Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvax1!okunewck From: okunewck@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Phil OKunewick) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: Great[sic] Christmas Worm Summary: Get a life. Message-ID: Date: 13 Sep 90 20:11:28 GMT References: <9009122126.aa05627@mvax.cc.ic.ac.uk> <1411@cs.nps.navy.mil> <1990Sep13.145046.7262@Matrix.COM> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Random, at best Lines: 31 Approved: Milton the Toaster Nntp-Posting-Host: psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Now, let me see if I get this straight. A Christmas worm... truly a new and original concept. This one definitely should go into the archives of hacking. Right. Sure. "Hey guys, check out what I just developed - a metal box full of heating coils that singes sliced bread. Not only that, but it pops the slices out when they're done! Ain't that a hack!" Ten-Four, good buddy. This christmas worm an old, overused idea. Anybody who even thinks that a worm is creative enough to post nationwide is extremely myopic. C'mon, guy - can't you come up with a *real* hack???? Something that hasn't been done before? ObHack: A Generic dungeon. You supply the map, rooms, objects, puzzles, and challenges (as a text file), and it does the rest. (No operational version, yet.) Variation: a random dungeon. Take the generic dungeon database, and use a random number generator to draw the map and assign the rooms. Better yet, use an active generator to continuously remap a maze when somebody is lost in it. Or, what th' heck - if you're in a nasty mood, remap the entire dungeon a little bit at a time, as a person travels through it. -- ---Phil "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the oven."