From marlin.ucsf.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!ais.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!140.142.64.3!news.u.washington.edu!dante32.u.washington.edu!jsjohnso Sun Apr 13 17:54:59 1997 Path: marlin.ucsf.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!ais.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!140.142.64.3!news.u.washington.edu!dante32.u.washington.edu!jsjohnso From: "J. Johnson" Newsgroups: alt.tasteless.jokes Subject: drinking game Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:39:53 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 62 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dante32.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: jsjohnso Xref: marlin.ucsf.edu alt.tasteless.jokes:55996 Computer users have asserted for years that they can party as hard as any testosterone-filled football player. To prove it, we present the Web Outrageous On-line Party Surfing game (W.O.O.P.S. - pronounced "Whoops"). Woops is best experienced in a group setting (say, a rack of office cubicles at lunchtime), but you can also play at home alone or networked, of course. To play, choose your favorite drink, connect to your ISP, and start surfing the Web. Remember to be responsible, and hand over the mouse to your designated programmer when you've drunk too much. Drink once if: * your modem has to redial when connecting to your ISP (if more than five times, stop drinking and cancel that darn AOL account already!). * you see a "Best Viewed With..." tag (twice if it's animated) * you get any error message (bad URL, etc.) * you see an under construction sign * you view a page with a Web counter (twice if it's a broken graphic) * you view a blink tag (not necessary to drink for every blink) * you come across a Java applet (twice if it doesn't load) * you see the phrase "cool links" * a background sound loads (you also must dance with drink in hand) * your browser crashes * you have to resize the browser window * a graphic doesn't load Drink twice if: * you hit a JavaScript error * you arrive at a password-protected site (if you can guess the password in three tries, collect a dollar from everyone in the room and chug drink) * you find a home page purportedly belonging to someone's pet. * "cool" is spelled "kewl" * you have to download a plug-in and restart your browser * the graphics are broken on a Web designer's home pages Special: * If you hit a Shockwave project, you have to wait to drink until it's downloaded. (This is a good chance to walk to the store for more drinks, render 3D images, or write a new operating system.) There is an animated gif that runs so fast that it goes by twice if you blink. FoR eAcH pAgE yOu FiNd WiTh AlL tHe TeXt LiKe ThIs..... For each page that is nothing more than links to other pages and a note saying that the owner just hasn't gotten around to finishing it yet.... (with or without under construction signs) > Drink twice if: > Everytime you have to download that damn plugin again because it doesn't work > Drink thrice if: You get Javascript that works. Chug your drink if: You were at 99% on that 15 meg download and you lose your connection. Finish the case if: That's the second time tonight, dammit!!!!