[citw150] Re: CITW L6 Q6
- From: Mallory Blair <themalpal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
HAHAHA thats great. I have SO many computer nerd friends and never once has
something like this come up. Its funny to me that people play games like this.
It totally works, and is a really simple idea.
Malynnda Littky <mslittky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I learned about Telnet by
visiting the Telnet entry at Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TELNET. Telnet allows remote connections to a
server. Telnet lacks a good security protocol and shouldn't be used in
situations where security is important.Telnet can be used to send commands to
servers, for IRC, or to play games.
I played a game called Nethack using a Java based Telnet applet at
http://alt.org/nethack/jta/. The game was based on a game I used to play
called Rogue. In both games, players go through multiple levels on a quest for
an amulet while fighting monsters and collecting gold. Once I logged in and
created a character, the game began. My character and other creatures in the
game were represented by symbols and I used the keyboard to move. I found that
playing the game through Telnet was difficult, because I didn't know the
commands very well. Also, the graphics are not as good as I have become used
to. I think it's good that networking has evolved to supersede Telnet as a
client-server protocol.
Malynnda
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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