From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #135 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Sunday, June 21 1998 Volume 03 : Number 135 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:02:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Acka: *ping* Today is Sunday, the 21st day of June, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 18 times. /dev/joe Scholar of *ping* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:06:14 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: >Today is Sunday, the 21st day of June, >and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today. >Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 18 times. I would like to buy an 'h' please. - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:10:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* JT wrote: > I would like to buy an 'h' please. I do recall some h's in the truth: IF AND ONLY IF today *h* d*** ** ***** ** *h* *** ** *hr** *****d ****** *****, THEN the machine that goes *ping* shall go *ping*. /dev/joe Scholar of *ping* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:32:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Acka: With all this With all this going on, and the Fat Lady hardly having a chance to rest from her previous newly-extended aria before starting a new one, who can follow it all? When the Fat Lady'd recognized Slakko, 'Ere I could say "Thank You Yakko", She started once more! I beg, "No encore! The finale alone's made me whacko." Okay, now that I can hear myself think.... breadbox ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:33:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Acka: O Scholar O Scholar of *ping*, with all due humbleness, awareness of my past failures, and respect for your Scholarhood above the common Scholar, I do submit to you that the Truth of the Machine That Goes *ping*, when laid bare, is simply this: IF AND ONLY IF today the date is equal to the sum of three United States coins, THEN the machine that goes *ping* shall go *ping*. breadbox ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:38:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: O Scholar breadbox wrote: > O Scholar of *ping*, with all due humbleness, awareness of my past > failures, and respect for your Scholarhood above the common Scholar, I > do submit to you that the Truth of the Machine That Goes *ping*, when > laid bare, is simply this: > > IF AND ONLY IF today the date is equal to the sum of three United > States coins, THEN the machine that goes *ping* shall go *ping*. breadbox may have to start using a variant of IdiotBoy's famed signature after he realizes that the above feeble attempt is not the actual truth. /dev/joe Scholar of *ping* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:05:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Re: Acka: O Scholar >> O Scholar of *ping*, with all due humbleness, awareness of my past >> failures, and respect for your Scholarhood above the common Scholar, I >> do submit to you that the Truth of the Machine That Goes *ping*, when >> laid bare, is simply this: >> >> IF AND ONLY IF today the date is equal to the sum of three United >> States coins, THEN the machine that goes *ping* shall go *ping*. > > breadbox may have to start using a variant of IdiotBoy's famed signature > after he realizes that the above feeble attempt is not the actual truth. After spending several minutes rechecking my notes to see where I went wrong, I shrug, set the lot on fire, and go to sit in the dunce's corner for the remainder of the /dev/joe's term. breadbox once again, dumber than a box of hammers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:29:32 -0400 (EDT) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: O Scholar On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Brian Raiter wrote: > >> O Scholar of *ping*, with all due humbleness, awareness of my past > >> failures, and respect for your Scholarhood above the common Scholar, I > >> do submit to you that the Truth of the Machine That Goes *ping*, when > >> laid bare, is simply this: > >> > >> IF AND ONLY IF today the date is equal to the sum of three United > >> States coins, THEN the machine that goes *ping* shall go *ping*. > > > > breadbox may have to start using a variant of IdiotBoy's famed signature > > after he realizes that the above feeble attempt is not the actual truth. > > After spending several minutes rechecking my notes to see where I went > wrong, I shrug, set the lot on fire, and go to sit in the dunce's > corner for the remainder of the /dev/joe's term. > > breadbox > once again, dumber than a box of hammers > Well, unless the Machine that Goes Ping page gets updated sometime, I don't think you have to worry about anyone else solving this one either, breadbox. - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:34:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: O Scholar Vynd wrote: > breadbox wrote: > > After spending several minutes rechecking my notes to see where I went > > wrong, I shrug, set the lot on fire, and go to sit in the dunce's > > corner for the remainder of the /dev/joe's term. > > > > breadbox > > once again, dumber than a box of hammers > > > > Well, unless the Machine that Goes Ping page gets updated sometime, I > don't think you have to worry about anyone else solving this one either, > breadbox. I didn't realize the web page for the Machine was down. For those who have lost track, the machine has *ping*ed on the following days during my term as Scholar: May 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 27, 30, 31 June 3, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21. /dev/joe Scholar ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #135 ********************************