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(...) It's not that simple... the GM _has_ to fudge things to keep PCs alive. If the party is in the warp core engine room and someone chucks in a big ol' grenade, there's two choices-- someone throws himself on it and becomes goo, or nobody does so (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) how many of the towns are placed correctly (after we have compensated for misspellings ;-). Jacob (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's like one of those area conserving projections, the kind that stretch antarctica across the bottom. But instead of using the obvious north and south poles at the top and bottom (where there's maximum distortion), it uses an axis that goes (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's a transverse projection, probably at 45º of rotation--it looks like a Lambert, but without access to my Bugayevsky and Snyder [1] I couldn't tell you what the exact variation is called. There are so many names for so many slight (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I guess it's the wargamer in me which enjoys running tactical combats. I'll also admit to a bit of laziness (it's easier to throw a bunch of foes at the PCs than to come up with an interesting mystery). (...) I prefer not to fudge things, but (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) looks like "Oblique Mercator" from: (URL) only kinda-sorta... Dan (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've seen it before. I can't remember it's name, but it seems to be area-conserving. Jacob (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Found this while looking for new LUG map graphics last night.. (URL) never seen a projection like this before. Anyone know about them? This one's from the CIA. Uh oh, it's happening again... [mesmerized] can't.. stop.. staring at it.. must.. print (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Why? Is it just exciting to imagine it? (I like fight scenes in movies.) I particularly seek to reward my players for solving problems without combat. (...) I think the chance of dying should be real, if not certain, and the GM should (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) you should be able to run slrn[1] under OS X, right? that's a very good newsreader... I use a patched version of mutt[2] for it, so you can look at that too :) Dan 1. (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, if computer algorithms are patentable, then the algorithms which form the core of a game system should be patentable (after all, a game system is just a "program" for "human computers"... Really, if you think about it, what is the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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There's also Thoth, but it might not be any nicer. (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I hope you can help me. I'm looking for a good freeware newsreader that runs under Mac OS X. I tried the newsreader built into Netscape 6, but Netscape is too slow on my machine. I tried another newsreader, MT Newswatcher, it worked good, but it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Doh! Sorry. (...) I don't know about patents, but I have read several discussions that suggest that a game's core mechanics can not be protected IP, that only the turn of phrase with which they are explained and fleshed out can be (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't think that's true -- the traffic impacts them directly. It's just a certain amount of work to configure, not to mention a moving target. We'll get there eventually. (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah; the people making the notifiers didn't think of that, obviously. (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I've finally made enough aluminum bricks to start selling them. For product info, go to: (URL) if you want some cool wallpapers, go here: (URL) by late next week, I'll be making some into keychains and engraving them. Enjoy! --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !!
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(...) Huw is the new SlashDot - Beware! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Crud, you managed to respond to the one I realized was wrong and canceled... (...) There's quite possibly some slight errors. I remember the guy claimed you needed high precision computation to generate the table, it's possible he was using a (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Um, it seems that you didn't. But I have included them and set FUT there. (...) MS Excel which is what I've been playing with to try to engineer this system. (...) Ah...there's the key. Like you say, the curve is way too steep at +/-1. I think (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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