Escape Pack

[Gano Richardson]

Someare watching the sunset, while others patiently wait for thunderstorms to roll in. Many are simply laughing around the fire with friends, reminiscing about years of epic escapes and sharing plans for ones still to come.

In computing and telecommunication, an escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters. Generally, the judgement of whether something is an escape character or not depends on the context.

In the telecommunications field, escape characters are used to indicate that the following characters are encoded differently. This is used to alter control characters that would otherwise be noticed and acted on by the underlying telecommunications hardware, such as illegal characters. In this context, the use of escape characters is often referred to as quoting.

Escape characters are part of the syntax for many programming languages, data formats, and communication protocols. For a given alphabet an escape character's purpose is to start character sequences (so named escape sequences), which have to be interpreted differently from the same characters occurring without the prefixed escape character.

Generally, an escape character is not a particular case of (device) control characters, nor vice versa. If we define control characters as non-graphic, or as having a special meaning for an output device (e.g. printer or text terminal) then any escape character for this device is a control one. But escape characters used in programming (such as the backslash, "\") are graphic, hence are not control characters. Conversely most (but not all) of the ASCII "control characters" have some control function in isolation, therefore they are not escape characters.

The ASCII "escape" character (octal: \033, hexadecimal: \x1B, or, in decimal, 27, also represented by the sequences ^[ or \e) is used in many output devices to start a series of characters called a control sequence or escape sequence. Typically, the escape character was sent first in such a sequence to alert the device that the following characters were to be interpreted as a control sequence rather than as plain characters, then one or more characters would follow to specify some detailed action, after which the device would go back to interpreting characters normally. For example, the sequence of ^[, followed by the printable characters [2;10H, would cause a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VT102 terminal to move its cursor to the 10th cell of the 2nd line of the screen. This was later developed into ANSI escape codes covered by the ANSI X3.64 standard. The escape character also starts each command sequence in the Hewlett-Packard Printer Command Language.

Many modern programming languages specify the double-quote character (") as a delimiter for a string literal. The backslash (\) escape character typically provides two ways to include double-quotes inside a string literal, either by modifying the meaning of the double-quote character embedded in the string (\" becomes "), or by modifying the meaning of a sequence of characters including the hexadecimal value of a double-quote character (\x22 becomes ").

C, C++, Java, and Ruby all allow exactly the same two backslash escape styles. The PostScript language and Microsoft Rich Text Format also use backslash escapes. The quoted-printable encoding uses the equals sign as an escape character.

URL and URI use %-escapes to quote characters with a special meaning, as for non-ASCII characters. The ampersand (&) character may be considered as an escape character in SGML and derived formats such as HTML and XML.

The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) uses the 0x7D octet (\175, or ASCII: }) as an escape character. The octet immediately following should be XORed by 0x20 before being passed to a higher level protocol. This is applied to both 0x7D itself and the control character 0x7E (which is used in PPP to mark the beginning and end of a frame) when those octets need to be transmitted by a higher level protocol encapsulated by PPP, as well as other octets negotiated when the link is established. That is, when a higher level protocol wishes to transmit 0x7D, it is transmitted as the sequence 0x7D 0x5D, and 0x7E is transmitted as 0x7D 0x5E.

In Bourne shell (sh), the asterisk (*) and question mark (?) characters are wildcard characters expanded via globbing. Without a preceding escape character, an * will expand to the names of all files in the working directory that do not start with a period if and only if there are such files, otherwise * remains unexpanded. So to refer to a file literally called "*", the shell must be told not to interpret it in this way, by preceding it with a backslash (\). This modifies the interpretation of the asterisk (*). Compare:

The Windows command-line interpreter uses a caret character (^) to escape reserved characters that have special meanings (in particular: &, , (, ), , ^).[4] The DOS command-line interpreter, though it has similar syntax, does not support this.

The free Escape Plan virtual reality experience for people aged 13 or older was created by Meta, FEMA's Ready Campaign and the Ad Council. The experience lets players practice their fire escape skills on their own time and in a safe, controlled environment using virtual reality equipment.

At the end of the experience, players can create their own fire escape plan. While virtual reality equipment is recommended, desktop and mobile users can participate in the experience and practice fire safety anywhere there is internet connectivity.

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Note: escape() is a non-standard function implemented by browsers and was only standardized for cross-engine compatibility. It is not required to be implemented by all JavaScript engines and may not work everywhere. Use encodeURIComponent() or encodeURI() if possible.

Note: This function was used mostly for percent-encoding and is partly based on the escape format in RFC 1738. The escape format is not an escape sequence in string literals. You can replace %XX with \xXX and %uXXXX with \uXXXX to get a string containing actual string-literal escape sequences.

Note: This function was used mostly for percent-encoding and is partly based on the escape format in RFC 1738. The escape format is not an escape sequence in string literals. You can replace %XX with \\xXX and %uXXXX with \\uXXXX to get a string containing actual string-literal escape sequences.

If you are looking for a new and exciting adventure to go on with your family or friends, look no further! Massanutten is now home to THREE completely immersive escape rooms plus Real Escapes' virtual reality!

Escape Room and Virtual Reality sessions are no longer limited to members of the same party. Children who are 12 and under are not allowed in mixed party groups. Groups with children 12 years old or younger must reserve a private session. Please call 540.289.4977 to reserve a private session. Groups with minors must have someone in the group that is 18 or older in the facility/in the escape room.

Height Requirement: Participants for the virtual reality must be at least 50 inches tall and have a waist no bigger than 46 - 48 inches. Age Policy: There must be at least one person who is 18 or older on site if VR participants are under the age of 16.

What is an escape room?

An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players solve a series of puzzles using clues, hints, and strategy to complete the objectives at hand. Players are given a set time limit to unveil the secret plot which is hidden within the rooms.

Are escape rooms good for teambuilding or groups?

Of course! We offer experiences and game play for individuals, family events, group events, as well as corporate team building and celebrations.

Are cell phones allowed in the room?

No, we ask that you keep them stored safely away while you are participating in the escape room. We want to keep the inside of the room a mystery, photos are not allowed inside the room.

Is there an age limit?

This is a tricky one. If you book all 6-8 available spots in a room there is no minimum age limit. If you book less than a full room we require all participants to be at least age 13 or above. Any participant under the age of 18 will be required to have a paying adult with them.

I am purchasing fewer tickets than maximum available for that room. Does that mean the remaining slots are filled by other guests?

Yep, but remember what we said before, the more the merrier. It's a great way to meet some new people!

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