rooms in them, but only Dudley would die in one.
Mordae	November 30, 2007 03:31
First comment: 11 May, 2007	116 comments written
What do you want to wield? a - an Ada compiler The Ada compiler welds itself to your hand! You feel stupid.
itxpurts	November 30, 2007 04:00
First comment: 18 October, 2007	6 comments written
Excellent... Next thing is a Magic PortalPortals can be Mirrors, Pictures, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, Windows, and special gates set up for the purpose. You will travel through them both to distant parts of the continent and to and from our own world. The precise manner of their working is a Management secret. [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ] 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. to the Matrix!!
Wellan	November 30, 2007 05:06
First comment: 27 November, 2007	247 comments written
Now we just need Dudley to hack NetHack. Hilarious!
G	November 30, 2007 05:53
First comment: 5 October, 2005	82 comments written
Nice
Dion	November 30, 2007 09:19
First comment: 2 February, 2004	100 comments written
Wellan, see also http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050427
A cursed greased -2 Grognor scale mail	November 30, 2007 18:07
First comment: 30 November, 2007	1 comments written
I may be dense, but I'm not sure why the symbol '~' represents the lines of code. I don't know if a perfect symbol exists, but I probably would have gone with '?'. I ask, not to nitpick Grognor-style, but to see if I'm missing an additional layer to the joke.
Grognor, killed by a newt	November 30, 2007 18:17
First comment: 28 November, 2007	19 comments written
This is great, but ~ is 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. or lava, and grid bugs and uhh... those Zans or Xans or whatever are the only x bugs.
zem	November 30, 2007 19:23
First comment: 5 December, 2005	64 comments written
Do you want your backtrace identified?
Antheridium	November 30, 2007 21:30
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
x also refers to grid bugs, of course, and I think that's why it was used here. If you look at an x, you'll see the class is used for "magical or fantastic insects". While it's debatable whether it would be funnier to use x or a (and allow Go Team AntThis giant variety of the ordinary ant will fight just as fiercely as its small, distant cousin. Various varieties exist, and they are known and feared for their relentless persecution of their victims. 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.), it certainly seems appropriate (at least to me) to use the symbol for an imaginary bug to refer to a virtual bug. Also, I thought 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. or lava was }. (Or it might be {, I can never remember which is the fountainRest! This little Fountain runs Thus for aye: -- It never stays For the look of summer suns, Nor the cold of winter days. Whose'er shall wander near, When the Syrian heat is worst, Let him hither come, nor fear Lest he may not slake his thirst: He will find this little river Running still, as bright as ever. Let him drink, and onward hie, Bearing but in thought, that I, Erotas, bade the Naiad fall, And thank the great god Pan for all! [ For a Fountain, by Bryan Waller Procter ] 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. and which is the moat.) The only thing I've ever seen ~ used for is the tail of a long worm[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed". An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long. [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ] 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.... perhaps that's the analogy, it's used for a continuous piece of a long program... Or perhaps it indicates that the line is just a snippet, not long enough to take up a full scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] 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.... or perhaps the author just wanted to use a character that would easily contrast with @ and x, for easier reading. We'd likely be complaining if he used ?, too.
Purple Koopa	November 30, 2007 22:38
First comment: 20 June, 2006	16 comments written
It's ~ because ~ also represents the tail of a long worm[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed". An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long. [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ] 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..
Grognor	December 1, 2007 00:03
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
I'm so sick of commenting on all these strips. Rated E for Everyllent.
Antheridium	December 1, 2007 04:32
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
I suppose I should add that if you could find fortune cookie papers without the fortunes, ~ is the symbol I would expect to see for it. Like I said, a snippet not long enough to take up a scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] 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..
Antheridium	December 1, 2007 04:36
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
...without the cookies, even. Dear me, that was stupid, I guess I should have previewed first. My apologies for hogging the thread.
Kernigh	December 1, 2007 05:20
First comment: 6 April, 2005	349 comments written
A bug attacked Dudley previously: http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061225
Dav	December 1, 2007 05:42
First comment: 26 June, 2004	147 comments written
Best comment award goes to zem.
Custard	December 1, 2007 19:02
First comment: 1 December, 2007	10 comments written
Grognor, feel free to stop doing it if you like. We could all stand to read a little less whining anyway.
Fathead	December 2, 2007 01:32
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
That "I hope" just killed me. I give it an Eee.
Grognor	December 2, 2007 23:08
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
fortune cookies are longer than scrolls! Scrolls are usually as simple as "LEP GEX VEN ZEA"
Antheridium	December 3, 2007 06:51
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
That's just the label stuck on the outside, is how I always took it. I'd like to say that as soon as you unroll the scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] 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. and read the actual formula on it, the magic activates, and that's why you need these labels. (Though they could stand to be a little less cryptic.) However, that's evidently not the case, as you can write a scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] 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. you've only seen but not used. Hmm... But in any case, going by the number of magic markerThe pen is mightier than the sword. [ Richelieu, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton ] 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. charges required to write them, some of those scrolls are really long. Genocide, anyone?
Grognor	December 6, 2007 21:34
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
It takes more magic to write more powerful scrolls! Thus, more charges.

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