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ewhac writes "It seems a programmer named Jetro Lauha, for his submission to the Assembly 2002 competition, decided to explore the realm of solid body physics simulations. So he wrote Porrasturvat -- 'Stair Dismount'. The game involves the application of force vectors to solid bodies connected by links with constrained range of motion, and observing their impact forces against other objects in the environment. ...Or, more colloquially, you push a guy down the stairs and see how much damage he takes. Apparently, any similarity between this game and the Terrible Secret of Space is entirely coincidental."
two people for this experiment - 1 man plus alcohol can deliver all your falling down stairs needs - reports may take longer to compile
Madeline: Ernest! My ass. I can see my ass. ERNEST: Yeah, and there's something really wrong with your neck too.
And Sim-WifeBeater is also an acccident.
Do not listen to him, he is mistaken.
You should _shove_ hard on his foot. Shove it down and back into the stairs. I am the pusher robot.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
You have a TI? Sad. Texas instruments is like a drug dealer - they hook you while you're yong with complete crap. Get a HP. I suggest a HP49 or 40.
In response to your question, you arn't making alot of sense. Assembly is a programming language. Suggest you post your question to the TI group, or comp.sys.hp48 on usenet.
Just to make sure I don't get modded up, I'd like to add something:
Slashdot moderators are retards. Yes, retards. The average slashdot mod is a crack smoking tree hugging hippie who hugs trees and codes for doomed open source.
Thankyou for your cooperation in modding this down.
It seems a programmer named Jetro Lauha, for his submission to the Assembly 2002 competition, decided to explore the realm of solid body physics simulations
thats what HE wants us to believe....
Its quite interesting that the stairs were based on his local library and that he recently had an big argument with the librarian (who was, coincidently, sleeping with Jetro's partner)
But, of course, last sundays accident was a horrible coincidence and he honestly didnt mean to stumble and push the librarian on the upper left arm at a 37.6 degree angle or anything...
Which is another amazing coincidence because thats precisely how the highest (non-buggy) score submitted to his website was achieved!
If you can wait 6 months there is an expansion pack,Banana Peels and Rollerskate.
I actually have played that game a couple of times, and now you pushed the website down the stairs with the /. effect! What do you expect I will do with my obsession to push people, when I next take the stair down to leave the office :)
** Ohh, this is the perfect chance to plug the analysis of the slashdot effect once more.
From this bot...
You: Will you push me down the stairs?
Iniaes: Twice, if you manage to get back up.
Phil, just me
"Cattle Prods solve most of life's little problems."
Anyone got a mirror?
Is it just me or does anyone else wonder if you can make this thing kick itself in the head?
Of all the Universal Constants, here's one I know: Nice guys finish last
I'm sure it must L6kld8j4's ability to come up with a novel slant in D6y893 that makes it so appealing to 8q39ys.
8q39ys.
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i was hoping this would be like a stairwell, where you had to angle the guy around the corner to get to the next set of stairs.... or maybe knock him upwards so he "grinds" on the hand rail.... that'd be pretty sweet. still, a really fun game, even if it does render horrendously slowly on a meager K6-2 300. the slow mo sure is entertaining, though.
moox. for a new generation.
You mean similarities with the ICQ Prank at Something Awful :
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http://www.somethingawful.com/article.php?id=28
...before this can be added as a plug-in to Grand Theft Auto III?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Jetro/Jethro? :)
Push him down an up escalator and the program will never stop running.
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Sorry, I'm only a 1336 h4x0r.
He has gone down the stairs.
Pak Chooie uNF.
Zech Harvey, MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA
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I think we just pushed his webserver down the stairs.
but it looks like it is more then two clicks of a mouse before you see death.
This early in the morning.. I need to kill not think.
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Apparently, any similarity between this game and the Terrible Secret of Space is entirely coincidental
Is the similarity that they both are unavailable due to massive slashdotting?
hope u got 10 bux!
(He's gone, shew.) Handrails and doorknobs would be a plus. You could include some quirky plot, make it like Thief. You have to sneak around the office, driven by some unexplainable urge to shove people down stairs. Leave it unexplainable and focus on gameplay. If there's a witness, you get caught, game over. If the victim isn't hit hard enough in the head, he can tell people what happened, game over. And of course, powerups!
Do not trust the Pusher Robot. I am here to protect you.
It kinda reminds me of watching my 401k plan for the past year.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
Object: Application of network traffic vectors to physical web servers connected by links with constrained bandwidth resources, and observing their impact against response time. Or, more colloquially... you push a million /. readers at a website and see how much damage it takes.
The pusher robot always says shove, and the shover robot always says push.
By the way, any resemblance of the United States political system to "The terrible secret of space" is also a coincidence.