eugman on Fri, 20 May 2005 21:40:29 -0500 (CDT) |
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Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] EugeneMeidinger amends p88 |
Perhaps a shortened backup time of 3 days,a bounty to pay for it that gets filled up by the voting gremlin and maybe some different people as banker and other ministries? > > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > spoon-discuss mailing list > spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss