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Author Topic: What does "curses" mean?  (Read 1108 times)

NeuroFuzzy

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What does "curses" mean?
« on: April 21, 2011, 03:13:01 am »
I just joined the forums today... but... the title of this forum caught my eye.
I have a wireless network manager called "wicd", and the command line version of this program is called "wicd-curses". I've also dealt with a python package, "curses.ascii", and NOW there's a subforum about ASCII based games called "curses"?!

WTH is going on? What does curses mean in relation to text?

("curses my eyes are bleeding"?) :P
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Re: What does "curses" mean?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 03:23:57 am »
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

NeuroFuzzy

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Re: What does "curses" mean?
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 03:38:42 am »
Ahh... I don't know how I missed a wikipedia article on it.

...probably 'cuz I used "ascii" as a keyword in all the searches...
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