Talk:2293: RIP John Conway - Revision history

Hdjensofjfnen at 01:57, 24 August 2025

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2001:67C:2628:647:37:1300:0:306 at 01:57, 24 August 2025

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An user who has no account yet at 22:43, 6 September 2023

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An user who has no account yet at 21:42, 6 September 2023

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172.70.86.132: Windows 3.1 is NOT an operating system

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Windows 3.1 is NOT an operating system

ClassicalGames: The talk page got spammed... The comic page is ColorfulGalaxy's favorite comic. Everyone in his group had to edit that page first.

2023-04-14T06:12:36Z

The talk page got spammed... The comic page is ColorfulGalaxy's favorite comic. Everyone in his group had to edit that page first.

172.71.158.7 at 06:10, 14 April 2023

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162.158.34.70: Undo revision 304696 by ChristmasGospel (talk)

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Undo revision 304696 by ChristmasGospel (talk)

ChristmasGospel: I'm not Jacob Marley and you are not Ebenezer Scrooge, I just want to tell you that I need help.

2023-01-12T20:30:13Z

I'm not Jacob Marley and you are not Ebenezer Scrooge, I just want to tell you that I need help.

ColorfulGalaxy: Haunted by a fishhook

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Haunted by a fishhook

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−	conway will be missed [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 21:42, 6 September 2023 (UTC)	+	conway will be missed
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		+	i also made a tribute to him: a text saying "rip john conway 1937-2020" that fades away in a cloud of stuff. of course it's in life [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 21:42, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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		+	conway will be missed [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 21:42, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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	The game's popularization "to the general public" in Windows 3.1 really depends on your definition of popular - how many members of the general public had PCs then? I mention this to point out that it was really Martin Gardner's article in SciAm in October 1970 that showed the game to a pretty wide public, although admittedly few people were in a position to program it at the time. As I maintained the University of Cambridge's version on the PDP-7 (then their only computer with a graphics display) in 1971-72 I'm still astonished at how early this publication was. Gardner then did the same for the Mandelbrot Set (which originated in the Other Cambridge...) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.74\|162.158.78.74]] 04:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)		The game's popularization "to the general public" in Windows 3.1 really depends on your definition of popular - how many members of the general public had PCs then? I mention this to point out that it was really Martin Gardner's article in SciAm in October 1970 that showed the game to a pretty wide public, although admittedly few people were in a position to program it at the time. As I maintained the University of Cambridge's version on the PDP-7 (then their only computer with a graphics display) in 1971-72 I'm still astonished at how early this publication was. Gardner then did the same for the Mandelbrot Set (which originated in the Other Cambridge...) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.74\|162.158.78.74]] 04:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	:Windows 3.1 was NOT an operating system, it was a Graphical User Interface to the underlying operating system - DOS. Windows did not become an OS until Windows 95 [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.132\|172.70.86.132]] 12:59, 28 July 2023 (UTC) Andy Owen

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	Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)		Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Haunted page ==
		+	This page just got haunted. Could we protect or semi-protect it? --[[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 20:27, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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	Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)		Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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	Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)		Should we perhaps add an explanation as to what the evolving configuration symbolizes, for the sake of readers with different cultural backgrounds? E.g., that it evokes the religious imagery related to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), that the glider can be viewed as representing the soul departing to heaven, etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.224\|172.68.215.224]] 20:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Haunted page ==
		+	This page just got haunted. Could we protect or semi-protect it? --[[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 20:27, 12 January 2023 (UTC)