MongooseThere's a cow
in the lab.
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You type commands. People answer. Sometimes the furniture does, too.
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> look
[glorp's Lab]
A compact, cluttered workspace.
A benchmark cow is near the north wall.
> say hello
You say, "hello."A few doors to try.
See who's here
A list of connected players, plus people's homepages.
Read something
Books written here, and public mailing lists for the longer conversations.
Look under the hood
Browse objects and public MOO code. There's command help and a project task list (login required).
Keep up with people elsewhere
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What's new
Remote cameras and prototype drones
2026-11-10
Three Q-owned prototype drones stand on the proving-ground hardstanding north of Mill Road: reconnaissance, gun drone and bomber. Their controllers are inside them. Ordinary construction of their proposed generics is still awaiting appro...
Guns, tanks and artillery: from a two-shot derringer to a 155 mm howitzer
2026-11-10
Guns now take real ammunition by calibre: 9x19mm, .38 Special, .45 ACP, 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm, .50 BMG and 12 gauge, in FMJ, hollow-point, armour-piercing, buckshot and slug loads. Each bullet hits with the energy of its mass and speed, so a ...
$dict dictionaries work again
2026-11-09
Programmers can use $dict again. $dict:new() used to hand back a broken value, so every $dict call failed. $dict:new(), set, d[key] = value, get, get_default, remove, strict_add, strict_set, keys, values, pairs, plist, from_pairs and fro...
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World activity and server details
Server time: Wed Nov 11 13:24:05 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 7 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes, and 14 seconds
Latest object ID: #287604
Web requests served: 2735535
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