Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] EugeneMeidinger amends p88

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 20, 2005, at 4.44 PM, Alex Truelsen wrote:

> <snippity>
>
> > > I don't remember if "em" is the Spivak pronoun that doesn't exist or
> > that I
> > > always used wrong. Either way, "All of eir cards in the battle are
> > returned
> > > to eir deck" would be an easier way to say this.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun
> > em means them,him,her
>
>
> So it was the one I never used right, then. I knew it was one of 
> those...

The one that doesn't exist is "ey". If you ever feel like using "ey", 
you probably mean "e".

> <ker-snip>

> Hey, it's your idea. You propose it. I've got plenty of ideas to suck 
> up my
> proposals as is, and I'd love to see other people make props about the 
> Grid.
> Now, what if these wrecks were part of a larger category of Grid 
> Objects -
> wrecks and ruins? Whenever something is destroyed, there's a chance it 
> will
> leave remnants on the Grid that can either be mined for resources or
> repaired and used again. Depending on what the object is, the chance 
> that it
> will leave a wreck changes - Scout-class speeders generally get blown 
> to
> little pieces and aren't seen again, but Forts almost always leave some
> ruins, because they're so large. That's basically what you're saying, 
> but
> expanding the idea so that it can be used with more stuff, which is 
> key - I
> think the old Grid died because it had too many specialty parts and it
> didn't all interact very well.

The old Grid died primarily because we couldn't get anyone to keep it 
up-to-date. How do you plan to keep track of all this?

--
Wonko

This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher 
must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
     -Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

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