Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!tut!funic!santra!hila.hut.fi!jmunkki From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Tetris Summary: :-) Just kidding Message-ID: <1990Aug10.193307.24460@santra.uucp> Date: 10 Aug 90 19:33:07 GMT References: <0093AE41.AB3A5320@lne.kth.se> <6441@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Reply-To: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, FINLAND Lines: 19 In article <6441@helios.ee.lbl.gov> skankman@ux1.lbl.gov (David Schurig) writes: >Am I the only one who does not know what a grob is? Can someone explain >this to me? Thanks. A long, long time ago, Martians invented GROKking. To GROK a thing is to completely understand it. On Earth, we are still stuck with an older version of GROK, which is the GROB. GROB stands for Graphics Object and is used in the HP48SX line of calculators from the High Priests of portable computing. GROB will naturally be succeeded with GROC (Graphics Object in Color), GROD (Graphics Object with Depth), GROE (Graphics Object or Entity), ... Remember:-) ___________________________________________________________________________ / Juri Munkki / Helsinki University of Technology / Wind / HP S / / jmunkki@hut.fi / Computing Center Macintosh Support / Surf / 48 X / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~