Oops when player thread keeps reading input unsuccessfully

Oops when player thread keeps reading input unsuccessfully

Reading input fails after EOF and while the current command is
aborted.  Commands should detect that and fail.  If a command neglects
to do that in a loop, the loop can become infinite.  This is
especially bad after EOF, because then the client might not read
output anymore.  Output gets buffered until memory runs out.

Mitigate such bugs by counting how many calls have failed in a row,
oopsing on the 256th, and sleeping one minute from the 256th on.