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Re: The "geography" of local space
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Sun, 14 Nov 1999 05:58:59 GMT
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At 11:10 PM 11/13/1999 , Tom McDonald wrote:
> > I have a question about this discussion. Is this to make an 'official' all-
> > encompassing required map of Lego Space? I'm not fully understanding where
> > this is going.
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> No, you understand fine, though I'm not sure how 'official' it would have
> been. The idea was to have something functional like Town's Datsville in
> space.
Ok, cool.
> > It would be nice to have a star chart based on the actual
> > known universe (Zacktron uses it..).
>
> Yes, but it can be real *work* depending on how detailed folks want to get.
> Some folks aren't very detailed, while others are incredibly so. To each his
> own here.
Yeah. I'd just need maps of the Sol system, Alpha Centauri, and Barnard's
Star and how they relate to each other as far as distances go for
Zacktron. Most other stuff is unexplored space to the Z universe. But a
useful tool.
> It quickly became apparent that it can't be. We just wanted a way to be able
> to merge people's stuff into one picture, and the more people we could fit,
> the better. But the various milieus are too varied for this. I had suggested a
> time/space line where various universes splintered or converged, or even
> existed in certain points in time, but there's really no way to organize that
> short of a webring I'm guessing.
Yeah, that would be tricky (though a neat idea for consenting parties and
observers). And certain 'current' or developing universes might go to war
with each other, and there's no real fair way to fight a war in this
respect. 'I killed your capital starship with my command cruiser.' 'No
you didn't, its too powerful.' 'Well, my troops invaded your home
planet...' etc :)
> > Tom, could you clarify (for a newbie like me to this group) what you mean by
> > this paragraph? I'm trying not to be snooty here [1], this sounds like a
> > great idea, but I'm concerned the concept is meant to step on others' toes.
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> I had earlier mentioned a scrap of a (plagarized?) idea about a rogue black
> star eventually wiping out various solar systems, but was reminded about how
> long that could actually take (thousands of years at least) assuming that the
> star was native to this galaxy. The above attempt by me was just to show that
> most civilizations would need that much time to get their act together to get
> out of the way of that star.
Ok now I see. Strange idea about the star. But from writing storylines
myself I can see how it would take a long time to move a civilization.
> > Then again, maybe I'm missing the whole point of this :)
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> Actually, yes, you did miss the point. Nobody liked the idea, and so it died
> weeks ago ;-)
I wonder why? :)
> > > when replying, spamcake given out during Halloween is now illegal in 31 • of >>50 states.
> >
> > This guy never runs out of them. Tom - are you keeping all of
> these >spamcake quotes in a log?? You should, and release a bunch
> periodically :)
>
> It's been done by Sproaticus and I have a log somewhere, but it doesn't
> include additional entries after the release date of the log itself. Plus,
> Todd actually made available a file with all my posts once :-) Whatta guy..
Cool. I'd like to read just Spamcake quotes. You could make it a section
of your website.
> > [1] Tom I know *you* will know where I'm coming from (with our hours of
> > Zacktron planning discussions), but the others probably won't.
>
> Actually, though everyone might not know about Zacktron specifically
> (found at www.zacktron.com) and how it's future is laid out, most everyone
> at least has worked out some small part of their Lego universe. There so
> many varied hues of fantasy-tinted sci-fi that it's not really possible to
> present them
> altogether in one frame of reference other than just 'Lego Space' without
> various points of fiction and/or reality being omitted, much the annoyance of
> the creators of those universes. Some sci-fi is (as much as possible)
> completely devoid of fantasy, while some is much more that than actual
> science; but all of it falls under the category of space.
Unfortunately for us realists we gotta live with those fantasy heads.
<ducks and runs> ;) So is this in a sense defining 'Lego Space?' Or
providing an out for some part of the concept?
> -Tom McD.
> when replying, do not attempt to light spamcake candles on the christmas
> tree; the hyena grease drippings will gum up your electric train.
Oh gosh :) How long does it take you to think of one for each post?
-Tim <><
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
Mac and cheese is one thing when you get it in a boot, but its another
thing when you have to eat it. (Don't ask...)
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| Hi, Tim, (...) Maps? You mean, with planets? Wouldn't we all like to have that! I can provide brief summaries of what we know about these three star systems -- though you probably already know all you need to know about Sol. ----- Alpha Centauri, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Hello all. This is the first time I've poked my head into lugnet.space. I'm sure some of you are familiar with my site at (URL) Its got a space storyline and some models I've made as well... (...) measured. I have a question about this discussion. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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