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Taff Agent of kaos Started conversation Mar 15, 2009
in the film the matrix
after neo says "we need guns, lots of guns", we get the scene where loads of racks of guns apear???????why?????
in the matrix guns are just bits of code
you dont need to store loads and loads of guns, you just "copy and paste" them
WTF??????
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 16, 2009
Because it looks good, and perhaps because that's the way his mind wanted to see them... It's all about the user interface 
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Mar 16, 2009
Most sci-fi doesn't really think things through. For example, in Star Trek and so forth, why is "down" always the same (ships always meet the same way up) even for the aliens? Is there a gigantic space magnet providing a true north for the universe?
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Mar 16, 2009
maybe they all align with the plane of the galaxy!!!
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Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book Posted Mar 16, 2009
The X series of games deals with that nicely with something called an elliptical plane (I think), but i don't know how it works
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 17, 2009
Ender's Game deals with the 'up and down in space' thing...
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Mar 17, 2009
elite doesn't bother with it, you adjust your rotation in relation to the system and other ships when you enter the system or encounter them
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 17, 2009
Which is how it has to work, after all, it's all relative
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 17, 2009
noo? What's that then?
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Mar 17, 2009
its like elite
i saw it mentioned on another thread and had a look but being paranoid about IT stuff i backed away and left it alone
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HappyDude Posted Mar 18, 2009
http://oolite.org/
Oolite is a game inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL(hence the "oo" bit of its name). It is available for the Mac OS X, MS Windows, and Linux operating systems. It is also free being a community driven open-source project.
There are also a number of add-ons available and if anyone does try the game may I suggest that they install the "Lave" add-on when they install the game (it tarts up the system you start the game in) - you can find a list of Oolite add-ons on the Elite wiki at http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/OXP
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Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Mar 19, 2009
Do the games contain some kind of 'egg'? As oolites are sedimentary rock forms that get the name of the egg-like/spheroid structures it contains.
Geology 
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- 1: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 15, 2009)
- 2: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 16, 2009)
- 3: Malabarista - now with added pony (Mar 16, 2009)
- 4: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 16, 2009)
- 5: Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book (Mar 16, 2009)
- 6: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 17, 2009)
- 7: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 17, 2009)
- 8: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 17, 2009)
- 9: HappyDude (Mar 17, 2009)
- 10: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 17, 2009)
- 11: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 17, 2009)
- 12: HappyDude (Mar 18, 2009)
- 13: Stealth "Jack" Azathoth (Mar 19, 2009)
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