Tetris - a story from the past Bashny.Net

Anyone who has found during the collapse of the budget offices, the era of IBM-ing dvushek and triples and Tetris game is dedicated to the great, so:
(letters a lot, but worth it)

Nikolai Fedorovich and

Nicholas first learned in the department hexadecimal number system and found it a practical application.
It happened this way.
He worked together with his colleague Nikolai Nikolaevich Fedorovich and friend, former soldier Airborne. As a consequence of its amphibious past Fedoritch no different deep and subtle intelligence, but have developed reflexes and quick movements, so necessary when playing "Tetris". Fast enough Fedoritch replaced Nicholas from the "Top 10" results "Tetris" and Nikolai realized that to compete in the "Tetris" with a narrow-minded, but clever and uhvatistym Fedorychev it is quite impossible. A few weeks Fedoritch deserved rest on his laurels, condescending glances at the helpless attempts of other designers to enter the "Top 10" for at least 10 place. If suddenly somebody price Herculean effort managed to show such a result, in the very next Fedoritch its approach to the projectile easily threw out dozens of impertinent upstart. It seemed that the era of domination Fyodorych will last forever. One only Nicholas dropped his hands. In the book, he learned the principles Bryabrin hexadecimal, and then mastered entering hexadecimal characters in editor Norton Commander via alto codes. In those days it was a secret knowledge, accessible only to a select cohort dedicated.
After that, everything was easy. I appeal to veterans of computerization: if you remember, in the orthodox version of "Tetris" Leschi elementary Pajitnov results to a text file written in hexadecimal. As soon as Nikolai compared these facts with their secret knowledge obtained, subsequent restless Fyodorych fate was sealed.
Coming once again to work and sat down to warm up in the "Tetris" with extraordinary Fedorovich was surprised to find at the head of the charts record "N.N.Danilchenko" with the result of more than a thousand the previous once. (Nikolai decided not to be penny wise, when you edit tetris.res.) Gullible Fedoritch received results at face value, matyugnulsya couple of times and rolled up their sleeves and set off in pursuit of the leader. It is about one week did not admit to a computer, his eyes acquired a chronic redness and tears, painful swollen joints of the fingers, but in the end he proved that in the Airborne people do not slurp soup bast shoe. A fantastic result was blocked.
- I am proud of you, Fedorovich! You can! - I admired Nikolai.
He gave Fedorychev a few days to ensure that he drank the cup to the bottom quench vanity, and again took up the text editor. And the next morning Fedoritch defeated again matyugami, developed his reflections in a hail of falling figures of four-angular.
Over time, this process has gained cyclical. About once a week, Nicholas secretly edited tetris.res, inscribing itself in the first place, and all the remaining days immersed in the "Tetris" Fedoritch rabid bashed on the cursor keys, trying to counter the power of human thought lawlessness random number generator.
- Music, Artem V., just music ... - I would say Nikolai blissfully listening to the rate of Fyodorych machine gun, raping XT-shku behind a partition. - Here, Artem Viktorovich, do you hear - to train Fyodorych, I deduce it at exorbitant result ... And note on the principles of complete voluntariness. The very man spoiling for a fight, trying to ... Method Durov-Danilchenko!
Then came the crushing blow with his fist on the table, shouting "ssuka !!!" frightened squeals aunts and crashing podprygnuvshey keyboard.
- Fyodorych filled up again ... - anxiously stated Nicholas - I thought tomorrow would fit in a file, but feel a bit early yet ...
As a result of many hours of training daily, inspired cunning Nikolai Nikolaevich Fedorovich surpassed all possible and impossible records. He already went far beyond the physiological norm, affordable type of Homo Sapiens, and each following line made it could make to the medical encyclopedia. It is not known how many went to this daring journey into the unknown if Nikolai Nikolayevich did not come up with a new idea.
The fact that Fedoritch reached a monkey dexterity in handling figures flying around the screen, which Nicholas found it possible to display it on the international arena. By the time Fedoritch guaranteed scored more than 20,000 points. He lost a few, slept with the person found cat gepardovuyu flexibility and swiftness of movement. His superiors fully waved his hand at him, unable to tear from the company during all these months.
- You Fedorovich, has long outgrown the level of our department, you have here is no more enemies. Will you look for a worthy opponent among professionals. - Promised Nicholas.
And another couple of weeks, Nicholas drove Fyodorych all departments as Roma leads the fairs his trained bear. Nikolai offered to go there the material otdeltsam bet that Fedoritch first attempt will take first place in the divisional rankings tetrisistov tamoshnem. It was almost a win-win, and usually with Nikolai Fedorovich returned from these expeditions with gurgling oblong newspaper bundles. The case ended with the Fedoritch gained notoriety in all divisions, and no one will agree to the proposed bet.
I think Fedorovich remained in the dark as to what was the object of testing new methods of teaching.





Creo these things is one of the great chapters of the underground book, created by young professionals to work in one of the private enterprises in Moscow in the early 90s. samizdat fucking) the name of the plant and what the hell CB "abSalyut" posvyaschaetstso ... (who are in the subject in the subject line)

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