Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?

Post by fragmede » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC

piltdownman wrote: post #19

thaumasiotes wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually, when you're editing something, you try to make sure your output is legal in the target language.

The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters "Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?" The had... had... is doing the heavy lifting for omitting the 'did' - but it's perfectly comprehensible. More to the point, 'English' doesn't have a Universal agreed dialect, pronunciation, or spelling. You'd lose your mind trying to square the circle of Hiberno Englis…

Post by torh » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC

pseudony wrote: post #6

Anyone have a larger collection of stories/anecdotes from the older days of computing? Stories like this, and the Quake cd posted recently, are hugely interesting to me.

Post by rsynnott » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #21

piltdownman wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters "Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?" The had... had... is doing the heavy lifting for omitting the 'did' - but it's perfectly comprehensible. More to the point, 'English' doesn't have a Universal agreed dialect, pronunciation, or spelling. You'd lose your mind trying to square the circle of Hiberno Englis…

How about > Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack announce that it had Tetris

Post by amiga386 » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC

smelendez wrote: post #2

The sticker part makes sense, but why did it say "now," which usually would imply it once didn't include Tetris? I guess "includes Tetris!" just sounded awkward on its own? Or maybe they made stickers for the contingency where they would ship some without Tetris, get the license, and ship some more with?

    Now with more Tetris!

    Sweet Jesus!

Post by thaumasiotes » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC

piltdownman wrote: post #19

thaumasiotes wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually, when you're editing something, you try to make sure your output is legal in the target language.

The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters "Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?" The had... had... is doing the heavy lifting for omitting the 'did' - but it's perfectly comprehensible. More to the point, 'English' doesn't have a Universal agreed dialect, pronunciation, or spelling. You'd lose your mind trying to square the circle of Hiberno Englis…