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)
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