Oolite Bulletins

Very good

drew wrote:

He he...

I don't know how to go about creating a channel on youtube, but sounds like a good idea.

Easy, just do what this guy did

pagroove wrote:

Have an Iphone? Then buy Nanostudio. Studio in your Pocket.

That does look amazing. Might splash the £8.99 soon

Good to see you back around here
I remember you from the days of the Elite Bulletin Board System (EBBS) at alioth.net

uua90 wrote:

There must be something about The Blue Danube and space travel... Anyone remember 2001: A Space Odyssey?

That's why The Blue Danube is used. David Braben was inspired by the music in the 1968 film.

Selezen wrote:

So Oolite gets a plug on a badly written and badly researched website?

Awesome. </sarcasm>

Yep, that's about it!

I couldn't help pointing out that Aviator was written by Sir Geoff Crammond, not David Braben.

Having, in my lunch hour, done a bit a of reading of the various internet trails of Messrs Bell and Braben, I have to say that I think I'd rather have a conversation with David. I think Ian would give me a headache in short order. Cheers, Drew. I've met both of them, and they seemed like decent eno...

Seems to be back now. More server shenanigans, methinks.

Congratulations on winning the vote!

Love to know how we're going to cope with all those times zones though

Packard Bell Istart 2369
2Gb RAM
Intel 4 CPUx2 3.06Ghz
ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU
Windows Vista Home Premium

Runs Oolite just fine with a high frame rate, but I reckon this system must be due an upgrade/replacement now.

Are you there, Santa?

Yep, I've received occasional emails praising my website. It definitely makes you feel good

A bit like the lonely-hearts ads...

Likes pubs: - Alcoholic

Likes long walks in the countryside: - Boring

Bubbly: - Annoying

Cuddly: - Fat

I met him at the Elite gathering last year and he was getting stuck in to the origami Elite ships. Maybe we should get him the Advanced Origami book too

I've been having a play around with the Alpha 3 version this morning, trying to get to grips with the autopilot. Think I've got the hang of it now, although the game crashed out to desktop when I tried to restore a saved game

Very promising though.

Everyone thinks it's funny, but you wouldn't if you were bursting for a pee and the darned thing kept changing into a convenience store