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Re: August Empire Bug

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From: Jeff Winslow
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1985 15:32
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> Sorry for the delay, but here is the belated August empire bug:
> 
> 	If you nuke an 'impossible' sector.  ((x^y) & 01) != 0,
> 	You get 4 wastelands out of it, instead of one.  We call
> 	this phenomenon "Diamond nuking"
> 
> This bug from Export Version of Mar 3, 1983.  (Probably the one MOST
> people have.
 
Pardon me, but that's not a bug - it's a feature!!

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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: August Empire Bug
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 11:32:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 11:32:06 1985
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