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Many good ideas were thrown around when we last discussed this. After
thinking about it for a long while I've decided that SHIP is a cool term.
James Brown, who proposed the term, said it stood for Seriously Huge
Interstellar Plastic.
I added that it might be a Seriously Huge Investment in Parts.
I think both of these are cool and maybe even others could be funny.
(Some How I Phinished ;-)
It was also proposed that we develop a Roman numeral system to measure ship
size.
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=16958
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=16998
Why not combine the two? For example from now on anything that is larger
than 100 studs (aside from it's function) would be a C1 SHIP. 200 up would
be a C2 SHIP etc..
Anything less than 100 studs would just be a ship.
Makes sense to me. :-)
What ya think?
-Jon
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
>
> (Some How I Phinished ;-)
Haha!
> Why not combine the two? For example from now on anything that is larger
> than 100 studs (aside from it's function) would be a C1 SHIP. 200 up would
> be a C2 SHIP etc..
Could work. But what do we mean by "100 studs"? Are we discussing length
of the model? What if someone designs a model that is rather wide, deep, or
tall? Theoretically, a ship could contain thousands of pieces and still
measure less than 100 studs long, depending on its shape. In real life,
sea-ships are measured using tonnage and displacement (I think). How might
such a thing be translated to mini-figure scale for space vessels?
> Anything less than 100 studs would just be a ship.
Or, as I do in my world, anything small is called a "craft". Spacecraft,
unlike spaceships, are typically too small to have a bridge, can be piloted
by just one or two people, and due to their size they lack the supplies
needed for lengthier space journies on their own. I compare it to sailing
ships. A ship can travel independently oversea, but small craft and boats
are mostly for coastal travel. ...The next logical question would be
whether the word CRAFT or BOAT is an acronym for something too...
-Hendo
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message
news:H4tIKw.F1A@lugnet.com...
> > (Some How I Phinished ;-)
>
> Haha!
I try. I try.
>
> Could work. But what do we mean by "100 studs"? Are we discussing length
> of the model? What if someone designs a model that is rather wide, deep, • or
> tall? Theoretically, a ship could contain thousands of pieces and still
> measure less than 100 studs long, depending on its shape. In real life,
> sea-ships are measured using tonnage and displacement (I think). How • might
> such a thing be translated to mini-figure scale for space vessels?
Great questions. I personally think anything that is either 100+
long/wide/tall would be included. Granted some builders will make (and have
in the past) some ships that are this long/wide/tall yet extremely weeny.
Maybe we could even make another acronym for ships that are trying to hard
to be a SHIP. For some reason I keep thinking BLIP...can't really think of
what it stands for though..
I'm not sure how to answer your question. Few people seem to do piece
counts on big projects like this and every ship has a different shape so a
general system of measuring dimensions would be hard I think. I'ver never
seen a ship that was, say 95 studs wide and long and tall but I suppose it
could happen. Maybe we'll just jump out that airlock when we get to it.
> > Anything less than 100 studs would just be a ship.
>
> Or, as I do in my world, anything small is called a "craft". Spacecraft,
> unlike spaceships, are typically too small to have a bridge, can be • piloted
> by just one or two people, and due to their size they lack the supplies
> needed for lengthier space journies on their own. I compare it to sailing
> ships. A ship can travel independently oversea, but small craft and boats
> are mostly for coastal travel. ...The next logical question would be
> whether the word CRAFT or BOAT is an acronym for something too...
True. I've thrown the word "ship" around a lot in the past but lately I've
tried to not use it to describe small vessels.
-Jon
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> Granted some builders will make (and have
> in the past) some ships that are this long/wide/tall yet extremely weeny.
> Maybe we could even make another acronym for ships that are trying to hard
> to be a SHIP. For some reason I keep thinking BLIP...can't really think of
> what it stands for though..
BLIP=By Lucifer, It's Puny
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Tony Hafner
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In lugnet.space, John P. Henderson writes:
> Or, as I do in my world, anything small is called a "craft". Spacecraft,
> unlike spaceships, are typically too small to have a bridge, can be piloted
> by just one or two people, and due to their size they lack the supplies
> needed for lengthier space journies on their own. I compare it to sailing
> ships. A ship can travel independently oversea, but small craft and boats
> are mostly for coastal travel. ...The next logical question would be
> whether the word CRAFT or BOAT is an acronym for something too...
CRAFT -
Contemptible Range At Full Transwarp
Can't Run Around For Too long
Cost the Royal Air Force Tuppence
BOAT -
Boring Old Aeronautical Transport
Bicycle On A Thruster
Built On A Thursday
:)
Michael 'The Acronyzer' Dallaston
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In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner writes:
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> BLIP=By Lucifer, It's Puny
Normally I wouldn't waste people's time with a "LOL Post", but I've been
unable to formulate any sensible replies to other threads on Lugnet because
for the past fifteen minutes or so I keep cracking up at Tony's acronym. :)
-Hendo, Man Who Needs Sleep
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Funny...concise...definitive....I like it!
I think it's a good mix of all the suggestions and relatively
self-explanatory enough for common usuage.
My vote is 'yay'.
Now I just have to build one :)
Cheers,
-G
In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> Many good ideas were thrown around when we last discussed this. After
> thinking about it for a long while I've decided that SHIP is a cool term.
>
> James Brown, who proposed the term, said it stood for Seriously Huge
> Interstellar Plastic.
> I added that it might be a Seriously Huge Investment in Parts.
> I think both of these are cool and maybe even others could be funny.
>
> (Some How I Phinished ;-)
>
>
> It was also proposed that we develop a Roman numeral system to measure ship
> size.
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=16958
> http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=16998
>
> Why not combine the two? For example from now on anything that is larger
> than 100 studs (aside from it's function) would be a C1 SHIP. 200 up would
> be a C2 SHIP etc..
>
> Anything less than 100 studs would just be a ship.
> Makes sense to me. :-)
>
> What ya think?
>
> -Jon
> --
> | The Shipyard - http://zemi.net/shipyard
> | The Moonbase Project - http://www.classic-space.com/moonbase/start/
> | My Lego Creations - http://zemi.net/lego
> | Attack of the Bricks - http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=jpalmer
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
snip snop
> >
> > Could work. But what do we mean by "100 studs"? Are we discussing length
> > of the model? What if someone designs a model that is rather wide, deep, • or
> > tall? Theoretically, a ship could contain thousands of pieces and still
> > measure less than 100 studs long, depending on its shape. In real life,
> > sea-ships are measured using tonnage and displacement (I think). How • might
> > such a thing be translated to mini-figure scale for space vessels?
>
> Great questions. I personally think anything that is either 100+
> long/wide/tall would be included. Granted some builders will make (and have
> in the past) some ships that are this long/wide/tall yet extremely weeny.
> Maybe we could even make another acronym for ships that are trying to hard
> to be a SHIP. For some reason I keep thinking BLIP...can't really think of
> what it stands for though..
(de-lurk)
Hi I am I newbie here I but I thought that maybe you could go by wiegth in
oz....
Tim
Spacey
(lurk)
snipity snip snip
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