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Only one word for that bloody suggestion, Diz - gertcha!!!Diziet Sma wrote:... we need somebody firmly in the conservative keep-it-real camp from amongst the more mainstream crew ... El Viejo for a spot.
The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!Diziet Sma wrote:... but nobody wants to be the bunny who gets the short straw.
As I have pledged £500, I will be on the design forum.Gimi wrote:As to get someone on the design forum, I would certainly support this even though I have already pledged a bit more than I probably should have. But as ClymAngus says, the question is who. I'm not going to nominate anyone, apart from saying that I think it should be someone from the "Elite Conservative" faction. That probably includes most of the people on this forum though.
You're only pulling yourself deeper in the soup, old friend. You clearly don't want it, thus you just qualified.El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!Diziet Sma wrote:... but nobody wants to be the bunny who gets the short straw.
And have a space station named after you!JazHaz wrote:As I have pledged £500, I will be on the design forum.
COol!No question for me: my loyalty belongs to Oolite, I'm not going anywhere.drew wrote:Given Elite:Dangerous, whither Oolite?
Actually, it's possibly 895, because you have to count the higher tiers as well.Griff wrote:It worries me a bit about Elite:Dangerous' possible 500 game shaping kickstarters - that's too many voices,
I think he stole it from Heinlein..El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!Diziet Sma wrote:... but nobody wants to be the bunny who gets the short straw.
Yep... I reckon! Much stuff has been borrowed from Heinlein... as he himself borrowed from those before him.Diziet Sma wrote:I think he stole it from Heinlein..El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!
Heh... how many layers of the onion do you want?Commander McLane wrote:You're only pulling yourself deeper in the soup, old friend. You clearly don't want it, thus you just qualified.El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!
(Except if you actually want it, but know the Douglas Adams criterion, you'd really loudly voice your opposition, in order to force us to select you. Thus the DAc applies.) <head asplodes>
The principle goes back to Aristotle, when he said that in a true democracy the leaders should be appointed by a lottery because elections leads to an Oligarchy (the candidates are people who want power, so candidates should not get it). (In ancient Athens, the civilian leaders were appointed by lottery, the military leaders were elected by the troops.)El Viejo wrote:Yep... I reckon! Much stuff has been borrowed from Heinlein... as he himself borrowed from those before him.Diziet Sma wrote:I think he stole it from Heinlein..El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!
I did that - gave the slugs a greater mass/density. Great fun - but only for test play, of course!drew wrote:I'll admit to hacking Commander McLane's rail gun so it was more powerful...
Ha - you wish!drew wrote:Now, if Mr. Braben would like to commission a Novella, that's something else.
That title brings to mind Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, the title of which he borrowed - which brings me to the sci-fi trivia - who the hell is Marmalade?Gimbal Locke wrote:A.C. Clarke also uses this principle in "The Songs of Distant Earth".
Well, my head asploded after two layers, so I guess that's all I can take.El Viejo wrote:Heh... how many layers of the onion do you want?Commander McLane wrote:You're only pulling yourself deeper in the soup, old friend. You clearly don't want it, thus you just qualified.El Viejo wrote:The Douglas Adams criterion should apply here (paraphrased): anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!
(Except if you actually want it, but know the Douglas Adams criterion, you'd really loudly voice your opposition, in order to force us to select you. Thus the DAc applies.) <head asplodes>
Tut, tut, tut. Naughty boys!El Viejo wrote:I did that - gave the slugs a greater mass/density. Great fun - but only for test play, of course!drew wrote:I'll admit to hacking Commander McLane's rail gun so it was more powerful...
Not even a little bit.Commander McLane wrote:But seriously: pending their being interested, I'd suggest Giles or Jens.
I think of cim as the current lead “feature developer”. I’m in charge of back-seat driving and, to a large extent, technical improvements and housekeeping.Commander McLane wrote:Which brings me to the question, who is currently the lead developer? I suppose that officially this post is still vacant.