Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5)

[The Grey Wolf]

In article <1991Jan8.001357.20849 at skypod.uucp> marc at skypod.uucp (Marc Fournier) writes:
#In article <1991Jan4.024914.12226 at ashtate> tomr at ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes:
#>In article <3276 at unisoft.UUCP> greywolf at unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
#>>-- 
#>>On the 'Net:  Why are more and more fourth-level wizard(-wannabe)s trying to
#>>invoke ninth-level magic, instead of taking the time to climb the other
#>>(quite essential) thirteen levels so they can do this properly?
#>
#>If they are at the fourth-level, and seek the ninth-level, doesn't that
#>leave five, and not thirteen, other levels for them to climb?  :-)
#>
#
#Sorry to sound stupid, but what game is it that these gentlemen are
#talking about?  The subject states that it was a comment about
#the Jargon file, but the Jargon file looks just like a dictionary
#to me.  Someone please help me by explaining?

That (hopefully) wasn't the entire article!  (I'll be very embarrassed if
it is -- it's my (four-line-maximum) signature!)

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On the 'Net:  Why are more and more fourth-level wizard(-wannabe)s trying to
invoke ninth-level magic, instead of taking the time to climb the other
(quite essential) thirteen levels so they can do this properly?
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