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Friday, 12 May, 2006

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# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|...@.....### ##-..d.....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # d "...And that's why you owe me your life thrice over."	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------&--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # & "Gangway!" @ "At last! Some mail!"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "I thought everybody had forgotten about me! I wonder who it's from?"
# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "Mom and my twelve siblings?"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "Did Dion accept my guest strip?" Read stamped scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "... Oh... ... It's for you..."
# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # d "Aha! It's from one of my loyal readers! 'My dear Dogley...' (a promising start)"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # d "'How come falling down holes drops you in a random location in the floor below?'"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-...d....\| \|j......^.### ---------- # d "'Sincerely, Dion.' Well, Dion, let me be the first to reveal the truth!"
# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-........\| \|j.....d^.### ---------- # d "You see, in between each dungeon level is a magical dimensional void!"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-........\| \|j.....d^.### ---------- # d "And thanks to the magic of WizardEbenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with arcane and heavy paraphernalia, could catch up with his wizardly strides. He, as usual, carried nothing, preferring, as he often said, to keep his hands free for quick conjuring and his mind free for the thoughts of a mage. [ A Dealing with Demons, by Craig Shaw Gardner ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. Mode..." @ "WIZARD MODE?!"	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-........\| \|j.....d^.### ---------- # d "... I shall now be the first to show this void to you!" Teleport to level 4.5
# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-........\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "I did a protection dive and found TWO magic lamps, but it was all for nothing..."	# \|.....\| # ---\|--- # # ### # ## # ------.--- ## ## \|....@....### ##-........\| \|j......^.### ---------- # @ "Because without telling me Dogley set it to WIZARD MODE?!"	# # # # d # # # # d "And here we are! This is the infinite void between dungeon levels..."
# # # # d # # # # d "Which has been recently named 'The Dogley Dimension' after its discoverer."	# # # # # d # # # d "It's mostly filled with scented air and hovering #-symbols."	# # # h d # # # d "But occasionally, some symbols will fuse and transform into a random monster..."
# # # d # # # # d "Which, having a magical mass index greater than 0, falls through to the level below."	# # # d @ # # # # @ "Yaaah!" d "As will anything that falls through a hole in the level above."	# # # d # # # # d "But as this place does not occupy the same spatial dimensions as the dungeon..."
# # # d # # # # d "Where they end up is both completely arbitrary and always to Dudley's harm."	C # d # # # # d "The dungeon stairways, though, are linked worm[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed". An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long. [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.- holes created by the Wizard of YendorNo one knows how old this mighty wizard is, or from whence he came. It is known that, having lived a span far greater than any normal man's, he grew weary of lesser mortals; and so, spurning all human company, he forsook the dwellings of men and went to live in the depths of the Earth. He took with him a dreadful artifact, the Book of the Dead, which is said to hold great power indeed. Many have sought to find the wizard and his treasure, but none have found him and lived to tell the tale. Woe be to the incautious adventurer who disturbs this mighty sorcerer! Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details...."	# d # # # d "So you can be sure that you'll always end up at the right spot!"
# # ------- ### \|.....\| # \|.d...\| # \|....@.### ------- # ### # d "Well, I hoped that answered your question, Dion..."	# # ------- ### \|.....\| # \|.d...\| # \|....@.### ------- # ### C d "And if YOU have any NetHack queries, just go to my webpage at dudley.nicolaas.ne..."	# # ------- ### \|.....\| # \|.d...\| # \|....@.### ------- # #C# # @ "Wait. You mean YOU'RE the reason all my webspace has been eaten up?"
# # ------- ### \|.....\| # \|.^...\| # \|....@.### ------- C ### # d "See you next week, boys and girls!" Dogley zaps a wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority. 'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.' He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. 'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry Saruman fell back and crawled away. [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. digging!	# h ------- ### \|.....\| # \|.^...\| # \|....@.#C# ------- # ### # @ "You told me that it was because my text-based comics take up 2MB each!!"	# # ------- #h# \|.....\| # \|.^@..\| # \|.....C### ------- # ### # @ "Come back here before I zap you with this unID'd wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority. 'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.' He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. 'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry Saruman fell back and crawled away. [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.!"
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