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    Hello people,

    can anyone pls explain me the meaning of Pen Down?

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    Quote Originally Posted by prattsishunk View Post
    Hello people,

    Can anyone please explain to me the meaning of Pen Down?
    What is the context?

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    I don't know actually...
    Just got an expression on my status, as Pen Down!

    That's it!

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    Quote Originally Posted by prattsishunk View Post
    I don't know actually...
    Just got an expression on my status, as Pen Down!

    That's it!
    Without context it makes no sense at all to me.

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    If it's a status for something like messaging, it could mean that the person is not writing anything- inactive.

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    Other possibilities:

    • Traditional command given by invigilators after an exam.
    • A command in Turtle Graphics - a popular beginners' programming language. (Well, popular about 35 years ago - there was an implementation on CPM, which dates it.).
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    See? Context is eveyrthing.

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    Default Re: Pen Down

    Bob, you might find it interesting to know that a bazillion years ago my brother was getting his doctorate at MIT and I got to play with the early, early Turtles. If was way cool.
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    Default Re: Pen Down

    Wow Cool indeed! It was such a neat idea - I'm surprised there isn't a version that runs on the X-Box or PS2! (Maybe there is... ))

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