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Monday, 26 April, 2004 by Dion Nicolaas
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The arrowI shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
        [ The Arrow and the Song,
         by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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. hit something. It triggers a trap! The boulderI worked the lever well under, and stretched my back; the end
of the stone rose up, and I kicked the fulcrum under. Then,
when I was going to bear down, I remembered there was
something to get out from below; when I let go of the lever,
the stone would fall again. I sat down to think, on the root
of the oak tree; and, seeing it stand about the ground, I saw
my way. It was lucky I had brought a longer lever. It would
just reach to wedge under the oak root.
Bearing it down so far would have been easy for a heavy man,
but was a hard fight for me. But this time I meant to do it
if it killed me, because I knew it could be done. Twice I
got it nearly there, and twice the weight bore it up again;
but when I flung myself on it the third time, I heard in my
ears the sea-sound of Poseidon. Then I knew this time I
would do it; and so I did.
        [ The King Must Die, by Mary Renault ]

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. hits another boulderI worked the lever well under, and stretched my back; the end
of the stone rose up, and I kicked the fulcrum under. Then,
when I was going to bear down, I remembered there was
something to get out from below; when I let go of the lever,
the stone would fall again. I sat down to think, on the root
of the oak tree; and, seeing it stand about the ground, I saw
my way. It was lucky I had brought a longer lever. It would
just reach to wedge under the oak root.
Bearing it down so far would have been easy for a heavy man,
but was a hard fight for me. But this time I meant to do it
if it killed me, because I knew it could be done. Twice I
got it nearly there, and twice the weight bore it up again;
but when I flung myself on it the third time, I heard in my
ears the sea-sound of Poseidon. Then I knew this time I
would do it; and so I did.
        [ The King Must Die, by Mary Renault ]

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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The boulderI worked the lever well under, and stretched my back; the end
of the stone rose up, and I kicked the fulcrum under. Then,
when I was going to bear down, I remembered there was
something to get out from below; when I let go of the lever,
the stone would fall again. I sat down to think, on the root
of the oak tree; and, seeing it stand about the ground, I saw
my way. It was lucky I had brought a longer lever. It would
just reach to wedge under the oak root.
Bearing it down so far would have been easy for a heavy man,
but was a hard fight for me. But this time I meant to do it
if it killed me, because I knew it could be done. Twice I
got it nearly there, and twice the weight bore it up again;
but when I flung myself on it the third time, I heard in my
ears the sea-sound of Poseidon. Then I knew this time I
would do it; and so I did.
        [ The King Must Die, by Mary Renault ]

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. hits the fountainRest! This little Fountain runs
Thus for aye: -- It never stays
For the look of summer suns,
Nor the cold of winter days.
Whose'er shall wander near,
When the Syrian heat is worst,
Let him hither come, nor fear
Lest he may not slake his thirst:
He will find this little river
Running still, as bright as ever.
Let him drink, and onward hie,
Bearing but in thought, that I,
Erotas, bade the Naiad fall,
And thank the great god Pan for all!
        [ For a Fountain, by Bryan Waller Procter ]

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.. WaterDay after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere
Nor any drop to drink.
        [ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
         Coleridge ]

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. spurts out!
@ "Wow! The Incredible Machine!"
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Aaron April 26, 2004 02:09
First comment: 11 March, 2004 32 comments written
Ha! A Rube Goldberg reference! (I think)
violist@linuxmail.org April 26, 2004 05:30
First comment: 22 April, 2004 5 comments written
I thought that it was a reference to the Sierra game where you try to make a machine that will accomplish tasks- this seems similar.
violist@linuxmail.org April 26, 2004 06:11
First comment: 22 April, 2004 5 comments written
I thought that it was a reference to the Sierra game where you try to make a machine that will accomplish tasks- this seems similar.
violist@linuxmail.org April 26, 2004 06:12
First comment: 22 April, 2004 5 comments written
Why the beep is it resending my comment?
Eskimo April 26, 2004 08:30
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Maybe the preview and "add comment" functionality makes you dizzy (stop pressing "add comment", it does go in all right :-). Personally I think once you press "add comment" once with preview checked the preview checkmark should go away.
Dion April 26, 2004 10:53
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
Hmm. The user should have to do something to make that "Preview" checkmark go away, else it will be far to easy to add comments 4 times :-) I'll think it over again. I'll remove the copies, too. (Well, two of them, else noone understands this thread anymore.)
sid77 April 26, 2004 13:30
First comment: 15 April, 2004 15 comments written
I was wondering about this some times ago: why not using a separate preview button?
Drahcir April 26, 2004 13:38
First comment: 26 April, 2004 1 comments written
Violist & Aaron are both right. It is a reference to that Sierra game but the game was based on one of Rube Goldberg creations. Anyway this was a good one Dion. Keep up the good work.
Yrriban April 26, 2004 18:19
First comment: 26 April, 2004 1 comments written
In my geekiness, I have actually played the Incredible Machine.
It's quite the fun game, if just a tad ludicrous.
violist@linuxmail.org April 26, 2004 19:46
First comment: 22 April, 2004 5 comments written
Thank you Dion.

I never got too far in the Incredible Machine game.
Nesman January 4, 2005 09:52
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
Likely that multiple posts come from refreshing a pageThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.

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. that contains Postdadta.
ihope April 22, 2005 02:53
First comment: 20 April, 2005 67 comments written
So that's why I can't post my comments?!
tracer June 22, 2005 00:35
First comment: 22 June, 2005 32 comments written
I'd just like to say that I was at Dynamix, Inc., in 1992 -- when it was a subsidiary of Sierra and when The Incredible Machine came out. Apparently, it was one of the Dynamix employees who thought up the idea and presented it to his higher-ups ... who promptly stole the idea from him to cheat him out of the profit-sharing agreement Dynamix had with all its employees whenever said employees designed games on their own time.
Fathead April 4, 2006 01:39
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
I didn't get it, even though I recognized TIM, but it was still funny.
Donut Lord December 1, 2006 02:45
First comment: 1 December, 2006 26 comments written
Rube Goldberg...
Grognor April 4, 2007 22:27
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
...machine.
Domira of Mars April 6, 2007 06:12
First comment: 6 April, 2007 15 comments written
Ditto Fathead. ^_^
HK June 5, 2007 15:58
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
Cool.
The Last Samurai August 10, 2007 23:59
First comment: 10 August, 2007 15 comments written
lol
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