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From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: TADS and ANSI?
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 19:01:36 GMT

Does anyone know how to get TADS to utilize ANSI codes?  I have instances
where I would like to create bold and/or colored type, and have tried
various conventions in an attempt to do so.  So far, no luck...

-- 
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mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
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From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Adventure Game Toolkit?
Summary: Looking for AGT in all the wrong places
Keywords: AGT
Date: 12 Oct 92 05:32:31 GMT

Data Bus
You're sitting on a faded blue seat in the back of the Data Bus, en route
to the I/O Port.  All around you, bits dressed in suits and wearing power
ties are going about their business.  As you gaze out the window upon the
motherboard, you see various signs flash by.

>LOOK AT SIGNS

The billboards are going past to quickly for you to clearly see them, but
they appear to have words on them.

>READ SIGN

You just make out "AGT" before the sign whizzes past.

The bit next to you taps your shoulder.  "Excuse me, do you know how soon
we'll be arriving at the disk controller?  That's where I get off."

>BIT, TEN CYCLES

"Thank you," says the bit.

>BIT, TELL ME ABOUT AGT

"Ah, I don't know.  Perhaps someone on rec.arts.int-fiction can help."

------

So, can anyone tell me what AGT is and where to get it?  Thanks. :)

- Eric S.

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From: max@west.darkside.com (Erik Max Francis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re: Adventure Game Toolkit?
Keywords: AGT
Date: 13 Oct 92 07:19:22 GMT
Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM

uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd) writes:

> So, can anyone tell me what AGT is and where to get it?  Thanks. :)

AGT stands, as you know, for Adventure Game Toolkit, and is a system 
which allows you to design your own text adventure games.  It uses a 
pseudocode, one instruction per line, and in my opinion is pretty clumsy. 
Unfortunately, I don't know offhand where it available via ftp, so I 
can't help you there.

The basic system is not very programmable.  I started designing my own 
adventure-generating system, GOOGOL, simply because I hated AGT and the 
others that I'd seen for MSDOS, but recently ran out of steam on it.  
GOOGOL is unique from the others in that it's LISP-like, and is highly 
object-oriented.

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From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re: Length of Descriptions in Adventure Game
Date: 12 Oct 92 05:16:26 GMT

Descriptions of passageways and unimportant (relatively so) rooms should
be kept short for two reasons: (1) the user doesn't want to have
nonessential text cluttering screen and/or printouts, and (2) the player
may think that long text implies that the room is significant.

Having a ten-page essay on the texture of the walls in "North-South
Passage" is excessive.  However, in rooms which have one or more puzzles
or problems associated, having a long description is important and
heightens the enjoyment of the game.

- Eric S.

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From: rees@csa.bu.edu (David Rees)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re:  Mazes
Date: 17 Oct 92 00:21:53 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: rees@csa


     A new and interesting maze that I thought of for a game that I was
working on was based on as puzzle (kind of like the baseball diamond maze in 
Zork II).  There is no conventional way of getting through a maze like that,
you just have to figure out the secret behind it.  The maze that I made 
seemed pretty big to the player and was so utterly convoluted that there was
no way someone could get through it.  The secret was that in some of the
rooms there was a signpost that said 'exit' and pointed off in some direction.
The player had to go opposite the direction until he came to another signpost
that pointed in a different direction.  He would go opposite that direction 
until another one, and so on until the end of the maze.  This wasn't really
all the hard to figure out as I had put a hint about what to do elsewhere in
the game, but I think that it worked pretty good.  Anyway, that is one 
different kind of maze that is a little more interesting than conventional
ones.



----Dave Rees

(rees@cs.bu.edu)
From: grue@cs.uq.oz.au (Pauli Dale)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re: Number of rooms (a tangent)
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:03:17 GMT
Reply-To: grue@cs.uq.oz.au

edski@systemname.uucp (Ed Skinner) writes:


>There was an adventure-gaming program--called "GROW" I think--that allowed
>the players to "extend" the game as they played.  Starting with one room,
>the "cave" would grow dependent on the creativity of the players.  The origi-
>nal version was published in a programming magazine, and I think it was in
>BASIC.

Yep it was in basic and it was published in an early Byte or Creative
Computing.  The program was actually quite simple.  Each room was stored
in a file which contained a description and a series of pairs.  The pairs
consisted of keywords and actions.  When the user entered a keyword, the
corresponding action was executed.  The actions were very simple, print a
message, goto a new room, +/- your score and possibly a few others I don't
remember any longer.  Actions were identified by their first letter and
the rest of the line was the argument (so e.g. 'Phi' printed the message 'hi').

For this kind of thing, a modern MUD is much easier to use and heaps more
functional.




        						Pauli

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: gremlin@buhub.bradley.edu (Stephanie Udry)
Subject: Re: Wristband tattoo
Organization: Bradley University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 18:23:36 GMT

In <14OCT199220001592@pavo.concordia.ca> ts_rost@pavo.concordia.ca (*TsR) writes:

>I'm considering having a wristband tattoo done and would like to hear from
>others who have them. In terms of scabbing/healing, etc., is it harder to take
>care of than, say, an upper-arm tat? Is it more likely to fade than other sites
>because of near-constant exposure to sun? (A large amount of the design will
>be gold-shaded - a color I assume will fade quicker than other colors?)

i just got mine done two days ago...i think i can help :)
i don't know about healing yet...but right now, my wrist is swollen up very
big..looks almost like i sprained it...i got it done at 9 on tuesday night,
and the next morning it was huge...but it is starting to go down now....

if you are worried about sun exposure-- get some good smelling, non offensive
sun block....

>Also, what of the pain? Part of the design is going to spill over onto the back
>of my hand, and I imagine it's going to hurt... I've had an upper-arm tattoo 
>done, which took an hour, and the pain was nowhere near what I'd expected, so 
>it went really well. The worst, come to think of it, was the soreness of the 
>area the following few days. Fortunately, I'll be having it done on my 
>non-writing hand...

well, i got mine done on my non writing hand...but i got done 3 hours
after i got my ankle bracelet done...so it felt much better than the ankle did!
the wrist was the most sensitive along the sides....but now it is more tender
on the uppper part (i.e, not the inner part of my arm)...

>Trying not to become a tattoo junkie,

too late....i was scheduled for just the ankle, saw her draw the design and 
loved it...so i asked for a wrist one that night..a.nd i have an appt for 
my b-day in 3 weeks to get more work done around my breast....oink oink oink ;)

>Tanja

interesting....i'm tanha
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: braunste@fjord.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu (lance the braunstein)
Subject: Re: nipple piercing,should I...
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 17:07:31 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <3900@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
> In article <1992Oct7.153539.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>  
bcorkum@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
> >I would like to get my nipples pierced.  Should I or shouldn't I.  I  
could use
> >some advice.
> 
> Sure.  But don't jump off a bridge.  None of the other kids are doing  
that.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu       
> DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650	

sounds like she just wanted some input, ray.  no need to make her feel  
like a moron.  people here seem to have latched on to the most trivial  
thing just to flame someone.  that's fucked.  as for getting your nipples  
pierced, i would say that you shouldn't do it on a whim or solely based on  
someone's advice.  if you decide to do it, though, i'd still give myself  
like a week before actually getting it done.  really make sure you want  
it.  it might not seem like a big deal ("i could always take it out") but  
it is.  you definitely have to work to get it to heal properly (clean at  
least twice a day and wear the right clothes).  also, the psychological  
effect was quite significant for me.  so good luck in whatever you decide.

steam
From: centaur@spud.kludge.COM (Victor Scott Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
Subject: Re: Tired of seeing the same tat!
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 15:59:45 PDT
Organization: T.T.L.F., San Francisco CA

Well, if the dolphin itself is still meaningful to YOU, I would think 
adding some to it, like maybe having it jumping out of the ocean, or 
adding some fish, etc., instead of totally inking over it or changing 
it...

Vik-Thor Scott Rose / Centaur        Centaur@spud.Kludge.COM
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: got a painful ampallang...
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 12 Oct 92 01:35:24

"c164-cs" == Alexander Pakter <c164-cs@po.berkeley.edu> writes:

c164-cs> 	I got an ampallang back in Febuary, and the folks at
c164-cs> Gauntlet told me that it would take about 6 months to heal,
c164-cs> Well, here we are 8 months later, and the amp is not doing
c164-cs> too well.  I get small amounts of crusties on the barbell

I've had mine 1.5 years, and it still gunks.

c164-cs> every day, and my penis is still VERY sore.  I can have (very
c164-cs> tame) sex if my partner is well lubricated, and even that
c164-cs> hurts a bit.  	Even when I remove the jewelry (which I have
c164-cs> started doing for sex), I still have to be careful -- one
c164-cs> wrong thrust, and I'm in a LOT of pain.

I think you might be breaking a few rules:
0. What are you doing having sex so soon if it's not healing?
1. Are you using a condom and lots of lube?
2. How much longer is your barbell stud than the width of your erect
glans?  Unless it fits snugly, it can twist in wierd directions once
you've inserted your penis into a tight orifice...
3. Are you still hibiclensing once a day?

--
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                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
"I love the iPSC/860.
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From: dfpedro@nv2.uswnvg.com (Donn F. Pedro)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
Subject: Re: Akbar & Jeff's Piercing Hut
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:03:05 GMT
Organization: I don't speak for them anyway.

In article <1992Oct9.045807.26673@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed) writes:

>I liked the Good Ol Daze when I could admire Jeff Dauber's impressive back
>tattoos and be jealous of the fact that he had more earrings than me (-: ;
>nowadays it seems like everyone and his mother here in L.A. is a walking
>Gauntlet advertisement.  I'm not so sure this is a Good Thing anymore ...

Note that when I say "you" here I am not addressing Greg.  I don't think
I am really responding *to* him, just sharing thoughts his words stirred
up.

Funny, but first I hear about people getting it because everyone 
else is doing it, only to be followed by others speaking of not
getting it done because everyone is doing it.

So why do it, because other people are, or they aren't?

I got inked because *I* wanted to.  I'll get pierced
because *I* want to.

But I can understand the lament on the popularity of something
that one could think of as special and unique.  Kind of waters
down the specialness of a tattoo or pierce, but only if it
was done to either fit in, or stand out.

If you truly did it for yourself, because you wanted to, then
does it really matter?

I once read of someone complaining about poseurs.  How silly.
The fact that someone else doing what you do is somehow judged 
as not worthy, not as good.

If the fact that others are followers encourages you from straying
from your path, then how important was the path in the first place?




     Donn Pedro ....................................dfpedro@uswnvg.com

		     There are no ordinary moments.


Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: lhp@daimi.aau.dk (Lasse Hiller|e Petersen)
Subject: Re: Bodyart in comic books?
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 17:33:54 GMT

braunste@fjord.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu (lance the braunstein) writes:

>there was some piercing as i recall in "skinheads in love" published by  
>Eros Comics.

>steam
(I missed the first post on the subject, so I'm not sure whether it
was about piercings or the process of piercing depicted in comics.
I assume the former.)

Some of Vaughn Bode''s "broads" have beautiful nipple rings, connected
by chains or with dangling bells. (See _Deadbone Erotica_)

Dat reminds me: has anybody imitated da beautiful nipple area flowers and
facial lines, so often seen on Bode''s pretty gals? Does is look as good
in real life?

(Hej Camilla! Boer jeg gratulere?)
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: kbennett@milton.u.washington.edu (K. Lena Bennett; Slacker Goddess)
Subject: Re: Hickeys Illegal In Britain -- NOT!
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:02:54 GMT

matt@castle.ed.ac.uk (M P Taylor) writes:

>Well the short answer to your curiosity is No.  Hickeys (by this I
>assume you mean love bites) are not illegal in Britain; neither the
>giving, nor subsequent displaying, of such items is against the law.
>The only attitudes towards hickeys I can recall being expressed were
>various juvenile ones at about the age of 14/15.  These usually varied
>around two themes:

>1) urgh look at him/her - what a tart;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
as it too often is

>2) ooooo look at him/her - what have they been up to!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
as it should be :)

>		Matt

Lena
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 02:52:55 -0400 
From: Lynn Evette Clarke <happygal+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nipple Piercing = pos or neg change in sensitivity?


seth writes:

>I am (kinda, semi) planning on getting a nipple piercing, however,
>a ShadowOfDoubt has crossed my mind.  What have y'all noticed about
>sensitivity changes?  (specifically, erotic stimulation)

sensitivity changes? definitley!! very erotically stimulating, though
sometimes slightly annoying particularly when i'm premenstrual.  i don't
think losing sensitivity is typical esp. given the increased surface
area exposure to stimuli.

slight growth in the pierced nipple.  i don't know what size your nipple
is but it is my understanding that men get the skin behind the nipple
pierced because the nipple itself is usually 2 small 2 accomodate a
ring/bar.  i don't know what difference this would make 2 the sensitvity
of the nipple itself but i would imagine it would increase since the
aeriole (sp?) and nipple are connected.

happy day!

p.s. seth, where the hell are ya?!?
From: matt@castle.ed.ac.uk (M P Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
Subject: Re: Hickeys Illegal In Britain?
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:42:22 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <kbennett.718922815@milton> kbennett@milton.u.washington.edu (K. Lena Bennett; Slacker Goddess) writes:
>I was reading an article ...  The article
>mentioned in passing that hickeys are illegal in Britain.
>I assume they're not joking but this is such a ridiculous
>law that I have to find out more about it, its history, and
>if it is ever actually enforced -- are high school kids running
>around in fear of being thrown into jail for the same reason
>as body piercers or -- gasp -- sodomites?!?  :)
>
>Just curious,
>
Well the short answer to your curiosity is No.  Hickeys (by this I
assume you mean love bites) are not illegal in Britain; neither the
giving, nor subsequent displaying, of such items is against the law.

The only attitudes towards hickeys I can recall being expressed were
various juvenile ones at about the age of 14/15.  These usually varied
around two themes:

1) urgh look at him/her - what a tart;

2) ooooo look at him/her - what have they been up to!

Yours etc,


		Matt
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: c164-cs@po.berkeley.edu (Alexander Pakter)
Subject: Re: got a painful ampallang...
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:13:04 GMT

In article <JET.92Oct12013524@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>"c164-cs" == Alexander Pakter <c164-cs@po.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>c164-cs> 	I got an ampallang back in Febuary, and the folks at
>c164-cs> Gauntlet told me that it would take about 6 months to heal,
>c164-cs> Well, here we are 8 months later, and the amp is not doing
>c164-cs> too well.  I get small amounts of crusties on the barbell
>
>I've had mine 1.5 years, and it still gunks.
>
>c164-cs> every day, and my penis is still VERY sore.  I can have (very
>c164-cs> tame) sex if my partner is well lubricated, and even that
>c164-cs> hurts a bit.  	Even when I remove the jewelry (which I have
>c164-cs> started doing for sex), I still have to be careful -- one
>c164-cs> wrong thrust, and I'm in a LOT of pain.
>
>I think you might be breaking a few rules:
>0. What are you doing having sex so soon if it's not healing?

I appreciate the response, but... 8 months of no sex?  Yeah, right!
>1. Are you using a condom and lots of lube?

Yes.
>2. How much longer is your barbell stud than the width of your erect
>glans?  Unless it fits snugly, it can twist in wierd directions once
>you've inserted your penis into a tight orifice...

The barbell is probably not small enough.  I've been trying to strike a
balance between too loose (OW) and too tight (REALLY OW).

>3. Are you still hibiclensing once a day?

No.  Should I continue doing that forever?

>--
>             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
>                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
>"I love the iPSC/860.
>The iPSC/860 is my friend." (repeat until your code runs...)

Any more experiences, PLEASE post! Thx.

Alex
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From: bcorkum@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: RE: Akbar & Jeff's Piercing Hut
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:57:53 GMT

I have to say that I was amused by this cartoon.  And also somehow offended by
it.  I laghed at it because I don't like to take myself too seriously. 
Unfortunately, as you have stated, not many people take body ornamentation
seriously.  However, I'm not as selfish in my view of body ornamentation.  Not
everyone is doing it.  Just more people are doing it.  Remember you're from
L.A.  Out here on the East coast, people are more cautious and mainstream.

Here in the Pioneer Valley (Western Massachusetts) it has become more of a
fashionable thing to do.  But believe me honey, not every one's doin' it. 
Enjoy the fact that you can have your body ornamented and get less shit for it.
Share the wealth.-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
From: bcorkum@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: RE: where to get tattoo...
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:26:15 GMT

I got mine done in Enfield Connecticut.  I suppose that's too far away.  As far
as where on your body you want to get it done, try asking yourself some
questions.  Do you want to be able to look at your tattoo without turning
yourself into a pretzal?  Will your tattoo fit on the body part you awnt it on?
Etc.  Think about it.  Before I got mine done, I let my friends draw on my body
to see which particular spots I liked pictures on.  I also drew my perspective
tattoo designs on different parts to get an idea of what it would look like.  

Good luck!
-- 
BCorkum@hamp.hampshire.edu
The stylin' chick with an attitude. I'm studying video/LBGS/Women's stu.
"Honey there's plastic in the bed." - Heather
"I just might die with a smile on my face afterall." - Morrissey
"I've got more than one membership to more than one club." - Ani Difrancoz