.plan

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(thing) by Xamot (9.9 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:10:46

A file which may exist in a user's home directory on a unix system displayed when the user is fingered.

They are currently only popular among game developers to let the world know what they are working on. It was popularized by the developers at id Software and now many are using them. Many gaming web-sites are devoted to keeping track of changes and updates to these files.

(thing) by Wintersweet (1.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Apr 02 2000 at 3:28:54

Containing room for more stuff than a .project, .plans are useful for listing contact information (if you feel safe doing that). I usually list my class schedule, using the University abbreviations that are incomprehensible to anyone off-campus.

(thing) by cyb97 (4.9 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jul 29 2003 at 13:05:46

.plans were really the weblogs of the timeshare and mainframe machines. It would be where users wrote up their thoughts and theories much like today's weblogs...

Can still be seen in action at universities or other places that still have login-servers with a lot of users...

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.project	How to turn a crack house into a crack home	Desperate guys who 'talk' me for no apparent reason	fingered
finger	Americans' inability to distinguish between England and Britain	1995	Geek pick-up lines
.signature	How I plan to use Spain	Virtual Nudism	bzip2
daemon	id Software	unix songs	The philosophy of long hair
.sig	John Carmack	crystal meth	Game developer
crap	Kibo	finger stalk	American McGee

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