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	* [[Workin' on the Game]] — The still image shown during the entire cartoon shows the [[Apple IIe]] running with the infinite loop code in [[Applesoft BASIC]] on its screen. The text would read "[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People\|STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE]]".		* [[Workin' on the Game]] — The still image shown during the entire cartoon shows the [[Apple IIe]] running with the infinite loop code in [[Applesoft BASIC]] on its screen. The text would read "[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People\|STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE]]".
	* [[Store]] — The [[Store T-Shirts\|October 2008 shirt of the month]] was of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] with the infinite loop meant to repeat the text "Boo!"		* [[Store]] — The [[Store T-Shirts\|October 2008 shirt of the month]] was of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] with the infinite loop meant to repeat the text "Boo!"
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] ~~Tweet~~ ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|26 Sep 2014]]) — In his very first Tweet, Strong Bad prints out an infinite loop that will print "TWITTER", asking if he's doing this right. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|Later that day]], he printed out the result of the infinite loop, believing that it worked.		* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|26 Sep 2014]]) — In his very first Tweet, Strong Bad prints out an infinite loop that will print "TWITTER", asking if he's doing this right. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|Later that day]], he printed out the result of the infinite loop, believing that it worked.
	* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad writes an infinite loop that prints "[[Friendlyware\|FRIENDLYWARE]] IS KINDA THE WORST".		* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad writes an infinite loop that prints "[[Friendlyware\|FRIENDLYWARE]] IS KINDA THE WORST".

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	[[~~File:Twitter Doing This Right.png~~\|[[~~File:Twitter_Doing_This_Right.png~~\|~~200px\|thumb~~]]]]		BASIC is an early [[High-level programming language\|high-level]] [[Programming language\|programming language]] that became popular for home computers in the 1980s. The original [[Dartmouth BASIC]] spawned several different dialects of the language. In BASIC's heyday, it was common (either as a pastime or a prank) to '''create an [[Infinite loop\|infinite loop]] in [[BASIC]] that constantly fills the screen with the same line of text''', and several instances of this appear in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work. The BASIC code is simple:
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	BASIC is an early [[High-level programming language\|high-level]] [[Programming language\|programming language]] that became popular for home computers in the 1980s. The original [[Dartmouth BASIC]] spawned several different dialects of the language. In BASIC's heyday, it was common (either as a pastime or a prank) to '''create an [[Infinite loop\|infinite loop]] in [[BASIC]] that constantly fills the screen with the same line of text''', and several instances of this appear in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work. The BASIC code is simple:		>10 print "NASA"<br />
			>20 goto 10
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	~~<blockquote>10 print "NASA"<br />~~
	~~20 goto 10</blockquote>~~
	Giving each line of code its own number (which is required in certain dialects), an instruction to print a line of text is performed, and then the next instruction points back to that. Until the program is interrupted or terminated, the program constantly prints that text.		Giving each line of code its own number (which is required in certain dialects), an instruction to print a line of text is performed, and then the next instruction points back to that. Until the program is interrupted or terminated, the program constantly prints that text.

	~~<span id~~=~~"appearances"></span>~~		== Appearances ==
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	* Email [[2 emails]] — In a segment where the email is being fast forwarded, [[Strong Bad]] runs the infinite loop on the [[Compy 386]], set to print "STRONG BAD IS COOL!" repeatedly.
	* [[Workin' on the Game]] — The still image shown during the entire cartoon shows the [[Apple IIe]] running with the infinite loop code in [[Applesoft BASIC]] on its screen. The text would read "[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People\|STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE]]".
	* [[Store]] — The [[Store T-Shirts\|October 2008 shirt of the month]] was of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] with the infinite loop meant to repeat the text "Boo!"
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|26 Sep 2014]]) — In his very first Tweet, Strong Bad prints out an infinite loop that will print "TWITTER", asking if he's doing this right. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|Later that day]], he printed out the result of the infinite loop, believing that it worked.
	* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad writes an infinite loop that prints "[[Friendlyware\|FRIENDLYWARE]] IS KINDA THE WORST".

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	[[File:HeadlessSB.png\|[[File:HeadlessSB.png\|20px\|thumb\|INCOMPLETE'D!]]]] ''This list is [[Category:Incomplete Lists\|incomplete]]. You can help the Homestar Runner Wiki by [[BASIC Infinite Loop\|adding content]].''

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			* [[Workin' on the Game]] — The still image shown during the entire cartoon shows the [[Apple IIe]] running with the infinite loop code in [[Applesoft BASIC]] on its screen. The text would read "[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People\|STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE]]".
			* [[Store]] — The [[Store T-Shirts\|October 2008 shirt of the month]] was of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] with the infinite loop meant to repeat the text "Boo!"
			* [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|26 Sep 2014]]) — In his very first Tweet, Strong Bad prints out an infinite loop that will print "TWITTER", asking if he's doing this right. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014\|Later that day]], he printed out the result of the infinite loop, believing that it worked.
			* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad writes an infinite loop that prints "[[Friendlyware\|FRIENDLYWARE]] IS KINDA THE WORST".

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BASIC is an early [[High-level programming language|high-level]] [[Programming language|programming language]] that became popular for home computers in the 1980s. The original [[Dartmouth BASIC]] spawned several different dialects of the language. In BASIC's heyday, it was common (either as a pastime or a prank) to '''create an [[Infinite loop|infinite loop]] in [[BASIC]] that constantly fills the screen with the same line of text''', and several instances of this appear in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. The BASIC code is simple:

<blockquote>10 print "NASA"<br />
20 goto 10</blockquote>
Giving each line of code its own number (which is required in certain dialects), an instruction to print a line of text is performed, and then the next instruction points back to that. Until the program is interrupted or terminated, the program constantly prints that text.

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== <span class="mw-headline"> Appearances </span> ==

* Email [[2 emails]] — In a segment where the email is being fast forwarded, [[Strong Bad]] runs the infinite loop on the [[Compy 386]], set to print "STRONG BAD IS COOL!" repeatedly.
* [[Workin' on the Game]] — The still image shown during the entire cartoon shows the [[Apple IIe]] running with the infinite loop code in [[Applesoft BASIC]] on its screen. The text would read "[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE]]".
* [[Store]] — The [[Store T-Shirts|October 2008 shirt of the month]] was of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] with the infinite loop meant to repeat the text "Boo!"
* [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014|26 Sep 2014]]) — In his very first Tweet, Strong Bad prints out an infinite loop that will print "TWITTER", asking if he's doing this right. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014|Later that day]], he printed out the result of the infinite loop, believing that it worked.
* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad writes an infinite loop that prints "[[Friendlyware|FRIENDLYWARE]] IS KINDA THE WORST".

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