From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:54 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems >From what I understand, the primary navigation tool in BP is the GPS system. >With a little knowledge of how they work in the real world, GPS systems open >a whole new avenue of adventures in the game. Yeah. In my game, the only person capable of navigating without a GPS is (unsurprisingly) the Native (as there are no Cetacean PCs in the group currently). Oddly, the Native character is also the one with the best tech skills, since her Los Isolotes Tribe sent her away to HIST to acquire skills they had lost since the Abandonment. I also made the, perhaps generous, assumption that most "wilderness-grade" bodycomps would have a GPS included. >Adventure Ideas: >The GPS satelites and their support bases make prime targets for terrorists >groups. As any disruption in the system would hurt GEO as well as Incorporate >transporation. The disruption can be as simple as blowing stuff up or... the >clocks could be altered on random satelites. (Remember, location is >calculated based on difference in the times received. A tenth of a second is >all that it would take.) Hmm ... someone's been watching "Tomorrow Never Dies" Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:42 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GenCon BP List Gathering >The plans are for everyone that wishes to meet at the Biohazard booth (#804) >just before closing (6pm) on Saturday night. We will then go off to dinner >(restaurant YTBD) for a leisurely meal and conversation. If there is enough >interest, afterward we can find a *quite* corner and I will run a special, >list-member-only BP game of "Where the Wild Things Are". > >Sound cool? Dammit. I wish I was going! Have fun. Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 5:02 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Campaign ideas and other life threateni >I wanted to know, what are the main themes and ideas you are developing in >your campaign? How did you found those and what inspired you? Hmmm ... well - I've no idea what inspired me. Lots of different stuff, I suppose (mostly a whole load of "Access Denied" from the BP rulebook). I wanted to have a sort of Soap Opera / Babylon 5 type thing happening with Los Isolotes, so that's why I developed the plots I have done (there are probably 6 or 7 seperate, but intertwined plots running currently in my campaign) >I would really like to start one with a couple of friends but they are not >very hot about it. I tried very hard to interest them to BP but I think they >are fed up with RPG in general (when we play it's almost always Chronopia, a >TTG, and on occasion Age of Renaissance). Do you have any suggestion as to >how to bring them into BP? (I really tried hard, really). Ick! Well - I really can't think of much that will get people who're RPG-d out to become interested again other than a roleplaying-free period to recharge their batteries. Sorry, but I've never really faced that problem myself. Have you tried bribery or emotional blackmail? Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 5:07 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Property values >You ask about property values on Poseidon. Well, that's a controversial >topic. I was afraid as much. >Most of the land around the biggest settlements, Haven, Second Try, etc, was >deeded to its original/current users by an early executive order of the the >Office of Colonial Affairs. In theory, all unsettled portions of Poseidon >were "left in trust for the benefit of humanity yada yada yada." In practice, >for the less settled areas, like maybe Los Isolotes, the OCA issues homestead >aggreements and colonial permits on a case by case basis. So it might not be too difficult for a wealthy someone who was operating through several front companies, and not unwilling to bribe/threaten when necessary, to claim more than normal? Especially if he was subsequently going to sub-let them out to other tennants. >These more remote and unpolulated areas are what are now most at issue. >Mining claims, native rights, natural heritage, etc, are all in conflict. >Nowhere is this more obvious than in Westcape (Arch 103). He hasn't tried to infringe Native rights yet (and it's a big "yet") >Basically, if the land has a legal owner, the value is determined by demand, >which is usually based on location (proximity to major settlements) or >inherent resources (arable soils, minerals, etc). There is, as a result, >tremendous variation in land value. > >I hope this does not add further confusion to the issue ; ). I guess I'll just have to list the properties / areas owned rather than just the value. Well - no real hardship. Thanks, Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ml10@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 8:46 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems In a message dated 8/2/99, 5:05:52 AM, blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com writes: <> Never seen it. Wasn't that a 007 flick? Mike Z *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:01 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems ><> > >Never seen it. Wasn't that a 007 flick? Yes - and it was quite good, actually. It involves GPS stuff in the plot. And a stealth boat. And the Chinese secret service. All sorts of cool stuff, really, and not a hint of SPECTER to be seen. I'd recommend it. Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Brian Betty [bbetty@glad.org] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 10:42 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems Christopher Gribbon wrote: "[Tomorrow Never Dies] involves GPS stuff in the plot. And a stealth boat. And the Chinese secret service." And a certain fabulous Chinese action star who is ueber-fabulous as the first female to be truly an equal to James Bond in a Bond flick ... I'd never seen a woman actually be his match for real & not be bested in the end, but she did it. Longingly, BB (8-0) Monkeygod Someone frequently prefaces his or her remarks with things like "The Lord has told me." - “Danger signs of abuse within a relationship”, http://www.polygamy.org/ "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H.G. Wells *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: christopher gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:47 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems >And a certain fabulous Chinese action star who is ueber-fabulous as the >first female to be truly an equal to James Bond in a Bond flick ... I'd >never seen a woman actually be his match for real & not be bested in the >end, but she did it. Yeah - I would have mentioned her, except I couldn't recall her name. >Longingly, mmm... Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 10:56 AM To: 'blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com' Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: christopher gribbon [mailto:c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems > > >And a certain fabulous Chinese action star who is ueber-fabulous as the > >first female to be truly an equal to James Bond in a Bond flick ... I'd > >never seen a woman actually be his match for real & not be bested in the > >end, but she did it. > > Yeah - I would have mentioned her, except I couldn't recall her name. > Michelle Yeoh. And for the record (so Kai doesn't correct us later) she's Malaysian. Since that film I've become a huge fan of her's. Not only is she lovely but very talented and an incredible athlete. From the imdb site; Michelle Yeoh Birth name Yeoh Chu-Kheng Date of birth (location) 6 August 1962, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Sometimes Credited As: Michelle Khan, Ziqiong Yang, Chi-King Yeung Actress filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) 1.Final Fantasy (2001) 2.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 3.Butterfly Effects (1999) 4.Moonlight Express (1999) .... Karbo's sister 5.Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) .... Colonel Wai Lin 6.Song jia huang chao (1997) .... Soong E-ling ... aka Soong Sisters, The (1997) 7.Ah Kam (1996) .... Ah Kam ... aka A Jin de gu shi (1996) ... aka Stunt Woman, The (1996) 8.Qi jin gang (1994) ... aka Wonder Seven (1994) 9.Yong Chun (1994) .... Yim Wing Chun ... aka Wing Chun (1994) (USA) 10.Chao ji ji hua (1993) ... aka Once a Cop (1993) ... aka Police Story 3 Part 2 (1993) ... aka Police Story 4: Project S (1993) ... aka Police Story V (1993) ... aka Project S (1993) ... aka Supercop 2 (1993) 11.Tai ji Zhang San Feng (1993) .... Qiuxue ... aka Tai Chi Master, The (1993) ... aka Tai-Chi (1993) 12.Wu xia qi gong zhu (1993) .... Ching Sze/ To Col Ching ... aka Holy Weapon (1993) ... aka Seven Maidens (1993) ... aka Seven Princesses, The (1993) 13.Xian dai hao xia zhuan (1993) .... Ching ... aka Executioners (1993) ... aka Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993) ... aka Modern Day Wonder Heroes Legend (1993) (literal English title) ... aka Yin doi ho hap juen (1993) (China: Cantonese title) 14.Xin liu xing hu die jian (1993) .... Sister Ko ... aka Butterfly Sword (1993) ... aka Butterfly and Sword (1993) ... aka Comet, Butterfly and Sword (1993) 15.Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jing cha (1992) (as Michelle Khan) .... Inspector Yang ... aka Police Story 3 (1992) (UK) ... aka Police Story III: Supercop (1992) ... aka Supercop (1996) (USA: US version) 16.Tong fong sam hop (1992) .... 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An company. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Michael Czaplinski [MCzaplinski@NPR.ORG] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:05 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - GPS Systems > From: christopher gribbon [mailto:c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] > > >And a certain fabulous Chinese action star who is > ueber-fabulous as the > >first female to be truly an equal to James Bond in a Bond > flick ... I'd > >never seen a woman actually be his match for real & not be > bested in the > >end, but she did it. > > Yeah - I would have mentioned her, except I couldn't recall her name. Michelle Yeoh. As in 'YOW!!!!' MikeC *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 2:30 PM To: 'list, blue planet' Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Mailing List Dinner Attendees Here is the list of people I have down for the Mailing List Dinner. If I missed anyone let me know ASAP so I can email Jeff a correction. He's going to hit the road soon (I'm sure he'll send a note to the list before he goes). Jim -- Jim Heivilin, Webmaster, Biohazard Games -- http://www.biohazardgames.com, mailto:banzai@missouri.edu Last Name First Name From Email Address Lewis Adam Columbia, MO adamswork@yahoo.com Johnson Ronald Boston, MA ronjon@shore.net Whipkey SeanMike Charlottesville, VA highway@cstone.net Ferrenz Brian Falls Church, VA Brian_Ferrenz@cmahq.com Tomek Chip Winchester, VA -- Guder Derek Boston, MA kabael@bu.edu Barber Jeff Columbia, MO biohzd@aol.com Z Mike Ml10@aol.com Werner Jason Columbia, MO c577200@showme.missouri.edu Moore Jay Columbia, MO moorejt@health.missouri.edu *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message.