Ian Mackinder

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Yep, THAT ship is a keeper.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Reminds me of a memorable exchange I saw once, on 'Friends' of all things. The group, for some reason, is talking about lesbians and then Chandler (who has been quiet during all this) suddenly muses: "You know. Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian ..... (PAUSE, LOOKS AROUND) .... Did I say that out loud?:

Re: Creepy Pics. Da-amn!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Line I recall from a long-ago comic strip in White Dwarf: "He lives by the gun .... and they die by the thousand."

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Re: Creepy Pics. The really REALLY weird thing is that they think their religion tells them to distribute dinosaur-porn on the Net.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Not only states. Still people around whose knowledge of Australia is limited to scenes from Crocodile Dundee. I daresay we are all guilty of that sort of thing to some extent.

Re: Creepy Pics. Once again, showing the need for an emoticon that expresses the desire to gouge out one's own eyes.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Given your group's track record as regards handling dangerous substances, don't discount the possibility TOO soon.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... With his powers pemanently gone, maybe Goliad will get REALLY lucky and fall into a vat of mutagenic compounds. ...... Now, w-a-i-t a minute.

Re: Looking for landmines in teleportation The Lawrence Watt-Evans book is 'With A Single Spell'.

Re: Looking for landmines in teleportation Remember? Haven't read any of those stories, so I'll take your word for it. ***** We can infer that there is something about this t-port process that kills velocities above a certain threshold. So people can "jump" through or toss objects through without problem, but a relatively high-speed projectile (arrow or bullet) either loses most of its velocity or otherwise becomes harmless/useless. Does occur to me that if one can communicate through this t-port, then sound waves (faster than arrows or many bullets) must be OK for some reason. Hmmm, if one can send sound waves through this t-port, what about sonic-based attacks? Or laser beams or EM signals? Also, from the movie 'Jumper' there is a t-port stunt which I am sure one or other of the PCs might try to emulate at some point. If our t-porter's carry capacity is limited primarily by strength, then one trick would be to immerse in a body of water (bath tub, hot tub, pool) right before t-porting. That way, they can carry a respectable amount of water with them. Could be handy if t-porting into a room that is on fire or full of hostiles, or if the t-porter just wants to cause serious property damage (Hello? PCs?). The extremely sudden (and probably unexpected) arrival of even a mere 40-50 kilograms of water would be a pretty fair distraction AND make a hell of a mess.

Re: Looking for landmines in teleportation Something else to consider - conservation of motion, or lack thereof. In simplest terms, if the t-port is falling at terminal velocity and uses this ability, does s/he retain that same velocity upon arrival? OR (for argument's sake), if the t-porter is moving between, say, a jet airliner and the ground? My assumption is that the character's vectors all sort of disappear upon t-port, But, this should be thoroughly addressed early on. Particularly for extreme cases - we KNOW the PCs will find ways to ramp things up. ***** As an aside, one "teleporter" book I think pretty good is 'Jumper' by Steven Gould, which does have interesting stuff as regards the main character trying to explore his new-found ability and finding ways to use it. The movie and movie-related material is so-so, by comparison. I am quite certain, however, THAT style of t-port is probably too high-powered for your liking.

Re: Looking for landmines in teleportation Unfamiliar with the Zelazny story, but I am a HUGE 7th Sea fan. Here goes. What size / weight limits exist for this? What happens when I try to teleport PART of something (like a section of a building or vehicle)? What happens when I try to teleport myself or somebody else - while tied/chained to something that is fixed or simply too big to teleport as well? Can a trump be teleported via another trump to somewhere else? Is there any limit on how many trumps can be usable at once in a given area? What happens if two or more people in different locales try to use the same trump more or less simultaneously?

Re: "Neat" Pictures Gory stuff is not my speed either, but that was awesome. Best workplace safety video ever.

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Re: "Neat" Pictures In size and presence, maybe not. But I always had a special regard for the SR-71 and what it could DO.

Re: Creepy Pics. I'd say it is a VERY fore-shortened pic (poosibly taken in the dark, with flash) of a bottlenose dolphin with its snout pressed up against the glass. Took me a while to figure it out.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Is there any other kind?

Re: Earhart’s Final Resting Place Found? TIGHAR's Home Page - http://tighar.org/

Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm dern sure the aircraft are Hawker Hurricanes. The canopies aren't far enough forward for Airacobras, and Airacobras had a tricycle landing gear (hence, no tail wheel). Certain that neither ever served in the Aleutians but, interestingly, both types were lend-leased to the Soviets. Also suspect Photoshop as the culprit, but that is just guessing.

Re: Creepy Pics. What we REALLY need is an emoticon to express the desire to gouge out one's own eyes.

Re: Creepy Pics. ... And, with that said, it's now kind of difficult for one's mind to go anywhere else.

Re: Zeppelins I'd guess that the efficiency of the propulsion and the strength to weight ratio of the structure itself would be a major deciding factor. Another might be just how big it could get before becoming inherently uncontrollable in even the lightest breeze. Ground-handling was always a tricky business, with more than a few airships being damaged or even wrecked not in flight, but while being moved between moorings and hangars.