• Keith Fuller (10/10) Jul 19 2005 Walter, I just thought you might want to hear this story.
• Walter (16/26) Jul 20 2005 LOL. When I was in college, another student threatened to "beat me up"

Keith Fuller <Keith_member pathlink.com> writes:

Walter, I just thought you might want to hear this story.  

This is your fault.    ;-)

There was a graduate student I knew who spent one entire semester playing Empire
in the early '90's.  Around the end of the semester he had to show his progress
on a math-related project he was supposed to have been working on all that
semester. So he put some code together.  The user interface part was working
well, but, he said, the calculation portion kept crashing and he would have to
spend some time finding the bug.  Actually, the entire mathematical part of the
program was like this:

x = 1/0;

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Keith Fuller" <Keith_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:dbkebl$18pj$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Walter, I just thought you might want to hear this story.

 This is your fault.    ;-)

LOL. When I was in college, another student threatened to "beat me up"
because the game consumed so many resources and caused students to flunk
out. There's just something endlessly seductive about conquering the world,
putting it under iron control, and having your minions call you "Master"
<g>.

 There was a graduate student I knew who spent one entire semester playing

Empire
 in the early '90's.  Around the end of the semester he had to show his

progress
 on a math-related project he was supposed to have been working on all that
 semester. So he put some code together.  The user interface part was

working
 well, but, he said, the calculation portion kept crashing and he would

have to
 spend some time finding the bug.  Actually, the entire mathematical part

of the
 program was like this:

 x = 1/0;

Right from the web page <g>:

Warning: Empire has been known to be addictive. Typical games can take many
intense hours. Empire can be hazardous to your Grade Point Average and can
damage your personal relationships.