Oolite Bulletins

I seem to have acquired a wormhole scanner, but have no idea how it works or what to do with it.
There's nothing on the Wiki.

Anyone?

It might be nice if the cops did come to your rescue. I've been surrounded by a big gang of pirates, all taking chunks out of me, and a convey of cops zooms by without getting involved. This, after a "$planet police thank you for your assistance". If the player is Clean, they should join i...

drew wrote:

Perhaps we should do the 'Oolite' equivalent sometime! How many years since Oolite started?

I met Giles and a couple of others in a pub in London in 2005 to discuss Oolite.
We might need a bigger pub these days.....

BBC interview with Braben to mark 25 years since Elite was released for the BBC Micro.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8266017.stm

Isn't there a list around somewhere with all cat names trademarked by Apple? From there it would be relatively easy to conclude the upcoming upgrade path. According to Wikpedia: "Apple has also registered "Lynx" and "Cougar" as trademarks, though these were allowed to lapse...

Still had plenty of attention from other vessels and loads of missiles fired at me!

I'm thoroughly enjoying Realistic Shipyards, which has put countless new ships and opportunities into the game. The first time I saw a "Falcon" scream by, I just had to take a picture! Anyway, I went into one of the enormous Ship repair yard vessels, and I bought a couple of equipment item...

IIRC, you don't get a message warning for Q-bombs. Could this not be implemented? If missiles trigger a warning noise and console log, then Q-bombs definitely should!

I think it was on Giles's list of things to do to implement Shift-M that unleashed all targeted missiles at the same time!

Prioritise your equipment. You'll need ... a docking computer (earn quicker). Two things: Firstly, whilst auto-docking may make things faster in Real Life™, it does increase the game clock by 20 mins, IIRC. Secondly, to paraphrase a quip from The Dark Wheel: "If you need a computer to dock, yo...

The UK are launching a group of military communications satellite called....:
SKYNET!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7419751.stm

Haven't these people seen the Terminator films? Surely it's only a matter of time before they take over the world?

Most large objects give some indication of their size in the radar, i.e. large asteroids, etc. But Rock Hermits don't.

Should they? They seem of reasonably size to show up.

Since installing 1.71 (Mac), if I die, I don't go to the last save, but restart at Lave with 100 Cr!
Is this a known issue?

pucara wrote:

With the knowledge of the prices, the new pilots can make they first money too fast, and take way for continue this exelent game.
And yes, i dont student in Oxford School... =P

The prices have a random factor, so will not be the same at all times.

Nor do I.

zimmemic25 wrote:

but why do they hardcode this?

Oh, I don't know... to stop people from making The Ultimate Laser Weapon, perhaps?

Check out the flame wars when someone suggested that military lasers should cool faster!