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From: nester@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Darryl K. Nester)
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Subject: "Naughty bits" in the game "Blast".
Summary: obscenity in hall of fame
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Date: 11 Feb 91 14:00:49 GMT
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When playing the "breakout"-type game "Blast", posted to c.b.i.p. within
the last couple of weeks, I discovered that while most of the names in the
"Hall of Fame" were "Mr. Nobody" with a score of 0, there was a (ahem)
slightly different one in the HOF for the third variation ("Blast").

Suffice it to say that if there is anybody out there with small children
who might be playing this game, or if you plan to give a copy to a friend,
you might want to attack the file "FILE.BIN" with DEBUG and sanitize it
first.

In case there is anyone out there who isn't familiar/comfortable with
DEBUG, and wants advice on what to do, drop me a line and I'll give more
detailed instructions.

Darryl Nester -- Purdue University Department of Statistics
nester@pop.stat.purdue.edu