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So we all know that everyone surfs the net at work (and posts on social media sites -- like this one  ) nowadays. That's how most of the "work" gets done these days.
But, how was "work" done before the Internet?
Well, it was done with Infocom.
Infocom games were popular, InfoWorld said, in part because "in offices all over America (more than anyone realizes) executives and managers are playing games on their computers".[9] An estimated 25% had a computer game "hidden somewhere in their drawers", Inc. reported, and they preferred Infocom adventures to arcade games.
Infocom adventures are much easier to hide in plain sight on your screen when your boss walks in.
"Oh, I'm just typing up a document here, boss. Lot's of text in this one."
See...
Zork I - Wikipedia[^]
Zork II - Wikipedia[^]
Planetfall - Wikipedia[^]
Suspended (video game) - Wikipedia[^]
...and numerous others for more information.
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For a nostalgia trip, click here [^].
/ravi
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I have seen that and it is very cool. 
Very cool to see that old game.
Great story to go along with how you were involved.
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dri rum
say yoh
You find yourself in a shallow tidal pool at the base of a steep cliff. You are surrounded by flotsam and jetsam.
The first adventure games I played were on a TI/994a, loaded using a cassette tape. Commands were three letter verb/noun combinations.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I remember playing Adventure on a big IBM machine where my mom worked, I guess it would have been in the mid-late-70s or something. That was probably my first interaction with a computer, that I can remember.
Explorans limites defectum
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I loved the Zork franchise
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: I loved the Zork franchise
They were really cool games. It's almost a shame that new gamers aren't required to start with text adventures and work their way through Atari 2600 games and only then be allowed to play current stuff.
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Herself and I have been together so long, she can finish my sentences.
And start them.
And provide the middle bit.
Before I was married, I never realized there was a wrong way to put milk in the fridge.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sounds like you married Miss Right. You just didn't know her first name was 'Always'.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Before I was married, I never realized there was a wrong way to put milk in the fridge.
never mind the milk,
how often have you exceeded the quota for how much beer you're allowed to put in the fridge?
... and it's not a fixed amount.
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This could be exploited to your advantage. Simply start drinking he beers until the proper number (or less) are still in the fridge. Problem solved.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Before I was married, I never realized there was a wrong way to put milk in the fridge.
Exactly.
Last week my wife accidently broke a flowerpot but then the conclusion was that I had kept it at a terribly wrong place... since last 3 years. 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
modified 12-Apr-19 13:02pm.
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My wife and I have an understanding - when I speak, I'm wrong.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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OriginalGriff wrote: Before I was married, I never realized there was a wrong way to put milk in the fridge.
<single guy>
Do tell...genuinely curious.
</single guy>
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Oh, no - we all have to suffer. You will learn when the time comes, Grasshopper.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's ok. Some things are perhaps best left unexplained. I've come to terms with that a long time ago.
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Depends on the packaging; if it is a bottle, it goes in the fridge-door, unless the cap is gone. If it is a cardboard-pack, or coffeemilk, it goes on the top-shelf - NEVER on the bottom-shelf, which is the coldest place of the fridge.
In case of multiple milks existing (as should be), the normal milk in the back, then the cat's milk, then the coffee-milk. The larger volume in front is "not efficient", as you have to take it out to reach behind it.
Milk in a can should be covered with plastic wrap to prevent condens from your fridge falling into the milk. It is only allowed to be in the fridge if the outside is not sticky. If it is sticky, clean it before putting it in the fridge.
And most important; don't put it on the glass in the fridge directly, but on the baking-paper that is covering the glass to prevent stains and circle's. If you spill anything on that paper, take it all out and replace it.
Makes you think twice about suggesting helping with the laundry 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Makes you think twice about suggesting helping with the laundry
A buddy of mine has found the perfect solution: Do such a sh*t job of it that she'll make sure you never get involved with the laundry process ever again.
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Are theatrical sheep interested in drama?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Sow, even at this stage of the game ewe are acting up, again.
(Does this apply to Welsh porn-sheep videos, too?)
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What a llama joke!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Alpaca my bags ...
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Alpaca my bags ...
Wool ewe? Wool ewe really? Please? 
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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that's pretty baaaad
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