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adurdin
Vortininja
Posts: 359
(7/3/02 10:04 pm)
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The uses of current PC technology...
Found on rec.music.filk, in a Dec 2001 posting:


MIPS to the World

(ttto: Joy to the World)


Joy to the world, FedEx has come
(our system for to bring)
With dual Athlon processors
Both running at two gigahertz
(just slightly overclocked)
My, oh my they do get hot
We can heat our apartment with our new PC


We rule the world with our PC
(we render it ourselves)
Twenty million polygons
Hardware acceleration
Virtual reality
And seismic-feedback keys
Real life seems quite lame next to our new PC


It's everything we could ever want
(at least until next year)
A million times more powerful
Than mainframes seven years ago
So we play Commander Keen
On a thirty-two inch screen
On a system that's overkill for missions to the moon



Music Traditional
Lyrics © 2001 Douglas Hamilton

TCL999
Foob
Posts: 56
(7/4/02 12:43 am)
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LOL
LOL. Yes, it truly is amazing what you can find about Commander Keen :) Nice song btw. Gee, I would love that dual athlon processors both at 2 ghz computer.... instead of my crappy 266 mhz :(

KeenRush
Vortininja
Posts: 462
(7/4/02 5:29 pm)
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Re: LOL
Commander Keen is everywhere..

Who ever needs Doom 3, we have Keen 6.

Flaose
Vorticon Elite
Posts: 700
(7/4/02 8:14 pm)
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Re: LOL
He even shows up here!

KeenCommander
Vortininja
Posts: 334
(7/5/02 1:58 am)
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Re: LOL
It seems odd that such a popular game doesn't recieve a sequel.

"Well, that's goodbye Galaxy, then," said Arthur, slapping his knees and standing up. - "Life The Universe and Everything" by Douglas A. Adams

Forge315  missing image (www.commanderkeen.net/images/dfl.GIF)
Vortininja
Posts: 808
(7/5/02 5:28 am)
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GBC Keen
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It seems odd that such a popular game doesn't recieve a sequel.

Seem clear to me,
www.activision.com/games/commanderkeen/
Oh -- you meant a good sequel! I don't know about that...

Too Much Spare Time 
Vortininja
Posts: 335
(7/5/02 5:40 am)
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Re: GBC Keen
Yeah, what a hoot: astronauts went to the moon in a spacecraft running a 486!

Damn, if I hadn't chucked out my old 486 I could be sitting up there on the moon right now...

The "Too Much Spare Time" Network. Something funny every few days. Or Else.

Too Much Spare Time 
Vortininja
Posts: 336
(7/5/02 6:01 am)
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Keen turns up in the darnedest places
After seeing the reference to Keen in that filksong, I began hunting down other strange appearances of the young Galactic hero.

I could only find this mere coincidence: Micheal Keaton (aka Batman from "Batman" & "Batman Returns") was in a comedy called "Night Shift", playing a character called...
Bill "Billy Blaze" Blazejowski.
:o OOO!!! "This just in, id Software sues Hollywood for copyright infringement!"

The "Too Much Spare Time" Network. Something funny every few days. Or Else.

XkyRauh2001 
Vortininja
Posts: 307
(7/5/02 5:54 pm)
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*laugh*
it'd depend on the copyright dates, wouldn't it? also... Keen *IS* sorta wearing the GreenBay helmet, isn't he? there's a lot of potential lawsuits if you wanna get gritty about it...

--Xky

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