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Article #770Re: ATC now runs on System V
From: Ed Falk
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1987 05:15
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1987 05:15
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In article <1225@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> edjames@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Ed James) writes: > >Ack! No! No version of ATC with shell escapes or allowing suspension >will be approved by me. The game is specifically meant to be a >one-sitting game. That's why there is no 'save game' feature. Part >of the fun is watching some poor gamer frazzle his nerves after a half >hour :-). > >REAL Air Traffic Controllers don't get to go to the bathroom. > --ed Hah! Shows what you know. I'm a pilot, and I once spent ten minutes trying to get through to the control tower at the airport I was flying from. When I finally did get through, the controller told me she'd been in the bathroom. -ed falk, sun microsystems terrorist, cryptography, DES, drugs, cipher, secret, decode, NSA, CIA, NRO. (The above is food for the NSA line eater.)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!peregrine!falk From: falk%peregrine@Sun.COM (Ed Falk) Newsgroups: net.sources.games Subject: Re: ATC now runs on System V Message-ID: <11551@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:15:11 EST Article-I.D.: sun.11551 Posted: Fri Jan 16 00:15:11 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 22:49:27 EST References: <7121@cuae2.ATT.COM> <1225@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: falk@sun.UUCP (Ed Falk) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 19