Comments on: Zero Stars http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1295 Jason Scott's Weblog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1295/comment-page-1#comment-4825 Jason Scott Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:53 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1295#comment-4825 Believe it or not, Romero claims that Rocket Jumping was the intended methodology for reaching a secret area in doom! (<a href="http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/history/doomqna.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a>). But I agree the way I wrote it makes it sound like it originates with Quake, which is not true. Believe it or not, Romero claims that Rocket Jumping was the intended methodology for reaching a secret area in doom! (here).

But I agree the way I wrote it makes it sound like it originates with Quake, which is not true.

]]> By: Church http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1295/comment-page-1#comment-4824 Church Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:43:26 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1295#comment-4824 Minor point. I believe rocket jumping started in Marathon. There were special caches and terminals that could only be reached that way. Minor point. I believe rocket jumping started in Marathon. There were special caches and terminals that could only be reached that way.

]]> By: Chris Orcutt http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1295/comment-page-1#comment-4823 Chris Orcutt Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:06:58 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1295#comment-4823 And to think, 100-120 years ago, typewriter races were all the rage! "A symbol of the newfound dominance of the Underwood is when a typist using an Underwood 5 set the world record for typing at 84 words per minute. This was at the World Championship of Typing. Links to Online Exhibit, Underwood 5, and Williams Rose Fritz was the champion of champions when it came to typewriter racing, her fasted recorded speed in competition was 84 words per minute. She beat out all her male competitors in typing contests, and her success, along with that of others made typewriter racing a popular activity to follow for the American public. The reason behind her success was not the Underwood typewriter that she was using, rather the coach of the Underwood team Charles E. Smith. He was an inventor of speed typing techniques. By 1923, Smith had trained Albert Tangora to type at an amazing 147 words per minute on an Underwood 5." (118-130, The Wonderful Writing Machine) And to think, 100-120 years ago, typewriter races were all the rage!

“A symbol of the newfound dominance of the Underwood is when a typist using an Underwood 5 set the world record for typing at 84 words per minute. This was at the World Championship of Typing. Links to Online Exhibit, Underwood 5, and Williams Rose Fritz was the champion of champions when it came to typewriter racing, her fasted recorded speed in competition was 84 words per minute. She beat out all her male competitors in typing contests, and her success, along with that of others made typewriter racing a popular activity to follow for the American public. The reason behind her success was not the Underwood typewriter that she was using, rather the coach of the Underwood team Charles E. Smith. He was an inventor of speed typing techniques. By 1923, Smith had trained Albert Tangora to type at an amazing 147 words per minute on an Underwood 5.” (118-130, The Wonderful Writing Machine)

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