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obstacles until you are eaten by a grue. ( C' e; i+ @+ B, G- A , m8 a3 [- k5 k* g: P wB) Use the laptop as a digging device to & C; ~, J: M8 ~( }" A' E& [ * K' ~( Z+ g& |' R6 R/ u$ vtunnel to the next level. , d( ]& p/ U2 J- Y9 L9 k) ~: ]. j; E& w: p; t- D8 w" ^
C) Play MPoRPG until the battery dies - a0 z/ |/ j2 x# I1 U: Q" t5 h% D7 i; a' v/ p9 s- X
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D) Use the computer to map the nodes7 W# L! e& S7 W/ M1 F/ j5 U7 _
~$ K& K, x, D) ~8 C8 M nof the maze and discover an exit path. ) h9 T2 D" J) g% x) T$ |& A. O- _ 2 ]/ m, b) B, |' {! P2 E6 zE) Email your resume to Google, tell the 6 @/ P5 l4 N3 M O( U 5 r0 l/ F9 y$ u% ?lead gnome you quit and find yourself8 F& u& V3 j D: S
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5. What's broken with Unix?/ |8 a# ~9 z& G/ P q* ?1 Y F
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year of graduate school. Do you: 8 Z- h- l2 g( N) x+ ~ & r( ~9 P, P& w- q+ E 8 T5 @! ~6 f& b' e9 M/ h( t* h & R/ N3 h# k6 V7 YA) Fawn obsequiously and ask if you3 U7 z( |5 v$ C/ `! b; Z% R
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B) Sit perfectly still and use only soft " A- {4 D9 X& E) n$ x( l3 @, z/ }; N ( [5 r. ?2 d3 Q8 Y2 j- f$ Lkeystrokes to avoid disturbing her 8 C6 Y) e- c, U3 v ) |# { t$ A" T. @" L) E9 T1 aconcentration. , O5 F! B$ B8 J# R$ D* w. K w# x, h% g% U$ L
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2 {5 k: A, k% \: D# j1 Q N7. Which of the following expresses Google2 |$ B1 f7 [4 M& t1 A
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000000000000000000000000000000000 * R9 u5 U2 A) V9 m* } ' E3 z6 d. s( @% OC) Either of the above , r. `# K z0 f' O x1 \( G- L5 d* H
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