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It's five years older than me!
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It's a short Odyssey you have been on then.
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I like Tetris.
Robert Maxwell bought it from someone who was not in a position to sell it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Quote: someone who was not in a position to sell it.
Was he in a missionary position?
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He was in a 'pretending to Cap'n Bob that he owned Tetris' position.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I had to dig quite deep to find the reference, or "I'm getting too young for this sh*t"...
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The Tetris Saga[^]
I watched a documentary about it a few years ago.
I blame the Hungarians.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Dalek Dave wrote: How is this even possible?
It's not possible!
If Tetris were 30 then I would be old and I'm not old, therefore Tetris is not 30! 
* I am now sticking my fingers in my ears to avoid hearing any counter arguments!
** Although this is of course pointless since we are conversing via the written word ... 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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** Although this is of course pointless since we are conversing via the written word ...
Well close your eyes then!
One day I aspire to having a signature.
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Motor Viper wrote: Well close your eyes then!
Oh, thanks for th@t, mozt halPgull v,zmdi.z xd vmx ,.x mxc xcm,x ncm ,cmnls kdvc ! ....  
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Quote: th@t, mozt halPgull v,zmdi.z xd vmx ,.x mxc xcm,x ncm ,cmnls kdvc
I type like that whenever I decide (yet again) that it's time I learned to touch-type.
I have been typing while looking at the keyboard occasionally for over 30 years... oops I gave it away! Yes, I invented Tetris - although I didn't call it that back then.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If she closes her eyes, she won't be able to see DD sneaking up on her...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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DeathByChocolate wrote: * I am now sticking my fingers in my ears to avoid hearing any counter arguments!
** Although this is of course pointless since we are conversing via the written word
People with a normal number of fingers would struggle to have fingers in ears and type of course.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: People with a normal number of fingers would struggle to have fingers in ears and type of course.
 Just one of my many talents! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Since when has a normal number of fingers been defined as 2? Stick your index fingers in your ears, lean forward and 2 finger with your index fingers. If you count thumbs as fingers, stick them in your ears instead and 2 finger more naturally using your index fingers.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It kills me that someone could retire off the money generated by one stupidly simple game.
I suppose it takes a special kind of brilliance to keep it simple.
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Look at how much Flappy Birds[^] was making...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Well according to Wiki, it was released by some Russian Academy of Science 30 years ago, BUT wasn't popular until around the time of release on the GameBoy in 1989
Wiki: Tetris[^]
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Wiki says Tetris is 30.
Lots of other places that talk about the history of Tetris say it is 29.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Though I'm a natural Bernicia fan myself, I do like glory-seeking so I'm following mercia[^] given the recent success. I think Mercia can win out in the end. Wessex? Wessex is no where and won't beat Mercia on penalties their Garnet Cloisonne work.
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Keith Barrow wrote: Wessex
If Wessex is the land of the West Saxons.
If Essex is the land of the East Saxons.
If Middlesex is the land of the Middle Saxons.
If Sussex is the land of the South Saxons.
What happened to the land of the North Saxons?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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They moved to Norfolk.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Well that's Norfolk and good.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Dalek Dave wrote: They moved to Norfolk.
Oi! We wouldn't let them in! ... they would expand our gene puddle! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Nossex, so presumably they died out...
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