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After 27 Years, a New High Score For Asteroids

Posted by kdawson on from the toothpicks-for-eyelids dept.

blair1q writes "In a marathon 3-1/2 day session, John McAllister, of Portland, Oregon, has broken the 27-year-old high score for Asteroids, set in 1982 by Scott Safran. The attempt was broadcast via webcam."

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  1. Sudden persepective. by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a whole new appreciation for the awesome, interesting things I do with my life.

    Thanks.

    1. Re:Sudden persepective. by xonar · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just got 3 hours of sleep, braaaaaaaaaaaaains

    2. Re:Sudden persepective. by Pharmboy · · Score: 3, Funny

      The question is, is his "a life well spent" or "a life, well, spent".

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    3. Re:Sudden persepective. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      (Don't (use so many) parentheses) you moron.

  2. Re:Score by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe in 2039, someone can score 41,339,486.

  3. Re:NOT THREE DAYS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you read the summary properly, it said 3-1/2 days, i.e. 3 minus a half day.

  4. Aw, no rematch. by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny
    [Previous record holder Scott Safran] died in 1989, due to injuries sustained when he fell from the roof of his Los Angeles apartment.

    Perhaps he has a son to avenge him.

    Hmm. Or given his geek credentials, more likely not.

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    1. Re:Aw, no rematch. by shadowbearer · · Score: 4, Funny

      [Previous record holder Scott Safran] died in 1989, due to injuries sustained when he fell from the roof of his Los Angeles apartment.

        That's what Centauri wanted everyone to think. Good cover story!

      SB

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    2. Re:Aw, no rematch. by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sadly he was on his last life when it happened.

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  5. Re:where's the virgin tag? by AndGodSed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Duly tagged.

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  6. Re:I can beat that ... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I spent 75 aud on a robot arm kit from Jaycar. 20 aud on an atmel atmega8 and about 20 aud on transistors, etc. That and about a weeks work got me a robot which can feed my fish when I am away from home.

    Staying with the atmel idea I could build an eye to detect spots of light with a mechanically scanning photodiode. Then the robot arm just has to push a lever left and right.

    The main limitation is that the plastic gears in the robot arm are not good for continuous operation. I have considered squirting lubricant into them but I expect their life is limited.

    Maybe this could be an offshoot of my sexbot construction project.

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  7. So... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...when is he expected to be visited by Centauri?

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    1. Re:So... by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only on Slashdot would that be moderated "interesting" and not "funny".

  8. fight the chicks off by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet he has to fight the chicks off with a shitty stick.

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  9. Re:NOT THREE DAYS by linzeal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Movie night must be fun at your place. Should I bring over some Soviet WWII films for next week?

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  10. Re:NOT THREE DAYS by NickFortune · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hereby propose a new moderation option: "-1 Shouts Too Much".

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  11. Re:Score by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

    Making it the new longest gaming record in history. Win-win.

  12. National Lampoons Vacation by RemoWilliams84 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cousin Dale: "Ya' got Asteroids?"
    Rusty: "Naw, but my Dad does."

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  13. Re:Uh... what? by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not all Sysadmins. But many for sure. But Crack smoking is for the weekend,since you'll be really tripping balls. The week is coke time!

    My record of coke-induced unix-fixing rampage was 3 years ago, when a 12-machine asterisk system failed spectacularly after some douchebag that was administrating that system screwed up the mysql circular replication and ended up with 12 corrupt copies of a 2TB database, and a backup that didn't work (They had hired me a year and a half prior to that incident to setup that system as an external contractor, and they were going to administrate the system themselves). 106 Hours and 25 grams later, they had a working system again :)

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  14. His next challenge? by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Setting the high score for desert bus.

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