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by rubinlinux 875 days ago
It is a very common theme in Elite Dangerous, to the point that the station controller will sometimes say "Oh seven, commander" to you.
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datameta 874 days ago
Also ubiquitous in Eve Online since about 15 years ago. Did it originate in Elite Dangerous?
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closewith 874 days ago
No, predates broadband at least. Certainly was around on Usenet in the nineties.
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knowaveragejoe 874 days ago
This is where I was first exposed to it. I'm not surprised it's got a longer history than that, though.
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