<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!

andyf never understood that line. What's a pict, and how does one groove with it?

Grocible says, "andyf: quickdraw is the software api. pict is a file format consisting of quickdraw commands"

mamster says (to Steve), "Good to see Ken is still kicking it on a.m.4-t."

Guest arrives from the east.

markm says, "hey guest"

Steve says (to mamster), "Yeah, he kicks heads all over the place,"

Grocible says, "quickdraw does not support non-square pens at present, which limits its functionality considerably"

andyf says (to Grocible), "So it would be possible to get around it, just by correcting the line thickness based on the angle."

Grocible says, "andyf: messy"

Grocible says, "also slow"

<Kiz> "It's best for employers that I not work with people."

Kiz arrives from the east.

markm says, "hey kiz"

Kiz says, "hello hello"

andyf says, "The trouble with PostScript is that one program's file can be hard for another program to read. It wasn't designed to be easily editable."

Grocible says, "kizzz"

Steve says, "Speaking of kicking heads, it's Kiz."

Grocible says, "i've salvaged corrupted postscript files by editing them manually"

Grocible says, "you can't do that with any other graphics format"

andyf has had all kinds of trouble with funky PS files from GMT being screwed up by IsladDraw.

markm says, "IsLadDraw"

markm says, "IsLassDraw too."

andyf says, "IslandDraw, actually. A program for Suns."

markm knows.

andyf says, "It's not really all that good."

markm says, "I remember using it back in '89."

markm says, "Also in aught-six."

andyf says, "But it does handle huuuuge files."

Grocible says, ""A researcher at the University of California at San Diego says tourists who visit New York are 34 percent more likely to die of a heart attack than visitors to other cities.""

andyf says, "(we have it here because we were donated a site license. So it's free.)"

markm asks (to groc), "Is he/she trying to find a cause & effect thing here?"

Grocible says, "markm: probabilities"

andyf says (to Grocible), "Warning label time! New YOrk May Be Hazardous To Your Health."

Spatch says, "yay New York Hazards"

Spatch says, "there's neild's band name"

markm says (to Groc), "It could just be a statistical anomoly. Not unlike Star Trek Voyager encountered last week."

mamster says, "New York City: We Get Our Livin' Done Quick."

andyf says, "Meeting time. Later folks."

andyf has disconnected.

andyf goes home.

<andyf> andyf has left the building.

markm says, "anomaly"

mamster says, "(We Also Deliver Your Pizza Within 30 Minutes or the Heart Attack's Free)"

Grocible asks, "anomaly? the nyc is a stressful place?"

Grocible says, "the=that"

Guest says, ""Anyone have suggestions for goodd Windowns MUD clients?""

markm says, "I used zMUD."

Kiz says (to Guest), "I like Pueblo and SimpleMU"

markm says, "http://www.zuggsoft.com/"

markm says, "I don't have the web addresses for kiz's suggestions, though."

Steve says, "Alex might now."

<inky> When I flip "Come and wiggle our meat cluster" over I get "seep and sizzle your dirt slice"

Kiz says, "Um, neither do I. They turn up easily on hotbot or yahoo. Lemme look."

Guest says, "Thanks. I know where to find them, must just wondrering which is most ueseful."

inky materializes.

inky says, "re-me"

Kiz asks (to alex), "what is pueblo?"

Alex says (to Kiz), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Pueblo is a popular, if bloated and no longer supported, MUD client for Win32. (See also 'Bar'.)."

Steve says, "Poke around chaco.com and you'll find Pueblo."

inky says, "hmm"

inky says, "it used to have the chaco url in there"

inky says, "I thought"

Guest says, ""ThaThat's right, it appears to be unsupported (Pueblo, that is)."

mamster says (to Alex), "Pueblo is at http://www.chaco.com/"

Alex says (to mamster), "Okay, Pueblo is also at http://www.chaco.com/"

mamster says (to Guest), "We support it."

Steve says, "It's nested way up in a directory that would cause a bar is pasted in."

inky says (to Guest), "also, we support you."

Steve says, "if pasted"

Spatch says, "we affirm the guest. give the guest the talking stick."

inky says, "om."

Guest says, "It's wassay It was taking forever to donwnload (about 3meg, I think)."

mamster says (to Guest), "Yeah, that's a problem."

markm says, "Foghorn! It's you!"

inky says, "I like a bloat."

Steve says, "I recommend Pueblo just cause I hate zMud and those are the only 2 I've tried."

Guest says, "I give both a try. I'm a masochist."

markm says, "That's what the MUD needs is a good masochist."

Guest says, "I'm using telnet now, which proves it."

markm says, "We've got everything else, anyway."

Kiz says, "Pueblo doesn't always download--something is weird about their FTP site. Also, Alex now knows about SimpleMU."

lpsmith says, "<late> :sings, "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in New--Urk! I think I'm having a cardiac arrest! <thunk>." </late>"

Kiz says, "I hate zMUD also, and I couldn't get Pueblo to download to my laptop. That's why I got SimpleMU."

markm says, "Wow."

Guest asks, "Where can SimpleMU be found?"

markm says, "Why does zMUD inspire such strong emotions."

markm asks, "?"

Kiz asks (to alex), "what is simplemu?"

Alex says (to Kiz), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that SimpleMU is a cool MUD program for Windoze. Check it out at http://www.together.net/~shae/simple.html"

Kiz says, "There."

inky says, "cool."

markm says (to alex), "Don't editorialize your comments."

Alex exclaims (to markm), "Awwwk! No parse found!"

Steve says, "The first time I downloaded zMUD it started up and then shut down automatically and wouldn't work again."

markm didn't have that experience.

Kiz says, "That's pretty much the experience I had with it."

inky asks (to Alex), "what is a mud client?"

Alex says (to inky), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that a mud client is a program to make it more convenient to play on a mud. It provides command history, scrolling, possibly macros and triggers, and aids to connecting. If you are on unix, a good client is tinyfugue. If you are on Windows, good clients are Pueblo and SimpleMU."

Steve says, "The software seemed to think I'd stolen it or something."

Guest says, "Okay, I'm downloading SimpleMu now. I'll try others later."

Steve says, "When I finally got a good version, it wasn't as good as Pueblo and still a pain, so I gave up on it."

markm says (to inky), "Hey, that's not fair, leaving out zMUD like that."

inky says, "well, ok"

thumper asks (to alex), "what is zmud?"

Alex says (to thumper), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that zMUD is a Windows MUD client. It's at http://www.zuggsoft.com/"

inky says (to Alex), "a mud client is zMUD is another option for people on Windows."

Alex says (to inky), "Okay, a mud client is also zMUD is another option for people on Windows."

Kiz says, "One question, though--anyone know of a windoze client that will let you see things like channels and whispers in different colours than the main text? SimpleMU may do that--I just haven't figred out how yet."

Steve says, "I wouldn't mind trying TinyFugue, but I dunno if there's a full-featured"

Steve says, "Windows version."

markm says (to kiz), "Um, unhelpful answer: zMUD lets you do that."

Kiz says, "Bleegh. So maybe I need to give zMUD another try,\."

markm says (to steve), "TinyFugue rocks. It's what I use when I'm on unix."

mamster says, "Oh, this is cute."

mamster says, "I just got a tech support call from a sales goon."

Guest says, "I've installed SingmpleMu. I'll leave and try to com eback in it."

markm says (to guest), "wave!"

Guest says, "quirt"

Guest has disconnected.

Guest goes home.

<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!

markm chuckles.

mamster says, "'My mouse stopped working, and I can't get down to see if it's plugged in because I'm wearing a Hugo Boss suit that cost more than you make in many moons.'"

mamster says, "He was not joking."

inky laughs.

Steve says, "'Quirt' is a damn good word."

markm says (to steve), "yes."

markm says (to mamster), "That's bizzare."

lpsmith asks, "'Hugo Boss'?"

markm is wearing a TADS Boss suit. It's rather cheap.

Steve says (to mamster), "Go throw goat's blood on him."

Grocible asks, "pueblo is unsupported?"

thumper asks (to mamster), "Did you tell him to take off his pants so he could get down?"

mamster says (to thumper), "I came to get down."

Grocible says, "mamster: eeeagh"

inky says (to Kiz), "it says it supports highlighting"

Grocible says, "mamster: okay. so nettwerk has its problems, but at least nobody quite like that works here"

Kiz says, "I think I just found the help section on it...trying stuff now..."

Grocible says, "also, that sounds like a real nyc thing to say"

(From mamster) Salesgoon's heart esplodes!

markm asks, "Why do sales goons have to dress up anyway? Do they think people can see them through the phones?"

Grocible says, "mamster: excellent"

<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!

Guest arrives from the east.

markm asks (to Guest), "Any better?"

<Jota> Black lightning pierces your mind for an instant.

Jota arrives from the east.

thumper says, "re-jota."

Guest says, "Somewhat. At least there's an input buffer."

Jota greets.

Steve says, "I got your input buffer RIGHT HERE."

Guest exclaims, "I'll obviously have to tweak the prefs to make it usable. Black on white. Feh!"

markm uses white-on-blue.

<Ellison> People said, "You must be nuts, a little bit." They were the ones shaking their butts, the Summer of My Disco-Tent!

Ellison falls from the sky! Such a silly!

Ellison says, "heyas"

inky says, "heya el"

Guest says, "How does one get an account. It says to bother a wizard."

inky says, "that's us"

inky asks, "what name do you want?"

markm hides under his wizardly cap.

Jota puts on a big 'I'm a Wizard' badge.

Guest says, "How about 'Lebling'"

inky blinks.

markm says, "No way."

Jota says, "And whisper a password to one of us."

markm says, "No frikkin way."

Steve says, "If you ever need to find a wizard, just ask for Jaybird."

Jota says, "Type 'whisper Person=Message'"

inky says (to Steve), "hee hee"

markm says (to steve), "ha!"

Jota says, "Without the '' marks, that is."

Grocible asks, "will the real david lebling please stand up?"

Guest asks, "How do I know you're a wizard?"

markm says, "Next thing you know, Meretzky will be logging on."

Jota says, "Type '@users wizards'."

Jota says, "That lists who the Wizards are"

inky says, "well, you can/should change your password with @password once you log on again"

Guest says, "It's possible. I'm interested because of Berlyn's "Imp-lunch" on Saturday."

markm says, "Wow. It's really you, then."

Jota says (to markm), "Now how do we know he hasn't? ;)"

lpsmith blinks, too.

inky says, "It's a good thing you're here, then. One implementor is mighty small eating for all of us."

thumper laughs.

markm says (to Dave), "Can I say I'm a big fan? Thank you."

mamster asks, "Implunch?"

inky says (to mamster), "saturday at, um, 2pm your time"

lpsmith asks (to mamster), "You haven't read raif?"

Steve says (to mamster), "YM 'Implode'"

mamster says (to lpsmith), "Not in ages."

Jota needs to start a new project before Saturday, so he can attend the lunch.

mamster eats the implunch and implo--damn you, Steve.

Kiz needs to, like, learn Hugo before Saturday

markm says (to David), "'Enchanter' was the first IF game I played ever. That's what hooked me from the start."

Grocible says, "newspaper says gwyneth paltrow is in town and she was "spotted" having lunch with sarah"

Grocible says, "heh. pretty funny"

Grocible says, "also, thank god I'll never be famous"

lpsmith says, "Foobler (that's Berlyn's nickname here, DL) decided to actually plan what a bunch of people had talked about, and is moderating a meeting this Saturday for people with games and game ideas to discuss their problems and get suggestions. In a nutshell."

Guest says, "Markm, Enchanter is still one of my favorites. Thanks."

(From markm) Suddenly, a thousand screaming girls descend on Grocible asking for autographs (among other things).

Grocible says, "and no jawing, says foobs"

lpsmith says (to Guest), "You may want a different name than 'Lebling'. Mike changed his to 'Foobler' because he got tired of being a 200-pound gorilla around here. We were all in awe too often ;-)"

(From Jota) Suddenly, a thousand screaming IF fans descend on Lebling asking for autographs (among other things).

inky says (to Jota), "YM "knickers""

markm says (to jota), "Hee."

Guest asks, "How does one "say to"?"

Grocible says, "yeah. things turn into sycophantMUD"

<Foobler> Time to play hookey. My boss will never find out. This is *much* better than working.

Foobler is spirited into the room by a gang of giggling monkeys.

Ellison says (to Guest), "and the Lurking Horror is one of my favorites... one of the first ones I played"

Grocible says, "speak of the devil"

lpsmith says (to Guest), "Shorthand is '..guest hello'"

inky says, "heh"

Jota says (to Guest), "Type ..Name Message"

markm says (to guest), "There's a faq at http://www.ministryofpeace.com/text/ifMUD/faq.html"

Foobler waves.

markm says, "Hey foobs."

Jota greets Foobler.

Ellison says, "heya Foobs ;)"

Grocible says, "foob: beware a nemesis"

Kiz says, "Hiya Foob"

Foobler says (to Guest), "So, has everyone been gushing all over you? :)"

mamster says, "Ew."

markm laughs.

Grocible hands guest a mop

Kiz says, "Heh. I've managed to convince my office people that the mud is just a 'background process' I keep running."

Guest says, "They've admirably restrained their gushing."

Foobler asks (to Guest), "You coming to the Imp's Lunch?"

liza is spirited into the room by a gang of giggling monkeys.

lpsmith says (to Foob), "You've immunized us ;-)"

mamster has disconnected.

mamster has connected.

thumper says, "hey there liza."

<Gunther> Profanity is extreme with more than 200 "f" words, 60 "s" words, and an assortment of others.

Gunther materializes.

Grocible asks, "kiz: instead of being a foreground process that occupies 93% of your brain's CPU?"

Jota greets liza.

Foobler says (to lp), "Hehe."

Ellison says (to Foobler), "yeah, I'm a lot better this time around"

Grocible asks, "liza: do you get retina mail?"

Kiz says, "Hiya liza"

Jota greets Gunther, too.

Gunther says, "Hi"

Foobler waves at the G man.

Ellison says, "hey Gunth"

Kiz says, "And hiya Gunther."

liza says, "Hola."

mamster has disconnected.

mamster has been seen around the monkey house with a ratchet.

mamster feels as if a million voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Either that, or it's a touch of indigestion.

Ellison says, "hey liza"

markm says, "Geez. It's quiet all day and then suddenly a ton of connects."

lpsmith has refrained from gushing, but nonetheless still has a goofy grin on his face.

liza says (to lpsmith), "Fanboy!"

lpsmith says, "Heh."

Gunther says (to Foobler), "I read the entire PC Player article. No mention of CMP :-("

liza says (to Groc), "Retina mail is up in the air now. I dunno."

Spatch has disconnected.

Spatch goes home.

<Spatch> After the subversion, can we get ice cream?

Jota says, "OK, the autograph line forms tot he left -- right in front of that bottomless pit there..."

lpsmith exclaims (to Groc), "Quick, catch it before it falls!"

Ellison says, "this _is_ way cool... I guess I am starting to gush, I dunno"

Grocible says, "if meretzky were to turn up I bet the peanut gallery would be torn between gushing over mind forever voyaging and cries of "how could you have done leather goddesses 2?!""

Foobler asks (to Gunther), "Now why would they mention a contemporary IF publisher, founded by an Infocom alumn?"

Gunther says (to Foobler), "Well, they did interview every other ex-Infocom employee..."

lpsmith asks, "What was the article?"

Grocible says, "liza: http://talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/spelling.html I guess I don't read enough american articles on human origins. I tend to read english ones or something."

Gunther says (to lps), "About adventure gaming."

mamster says (to Groc), "I'm from Boston, if that helps."

Kiz asks, "In the current issue?"

Grocible asks, "mamster: you are?"

lpsmith says (to mamster), "Loads."

Gunther says (to lps), "Features interviews with Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bob Bates etc."

markm asks, "What is it about Infocom that makes such rabid fans? If Sierra disappeared tomorrow, would there be such religious furvor?"

liza says (to Groc), "Well, there you go."

Gunther says (to Kiz), "German magazine"

liza says (to markm), "Um, Sierra sucked."

inky says, "heh"

mamster says (to markm), "Poor Graham!"

Kiz says, "Oh. THat doesn't help, then ;)"

liza asks, "Wait, I missed a joke, didn't I?"

Gunther says (to lps), "Steve Merezky, Rand Miller."

lpsmith says (to markm), "Probably so, actually."

mamster says (to Groc), "I was born in Boston."

Ellison says (to Guest), "so yeah, the authors of many of the major games that have been made the last couple years come to this MUD a lot... like Andrew Plotkin, who wrote 'Spider & Web' and a bunch of others"

lpsmith says (to Gunther), "Neat about the article, then. Boo about no CMP."

liza says (to mamster), "You were born in Brookline."

mamster says (to Groc), "I'm not really *from* there, I guess."

Grocible says, "liza: since I do like reading news stories on human origins stuff, but I don't recall ever seeing the tal spelling. ah well. whatever."

Gunther says (to Guest), "I saw you mention Photopia though. And Christminster."

liza says (to Groc), "That's okay. As long as I'm right and you're not."

Grocible says, "liza: neither of us were right"

Foobler exclaims (to mamster), "*I* was born in Brookline!"

Gunther says (to lps), "And Scott Adams"

Grocible asks, "brookline is in massachusetts, right?"

liza says (to Groc), "Yes."

markm says (to Foob), "What a coincidence! My ISP is in Brookline!"

Ellison asks, "I missed that post... anyone have a dejanews URL?"

liza says, "WE LOVE BROOKLINE."

Gunther says (to markm), "a) Sierra _has_ disappeared. b) There is a fan following."

Gunther says (to markm), "(late)"

Foobler says (to Gunther), "No one contacted me for the article, so I guess I didn't get interviewed. That's the best I can say."

Grocible says, "gunther: yeah a fan following who write Napalm Quest games"

Gunther says (to Foobler), "The suckers."

markm says (to Groc), "Hee."

mamster asks (to Foobler), "Which hospital?"

lpsmith says (to Guest), "Oh, thanks for signing that certificate, BTW. And for your idea for it. (I'm the guy that handled 'em.)"

Gunther says (to Foobler), "I wrote them mail (and I think I mentioned this) in December 98."

Grocible says, "infocom fans are, by comparison, sophisticated and intelligent. and dress better"

markm says, "Mamster, Foobler: Switched at Birth."

Gunther says (to Groc), "One word: Stiffy"

Foobler says (to mamster), "I understand the hospital used to be the Salvation Army Hospital which burned down."

markm says (to Groc), "I think you're right. For example, at this moment I'm wearing faded jeans and a torn sweatshirt."

lpsmith asks (to Guest,Foob), "Did you ever find out which winner picked your prize?"

lpsmith looks it up.

mamster says (to Foobler), "Ah. I was reminded of a story, you see."

Gunther says, "Ghogg chose SUSPENDED"

(From Jota) Foobler says (to mamster), "Luckily I was a resilient baby, and they found me in the rubble three days later."

Foobler says (to Grocible), "Don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back, now. :)"

Ellison says (to Jota), "hehe"

mamster says (to Foobler), "A few years ago I got to meet my biggest hero, Jonathan Kozol, and it turned out we were born in the same hospital in Brookline."

Grocible says, "I visited the hospital in montreal I was born in. it's a stone victorian type building built in a gothic style. it looks like ghastly things should happen in it, especially when the sky lours darkly and lightning flashes across the heavens"

Gunther says, "mmm... Arkham Asylum"

Foobler says (to Jota), "Hehe. Cut that out."

markm asks, "lours?"

inky asks (to mamster), "if you turned out to be switched at birth, would that mean you were his hero?"

mamster says (to inky), "Yes."

markm laughs.

lpsmith says, "Lesse. Mike Roberts picked the Lebling certificate, at 3rd place, with 'The Plant'. Stephen Granade (Sarge) picked the Berlyn certificate with 'Arrival' Uh, if that was the name of Sarge's one."

Gunther says (to inky), "DAMN YOU. I was about to crack that joke."

Grocible says, "markm: lours"

inky says (to Gunther), "HA ha."

<Dilbon> Unfortunately, there's a radio connected to my brain.

Dilbon shines!

inky says, "hey dilly dilly"

Gunther says (to Dilbon), "Actually, it's... oh, I've done this before."

mamster says, "Oh, wait, it's totally quitting time."

Kiz says, "Adam and I turned out to be born at the same hospital."

Foobler asks (to Guest), "So why not tell these clowns what you're working on? How you're making your living these days?"

markm says (to mamster), "Bye."

mamster says (to Kiz), "And you're his hero, so that makes sense."

inky says, "bye mams"

Jota greets Dilbon.

Kiz says (to mamster), "See, there ya go."

inky says, "http://www.kanga.nu/archives/VRML-Lit-L/archive/"

Foobler says (to mamster), "Yo."

Gunther says (to Foobler), "I can look it up in the interview :)"

inky says, "although its DNS server seems to be sucking."

Grocible asks, "I'm glad more home births are happening now. since hospitals are such boring places to be born in. I mean, compare that with little houses that famous people from years gone by were born in to - some hospital?"

lpsmith chuckles.

mamster asks (to Groc), "Yeah, but what would the odds be that I was born in your house?"

lpsmith says (to Grocible), "Yeah, but then if you wanted to be born in the same...what mamster said."

inky says, "but, eg, http://www.users.interport.net/~mash/triskellion.html"

Grocible says, "mamster: that's less interesting to me"

mamster has disconnected.

mamster has been seen around the monkey house with a ratchet.

Gunther | Re: Talking Heads, Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. bralich#hawaii,edu

Gunther says, "ITHM 'kicking'"

inky says, "yay"

Jota has to go idle.

<ddyte> has been picked up by bats and dropped nearby!

ddyte (7.30 NBC) David says HEY THERE LADY with wacky consequences. Zany antics ensue.

Guest says, "I just got Pueblo. I think I'll disconnect and try it. Back soon, I hope."

markm says (to guest), "Later."

Gunther says (to ddyte), "Hey"

Kiz says, "See ya soon :)"

Jota waves a ticking watch in front of his own eyes, which slowly glaze over.

Guest has disconnected.

Guest goes home.

<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!

Foobler waves bye bye.

ddyte says, "Hey there translator."

Ellison says, "hey dd!"

Gunther says (to dd), "You just missed Dave Lebling."

Kiz says (to dd), "Hiya! Came a few seconds too late, tho."

(From Grocible) Fans cry!

Ellison says, "but he said he's coming back"

ddyte says, "Hey Kiz."

Gunther says (to Ell), "Yeah, because we'd have disabled 'quit' otherwise"

Foobler says (to Gunther), "He'll be back. And for those of you who don't believe it was him, it was him all right. Whispers confirmed."

Ellison says, "but he could've just been trying to be nice or something"

Grocible says, "he wrote what again? enchanter, lurking horror... the first zorks..."

inky asks (to Foob), "he gave you the password, huh?"

markm says (to foob), "Well, if he's whipsering already, he's nearly a mud expert."

Grocible asks, "foob: you asked him deeply personal questions?"

Foobler says (to inky), "The secret imp handshake."

lpsmith laughs.

(From ddyte) Foobler whispers (to guest), "Alright then, tell me about the coffee strike."

Foobler asks (to Gunther), "BTW, will you leave me alone about why I'm not in that article? Can't you tell I'm an old has-been?"

Ellison asks, "so, does he teach now or anything? I mean, he's a professor and stuff, right?"

Grocible has disconnected.

<Grocible> Grocible has disconnected from ifMUD.

Grocible has connected.

<Grocible> Grocible has connected to ifMUD.

ddyte asks, "What article?"

markm says (to dd), "Don't ask."

Steve says, "I thought he worked for Avid or something."

Grocible says, "ddyte: foobler will lour at you"

ddyte asks, "lour?"

Grocible says, "does nobody here know what that means? it's a perfectly proper english word"

ddyte says, "No, never encountered it before."

inky says, "is not"

Grocible says, "okay so it's kind of obscure I suppose"

Ellison says (to Steve), "you're probably right... I know nothing"

lpsmith can figure it out from context, but doesn't remember seeing it before.

Steve says, "Doesn't look proper to me, ya lout."

Grocible says, "it means to frown basically"

inky says, "it look furrin."

Foobler says (to Ellison), "If you're referring to Prof. Lebling, he works as a programmer."

lpsmith says, "Maybe it's a combination of 'sour' and 'leer'."

Ellison says (to Foobler), "thanks... didn't really feel like tracking down the Infocom FAQ"

<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!

Gunther says, "He works at Avid"

inky | Main Entry: lour, loury

inky | Pronunciation: 'lau(&)r-E

inky | variant ofLOWER, LOWERY

Guest walks into the room, saying, "And then I showed the little girl the picture of the nun and she said, 'That's what I wanna be.'"

inky asks (to Guest), "no dice?"

markm asks, "lour?"

Guest has disconnected.

<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!

<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!

Alex says (to markm), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that lour is to frown."

Guest steps north into the small closet.

inky says, "blert"

Gunther asks (to inky), "Where should he get an account from?"

Gunther says, "have gotten"

inky says (to Gun), "jota made him one"

Gunther says, "Oh"

Guest comes out of the closet.

lpsmith says (to gunther), "Jota made him... late again."

Gunther asks, "Jota killed him?"

lpsmith says, "In other words, Jota killed him."

ddyte says, "Guest wars."

lpsmith exclaims, "Eeeagh!"

Gunther says (to lps), "YAY"

Gunther says (to lps), "You suck."

lpsmith sulks.

Foobler smacks Gunther around for his improper use of "suck"

Gunther sucks his thumb.

Foobler asks, "So, can we get Dave a real account here? So he can change his name and stuff?"

ddyte says, "Jota did."

inky asks (to Foob), "didn't Jota make him one?"

Gunther says (to Foobler), "Hey! My package didn't arrive!"

markm says (to foob), "Jota made him one already."

lpsmith asks, "We did. Can he not use it yet?"

Ellison says (to Foobler), "I think he has to go to the government to change his name and stuff"

inky says, "the account exists. we can twddle the password if he's forgotten it already"

markm laughs.

ddyte asks (to ellison), "So are you officially Jonny Boy Blaskovitz yet?"

Guest says, "Hrmph. I didn't forget the password. Jota must have made a misteak."

Gunther asks, "Is/was anybody (but Alex) logging?"

Foobler says (to Jota), "You made him an account that doesn't work."

Guest says, "disconnect"

Steve says (to Jota), "You cook that steak properly, dammit!"

Foobler exclaims (to Jota), "You're fired!"

Ellison says (to ddyte), "not yet... I'm going to wait until the feds are close to catching me while I'm still using this alias"

markm says (to dd), "heh"

inky says (to Ell), "hee hee hee"

(From Gunther) Jota says, "I *said* username 'd4v3l3bl1ng', password 'monkey'"

Guest has disconnected.

Guest goes home.

<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!

ddyte says, "Wow, I might get to see a real live FBI arrest when I'm in Milwaukee."

lpsmith says, "Wait--did he capitalize Lebling? Sigh, late again."

ddyte says, "Shouldn't matter."

Gunther says (to lps), "Doesn't matter"

Foobler says (to lp), "He'll be back."

markm says (to gunther), "guest doesn't have the spy flag set."

Steve says, "Capitalization doesn't matter."

markm says (to guest), "he may have taken that seriously."

<Lebling> Lebling has connected to ifMUD.

Gunther says (to markm), "Oops"

Gunther says, "Or not."

inky says, "I whispered to him his password"

lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!"

Gunther says, "woo!"

Gunther says, "ifMUD: Home of the Imps"

<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!

Lebling arrives from the east.

Guest is giggled into the room by a gang of spirited monkeys.

Gunther says, "Hey."

inky says, "woo"

ddyte asks, "So did any Bostonian types invite Dave to the May 8 baseball game?"

lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!"

Kiz says, "Yay, it worked."

markm says (to Lebling), "Hi again. :-)"

Guest exclaims, "Hi. I'm Steve Meretzky. Please shower me with unvarnished praise!"

liza laughs.

lpsmith giggles.

Steve says, "Ha!"

ddyte laughs loud.

Lebling says, "Aren't computers wonderful."

liza says, "Mmm... varnish."

Ellison says, "hehe"

Guest says, "okay. well. not really."

Gunther asks (to Guest), "WHY? WHY? WHY LGOP2???"

inky lours.

Foobler says (to Lebs), "Welcome! In the flesh (virtual)."

markm says (to inky), "hee"

Guest says, "okay. I'll have to disconnect before foobler asks me questions I can't answer."

inky laughs.

lpsmith laughs.

Guest has disconnected.

Guest goes home.

<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!

Foobler cracks his knuckles... too late!

(From Steve) Foobler whispers (to guest), "Who's you'r daddy?"

Dilbon says, "Oh plah."

inky says, "hee"

Steve says, "Blah."

Ellison says (to Steve), "hehe"

Steve pushes the button on the typo tally. Bing!

markm says, "I couldn't have showered him anyway. I varnished all my praise yesterday."

Dilbon says, "I thought you were all dead."

<Caoif> Caoif has connected to ifMUD.

Gunther says, "We are."

markm smacks Dilbon upside the head.

Steve says (to Dilbon), "Sorry to disappoint."

Dilbon says, "Then I realised that I had stopped the text from scrolling."

Gunther says, "Especially Doe."

ddyte says (to dilbon), "We are. Tonight is zombieMUD."

Caoif arrives in the Lounge from a hole in the wall, which closes behind him and vanishes without a trace.

Dilbon says, "But anyway, it's me again."

Gunther says (to Dilbon), "Who cares? Dave Lebling is here!"

Gunther says, ":-)"

Foobler says, "So, don't you guys have a ton of questions about ZIL? hehe. Mr. ZIL is here himself."

Ellison asks (to Lebling), "so, that's great that you still are attentive to the IF being made today... are there any directions in which you'd like to see today's games go in?"

markm asks (to Lebling), "So how can I get a copy of the ZIL manual?"

ddyte says (to ellison), "North, I imagine."

Dilbon asks, "Where's Dave?"

Lebling exclaims (to foobler), "ARGH!"

Ellison says (to dd), "hehe"

Dilbon says, "Oh."

Steve says, "Anyway, so we want to hear wacky embarrassing Infocom Christmas party stories."

Dilbon says, "There."

ddyte says, "Manual, shmanual. We want a compiler."

Foobler says (to Lebling), "Hehe."

Gunther asks (to Lebling), "So, how can I get a copy of ZIL?"

lpsmith laughs.

Ellison says (to Steve), "hehe"

Lebling asks (to markm), "What ZIL manual?"

thumper says, "heh."

Foobler says, "I already asked Dave about ZIL and he has no copy."

<andyf> Zrblm.

liza says (to Lebling), "Let me interject here that while I might have started this MUD, I take no responsibility for the behavior therein. Thank you."

andyf arrives from the east.

markm says (to Lebling), "Oh."

andyf is baaaaaaaack.

ddyte says (to liza), "Sure mommy, that's what you always say."

lpsmith says (to liza), "You're not getting out of it that easy, smack-head."

Gunther says (to liza), "TSD"

Caoif says (to lebling), "I would like you to answer this question. Are Starcross and Planetfall set in the Zork universe? TSL said grues only exist in the Zork universe, but grues show up in Starcross and Planetfall."

(From inky) Lebling says "So then Foobler drank half the punch, and ran around with a lampshade on his head, waving the Elvish sword of great antiquity until we finally knocked him out with Wishbringer."

Ellison says, "and I apologize for shmacky questions and grovelling... that's just me"

liza says (to lpsmith), "Don't mouth off to me, smack-monkey."

Kiz says, "Mommy Liza never lets us have ANY fun. And she won't buy us a new monkey, either."

Ellison says (to inky), "hah!"

ddyte says (to kiza), "It's not fair. We have a garage full of ponies and no monkey."

Steve says (to Kiz), "I want a pony, too."

lpsmith says (to liza), "If you can't take the heat, drop the crack-pipe, smack-pants."

Steve asks, "kiza?"

Grocible says, "lebling: have you noticed that if you tell the turtle to pick up the ozmoo scroll while you aren't carrying anything and then you type "eat bread" when the bread is on the ground and then if you type jump and ask scroll about adventurer, the next sentenc that appears is garbage"

liza says (to lpsmith), "HEY THERE MAMSTER"

Grocible asks, "?"

ddyte says (to steve), "One of them. I dunno."

lpsmith laughs.

markm says (to groc), "Ha!"

Gunther says (to Grocible), "HEE"

inky says (to Grocible), "pbbbpt"

andyf says (to Grocible), "Heh."

Caoif sighs. So much for my question getting through...way too much scrolling.

Lebling says (to caoif), "Starcross and Planetfall are in the same universe as each other. All the games had grues at one point, so I'm not certain whether they are in the Zork universe or not."

Dilbon says, "I can't think of a question. I suck."

liza says, "This is sort of the online equivalent of wandering around a con dressed like elves and wearing no shoes."

ddyte says (to lebling), "Rest assured that after the initial rush of idiocy, we settle down into relatively normal people."

Grocible says, "lebling: sorry. as foobler will attest, we'll assault you with a barrage of obscure and highly trivial questions for a bit and then we'll get back to normal and continue our monkey and corn in-jokes."

Caoif says (to lebling), "I always thought Sergeatn Duffy was a strange fantasy element in the otherwise 'real' Deadline and Witness..."

Grocible says, "also, what ddyte says"

Foobler says (to Lebling), "But for Suspenders. Which had no grues."

inky says (to liza), "I read that as "wandering around the corn", of course"

liza says (to inky), "Well, that too."

Gunther says (to Foobler), "That's why it's not good"

Grocible asks, "liza: not pointy shoes with bells on them?"

Gunther ducks.

iVan has disconnected.

<iVan> Hail, King of Scotland! Quick! To the Millenium Falcon!

iVan has connected.

<iVan> People will especially like Juliette Lewis' career-saving turn as a 'tard.

iVan says, "Who! Full room."

thumper asks (to foobler), "Well, grues eat adventurers, not robots, right?"

markm says, "Hey Van."

iVan asks, "Lebling = Mark Lebling?"

Foobler says (to Gunther), "It's not too late to get the box back from the post office."

ddyte says (to ivan), "Ja."

Gunther says (to iVan), "Dave"

Grocible asks, "mark?"

liza says (to Ivan), "No, Monkey 'Butch' Lebling."

iVan asks (to liza), "Where's sadie's page?"

lpsmith says (to ivan), "'x retina'"

markm asks, "Er, 'Mark' Lebling?"

inky says (to Ivan), "http://www.port4000.com"

Ellison says, "that Dave Blanc guy is cool, too"

Lebling says (to caoif), "You'll have to ask Marc about Duffy. I thought he was cool, personally."

markm looks up Dave Blank.

Dilbon says, "Dave"

markm says (to ell), "damn."

Dilbon says, "Urm."

Caoif asks (to Lebling), "Is Steve Metretzky going to sue when he finds out ifMUD stole his character?"

Dilbon says, "Dave 'Mark' Lebling. Cool."

Caoif grins.

iVan exclaims, "Eeeeeeagh!"

Ellison says, "damn, I always switch the 'c' and the 'k'"

Dilbon asks, "Marc Blank or Mark Blanc?"

Gunther says (to Ellison), "it is 'c', I think"

Gunther says, "It says Mark "Blank" Blanc somewhere..."

thumper says (to elllison), "Marc S. Blank."

iVan tries hard to resist the urge to ask liza about it.

ddyte asks (to alex), "who is lebling?"

liza says (to Ivan), "It's gone, but there was a backup of the Sadie page."

Alex says (to ddyte), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Lebling is Dave 'Mark' Lebling. Also, the guy who wrote Lurking Horror."

Caoif says, "No relation to the late, great Mel Blanc (of Looney Tunes fame) as far as I know."

Steve says, "Are you sure we're planning on settling down soon? Cause I don't see it."

liza says (to Steve), "I'm settled."

inky says (to Steve), ""soon" as in "a few weeks, tops""

andyf is settled. He took a Rolaid.

Steve says, "Well me too, but that's cause I'm superior to all you people."

markm is going to have to go home in about 15 minutes. "So I'll be rather settled after that."

Gunther says, "So... we have Mike Berlyn, we have Dave Lebling..."

Kiz is VERY settled thanks to these "non-drowsy" (um, whatever) cold drugs

Gunther asks, "...who else do we need?"

ddyte says, "Still no Graham Nelosn."

markm laughs.

ddyte says, "Nelson"

lpsmith has a pine-cone on his seat, so he's rather unsettled.

Lebling says, "I have to go home in about 15 minutes too. You can settle down then."

Gunther says, "No Mike Roberts."

Steve says (to Gunther), "The collection is nearly complete."

liza says (to Lebling), "Good call."

Ellison says, "next time I'm in Minneapolis, I'll bribe Amy Briggs to come on here"

lpsmith exclaims (to Ell), "Yay!"

Caoif asks (to Lebling), "If casting too many spells in the Enchanter universe causes a shadow to be created, how come Belboz doesn't have a shadow? Or Orkan or any of the other great Enchanters?"

Gunther says, "We need Blank, Bates, Meretzky, Moriarty, Briggs."

liza says (to Caoif), "Easy there."

Lebling says (to gunther), "Not to mention Jeff O'Neill and Hollywood Anderson."

Gunther says (to Lebling), "Sorry, that was off the top of my head :)"

Foobler exclaims (to Lebling), "YAY Hollywood Dave!"

Gunther says, "Douglas Adams, too"

Ellison asks, "Amy said that Jeff O'Neill gave up computers and lives off in the woods now... is that true?"

Caoif asks, "Are we to assume that by Spellbreaker, our character has cast more spells and done more with magic than every other enchanter put together?"

ddyte says, "I think I'll write another 20 games set in my house with teddy bears so people can pick up on tiny little inconsistencies and bombard me with questions."

Caoif has disconnected.

Caoif goes home.

<Caoif> Caoif has disconnected from ifMUD.

Ellison says, "or something to that effect, anyway"

Gunther says, "Whoa! boot!"

<Caoif> Caoif has connected to ifMUD.

Caoif arrives in the Lounge from a hole in the wall, which closes behind him and vanishes without a trace.

Gunther asks (to Caoif), "'him'?"

Caoif exclaims, "THANKS FOR DISCONENCTING ME! I DIDN"T WANT TO SEE THE ANSWER to those questions!"

Ellison says (to Caoif), "he answered ALL of them, too!"

markm says (to Caoif), "There weren't any."

Lebling says (to ellison), "I don't know, but Amy kept in touch with him longer than anyone, so she's probably right."

Gunther says (to ddyte), "Yeah, did you notice that the bear..."

Gunther has disconnected.

Gunther accidentally says "789" and promptly disappears.

<Gunther> ...and don't you DARE do anything funny or exciting while I'm not there!

Foobler asks (to Lebling), "So, you thinking of showing up for the imp lunch on Saturday?"

inky says (to Gunther), "ha!"

Gunther bows

inky says (to Lebling), "tux optional"

lpsmith laughs.

Dilbon asks, "Is there a log of the questions and answers?"

Ellison says, "Ballyhoo is also one of my favorite games"

markm is wearing a tux right now. "But I won't say where."

ddyte says, "The lunch is in a sack with some peppers."

liza says (to markm), "TMI"

markm grins.

Lebling says (to foobler), "If I don't have another commitment and I can get Pueblo at home."

Gunther says, "I just got an old TLH..."

(From inky) Jarb says "My next game is Cattus Attux"

Kiz realizes that Sparky is still wearing his XYZZY tux. Oops.

lpsmith says (to Dilbon), "The log is: To find the answers, look within. No, wait, that's my fotune cookie message."

thumper asks (to kiz), "sparky = ?"

Lebling asks (to gunther), "Had the gooey worm eaten through the package yet?"

Foobler says (to Lebling), "That'd be great. I'm sure these folks would appreciate your creative input ala imp-lunch brainstorming."

Gunther says (to Lebling), "Unfortunately, it's missing."

Kiz says (to thumper), "My mouse. x sparky."

lpsmith asks (to Gunther), "What's missing? Pueblo?"

Alex says (to lpsmith), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Pueblo is a popular, if bloated and no longer supported, MUD client for Win32. (See also 'Bar'.). Also, at http://www.chaco.com/"

markm laughs.

Gunther says (to lps), "the gooey worm"

ddyte says (to foobler), "Yeah. You guys can write our games for us. Thanks."

lpsmith says, "Urg."

Gunther asks (to alex), "bar?"

Alex says (to Gunther), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Bar is the horizontal scroll bar that appears in the Pueblo window when a too-long line (usually a URL) appears. Please break up 80-plus-character strings with some whitespace."

lpsmith says (to Alex), "Don't respond to my questions."

Alex exclaims (to lpsmith), "Awwwk! No parse found!"

Caoif smiles.

Foobler asks (to ddyte), "Me? An old has-been?"

Alex says (to Foobler), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Foobler is Michael Berlyn. Also, a crazy Mofo Inc ex-employee."

Gunther says (to Alex), "shut up"

Alex exclaims (to Gunther), "Awwwk! No parse found!"

markm says, "Hee."

Lebling says (to foobler), "I would be fun. There hasn't been an ImpLunch in ten years"

ddyte says (to foobler), "Yeah, right."

Gunther says, "Somebody *definitely* needs to log the Imp lunch for us."

Foobler says (to Lebs), "Yeah. I was reading a thread on raif and decided it was time for another."

liza says, "Okay, I get the idea, but this is a little odd. On the home page for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is the motto, 'Serving you better... Seeing you less'"

Caoif says, "Forget OJ. Forget JFK. The real crime of the century was when Infocom was disbanded."

lpsmith asks, "Didn't Foob mention something about a reunion?"

Lebling says (to foobler), "I meant to say "It" _I_ won't be fun, necessarily."

markm asks, "It's tomorrow some time, right?"

Caoif smiles.

inky says (to liza), "...Standing in line more"

Gunther asks (to lpsmith), "lpsmith?"

Alex says (to Gunther), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that lpsmith is an Inform guru."

lpsmith asks, "guru?"

thumper says (to gunther), "take it to #alex."

thumper says (to gunther), ";)"

Gunther says (to thumper), "Right."

inky says (to thumper), "hee hee"

Gunther says (to thumper), "Sorry."

Foobler says (to Lebs), "Speak for yourself. :)"

Steve says, "Yay. I didn't screw up the spaghetti at all!"

schep wakes up. Whoa, is Lebling really here?

Gunther says (to schep), "No."

Gunther says (to schep), "Go back to sleep."

Steve says (to schep), "It's all a dream."

markm says (to steve), "Well done. Now you don't have to starve to death."

andyf says (to schep), "You're hallucinating."

Foobler says (to lp), "Yes, there's an infocommie reunion scheduled in June. For ex-infocommies only, though. No photos, no limos, no tape recorders."

ddyte says, "No pants."

lpsmith says (to steve), "It'll only work for 50 more turns, so start thinking about how to find more food now, so it won't sneak up on you later."

markm says, "And no fanboys."

Dilbon says, "First Iron Maiden reunions, now Infocom. Cool."

liza says, "No prisoners. No escape."

lpsmith says (to Foob), "Right."

Gunther asks, "*WILL* somebody log it? PLEASE?"

inky says (to liza), "only one leaves the cage"

Steve says, "No names, no faces. Just sex."

markm asks (to Gunther), "Saturday's session?"

ddyte says (to gunther), "Stop panicking."

Gunther says (to ddyte), "No."

markm says (to Gunther), "I can log it."

Gunther says (to markm), "Yes."

Gunther says (to markm), "Please."

ddyte says (to steve), "No, that's us in Boston."

thumper says (to gunther), "Sure we'll log it, but not share the transcripts with you."

markm asks, "It'll be in the tavern, right?"

inky laughs.

Gunther says (to thumper), ".... ..."

inky says (to markm), "it ought to be"

Ellison says, "and I'll log it, too, if I remember to be there"

Steve says (to dd), "Don't I know it."

liza says (to ddyte), "Yay! Wait, I mean, 'No way, dude.'"

andyf says (to thumper), "Oh, give him the transcript. Encrypted."

lpsmith sighs. He probably won't be able to be there this Sat.

Gunther neither.

Steve says (to liza), "Just wait till I parade around nekkid at Kiz's place."

liza says (to Steve), "I have to wait?!"

Steve says, "Well, I gotta get there first."

ddyte says (to liza), "Aw, first you won't buy us a monkey. Now you won't allow orgies in your house. Sheesh."

lpsmith says (to liza), "Not you personally."

liza says (to ddyte), "I suck."

Foobler says (to markm), "The tavern, just to the east of here as I recall."

Gunther says, "Ok, bye folks!"

Gunther waves.

ddyte says, "Bye G."

inky says, "bye gunther"

Steve says, "Later, Gunther."

markm says (to foob), "Right-o."

lpsmith says, "East twice; yeah."

ddyte says (to liza), "TSD."

Kiz says (to Steve), "And it's a women's dorm, too. You'll be a highlight."

markm says, "Bye, G"

liza says (to ddyte), "Of course."

Foobler says (to Gunther), "See ya."

Steve asks (to Kiz), "Is that a size joke?"

andyf waves.

Kiz says (to Steve), "No, but hey, feel free to interpret ;)"

Kiz says, "Oh, by Gunther"

Kiz says, "bye. Urgh."

Steve says, "Ok, anybody who isn't totally in love with this new XTC album can just go die."

Steve says, "Bastards."

ddyte says, "I'd need to hear it first."

Dilbon says, "XTC? I suppose that is a band or something."

Steve says, "Also, this meat is, in fact, a bit underdone."

Ellison says, "yeah, the new one is great"

markm asks (to steve), "Medium rare?"

ddyte says (to steve), "Salmonella Surprise."

Ellison says, "can't wait until the next one"

markm laughs.

markm says (to dd), "You're evil."

(From andyf) Steve devours raw meat with great voracity.

Steve says (to mark), "That's how I like it, but this is too rare."

Steve lours the meat.

liza asks (to Steve), "Does it have a pulse?"

ddyte says, "Rarer than a copy of Curses, release 1."

markm says (to steve), "Maybe your slow cooker was cooking a bit too slowly."

markm says (to liza), "Hee!"

inky says (to markm), "euphemisms euphemisms"

Lebling says, "Got to go now. See you all later."

Steve says, "It's the pulse of the city's art scene."

thumper waves.

andyf waves.

Caoif sighs.

inky says, "byebye. do come back."

Kiz eaves

lpsmith exclaims (to Lebling), "Wave!"

schep says, "bye."

markm says (to inky), "HA!"

Foobler waves.

Steve says, "Later."

markm says (to lebling), "bye!"

Kiz says, "Um, waves even."

ddyte says, "Bye L."

thumper says, "heh."

Lebling has disconnected.

Lebling goes home.

<Lebling> Lebling has disconnected from ifMUD.

(From markm) Kiz heaves.

Steve says, "Beavis, that was the coolest thing ever."

markm says, "Okay, that's my cue. Later, folks."

ddyte asks (to grocible), "Are you sure you're not thinking of the word 'glower'?"

(From andyf) Steve heaves.

Foobler notes that Lebling will _NOT_ be back again. Until tomorrow. :)

Kiz says, "Actually, with this medicine, it's more like 'Kiz weaves'"

The end.