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Rico Jansen

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  1. Not only is a high foot surfacepressure a big problem, people tend to forget that an elephant is significantly slower than any other 4 legged creature. A mech is not going to dodge or jump to evade missiles and what not. It will be hit before it turned it's torso. These things are waaayyy heavy, AND big. The more dense material further away from the axis of rotation requires a higher torque for the same acceleration. Torque= Sum_of_all(mass*radius^2)*rotational_accel. So, the torque required per unit of accel: (Torque/rotational_acc.)=Sum_of_all(mass*radius^2) Agreed, with new composite armor technology one can reduce the weight part of the equation significantly. But the 'size squared' part still remains, and carries the most influence. Those mechwarrior games and games , i.e. like Robocop and that movie with a family going in space on a hyperjump mission of sorts (You know, with the "Friends"-guy.), are nothng but makebelieve. Those animations fool you. It can't possible go that quick. 1: Because of the above mentioned law of physics. 2: Bipeds are inherrantly unstable. It you don't have equal or more than 3 legs, you'll fall over if you don't do something about it. Bipeds can be stable if they walk fast enough (and that's the question), or dynamically stable if they adjust their limbs when they tend to tip to the wrong side. In order to keep standing or moving it needs torques and power in excess of starting normal limb movement to adjust for errors in limb angles. And all in unloaded state! We're not even talking about carrying weapons or armor yet. But enough of this engineering rant. Next!!!
  2. There used to be a BCM multiplayer faq which answers all sorts of questions, but I can't find it on this site anymore. The version I have here is from late Feb 2000, way before BCM went into beta, so maybe not so accurate anymore as to it's current state. Here are some points of interest: quote:Assets are replenished when destroyed. So, if you are flying around in a carrier that gets destroyed, you will be dumped back at your launch site where you can re-launch from. Of course, if there are no carriers available, you have to wait until one is replaced or, you'll have to pick something else. quote:If you die and there are no friendly or neutral launch sites for you to be taken to, you will have to pick another Race/Caste that has one, or wait in the lobby until a station/base is repaired and operational. quote:All assets are repaired and resupplied by the engine. Can also be server configured. So, for eg, in a simulated game of total destruction, you can disable all asset repair and resupply. This allows games in which the side with all destroyed assets, loses. If you like to read the rest of it give me a holer on [email protected] and I'll send it. P.S. In addition to my previous post on kamikaze, you will loose all your well trained crew. I for one don't want to waste that effort. And I didn't get mad or anything about you, just shared my views. (I think many of us have) [ 11-09-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  3. quote:There is only one true rule of war: The victor makes the rules. And "Victor" is SC's middle name.
  4. quote:The idea of the Contract Value is solely to calculate the different fees (such as the 4% intercorp commission). It is not intended to play a role in negotiations of a contract. Say you want me to deliver Vagrants. Well, I just name my price and either you agree or you do not. After I deliver them I calculate my profits (for arguments sake, take that to be 100.000 credits). Now I pay 4.000 to intercorp. If, for one reason or another, I would only make 100.000 credits profit but you pay me 7.000.000 for the delivery, then 4% of 7.000.000 would be 280.000 credits, leaving me with a loss of 180.000 credits.100.000/7.000.000= 1.43% ... Shame on you, Riga!!! That 180.000 loss is just what you deserve. It shouldn't be impossible to get those vagrants for less, so increasing your profit. (according to bc3k standards anyway) Now, go do that Velari run again. But that is beside the point. Intercorp has (or should have) no beef with where a trader got his stuff from (or brings it to) and so be able to track the buy/sell price. It could very well be possible he had those vagrants in his cargohold for weeks, or found them in an asteroid field. So, what's the buy price now? (ok, it doesn't degrade, but it's going to be digging in a messy administration.) And can IC rely on that figure? This contract is only there for someone to get rid of stock, or to gain stock. Nothing about where is comes from or goes to. Buying, as in your example, is not part of the contract, so why the profit? And certainly not if the wares are found in an asteroid field. quote:Intercorp does not force me to buy the Vagrants at location A and sell them at location B. That's up to me to decide.I rest my case. So, a traders profit is (to be) completely for himself. BUT, that 4% for IC is an emploment cost for him, so that's nibbled of his gross profit. He just better make sure his (gross) profit is higher than the 4%. (Or I'll smack him in the face. ) Actually, this service mediation IC does is a cost for both the requestee and the indepentant one, so maybe they should both pay half of the 4%. The requestee wants to get into contact with a worker and the independent wants to get a workplace. Both should pay, IMO. This is most important what I can't deduce from the website payment page, who's pocket is it suppposed to come from? The indie that does the work, or the requestee. Something else I just noticed that agrees with my point on profit or full contract value: quote:The Contract Value (CV) determines how much money is involved in the contract. This varies per caste. Trader CV equals the Profit (Selling Price ÔÇô Buying Price). Merc Escorting: CV of escorted party or determined beforehand by both parties. Other: CV determined beforehand by both parties. Other Castes: CV determined by both parties beforehand.Why difference between buy- and sell-value for traders, and just (IOD magnatism) value of the escorted party for escorting (mercs). That escorted party is simply the same as the transported goods to me. Eventhough they won't have to be sold or bought again obviously. [ 11-09-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  5. "Extra dry", yeah, that's what my glass looks like too. Nothing of the A stuff for me.
  6. /RP Since when do bunnies have trouble getting offspring? RP/
  7. Going kamakazi is the least effective way. You die on the spot. If you return home you can get at it for a second later time. Sure, ramming into the other craft inflicts heavy damage to it. But so does it to yours, if not complete destruction, and sum up how many times you will not be able to inflict damage in the future. We're not all to happy about people that die in battle when they can't handle the stress and then just hop in again to do the same thing all over again. If you die you deserve to get punnished for it. IOW wait in line for your craft to get replaced or recovered/repaired. I hope you're not like that. Or else I hope we can show you why we are not. (or was I not speaking for all of us, guys?)
  8. If your bios says you can allocate 32 MB, doesn't mean your vid card agrees with that. I'd put it back where it belongs just for safety. And I'd also put win98 on that thing. But that's just personal pref. Extremely good chance that's your bugger there. LoseMe
  9. I'm voting for destroyer. ... Trouble is, they don't exist in here. [ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  10. quote:The dutch beer, hit's my spot!! Ehm, I don't even want to know what kind of spot you are reffering to, ... and certainly do not expect me to place there. Besides, we got two market competing beer brands here. State your pick if you really want one. [ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ] [ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  11. quote:Prime is not talk. Prime does not boast.Quiet black holes stretch deep. Step into one, Gammulans. [ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  12. Ehm, "WinME", "unsupported", "nobody having a clue, if there is any". I'm sorry you payed money for the game and not getting it in a working fashion, but you can't expect people to help or give the answer. Certainly not if your system doesn't adhere to the requirements. Did some fishing for you. According to this product page from compaq.com that card is 8MB allocated max. I don't know much about the new vid cards thesedays. Or anything about compaq's products. But this doesn't compute to your 32 mb, if you ask me. Oh, and you did execute those patches inside the bc3k folder? Just asking to be sure. [ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  13. quote:Originally posted by Outlaw: Upgrade my ship constantly and keep fighting. How about upgrade your fighting and sokeeping your ship in a constant state. Upgrades in the universe are limited you know. And you make it sound like you keep loosing them. Nevermind, just teasing. Back on topic. Money isn't everything. Sure, you can have the bragging rights if you end up in the BCM-Forbes-Top-3, or cross the 64-bit creditaccount limit. But that'll be it. There's only one thing you can do with your money and that is re-invest in your business. Keep yourself going with your business. I think that's the idea the SC talked about in some other thread today or yesterday. Every cent the SC gets from our $50 BCM price get's re-invested in his company. So he said. Not that he has any chance of measuring up to Mr. MacroBill OS-full-of-Gates. But anyway. There's only one way of using that money, or maybe two, spend it on high inflated planet economies like there is no tomorrow, or make yourself more busier than you allready are. Getting rich isn't the same as playing. --- Riga, can I come back on your Contract Value idea? Why make it the same as profit? Doesn't make sense when you talk about a buy AND selling price. Isn't a trade contract like the following: "Here, those are my goods, and if you give me this amount credits, then they're all yours. I don't care how you get rid of them or for what price. But if I were you I'd have it higher" or "Hey you trader, I need this and that, if you bring it to me then you get such cash. And I don't care where you got it from or for what price. Just get them to me pronto. Before such date." Maybe newbies (meaning the ones doing the run) don't have the money to finance such a big contract in the beginning. But that's where you mentioned Intercorp could come in, with it's newby -financial-support-program. Or as mentioned before, possibly getting a downpayment from the service requestee incase the trader has to acquire stock for him. Amount depending on the requestee's gullability ofcourse. (100% being possible ofcourse) I can only make up from you using "profit" as a base for CV your idea is like this: "Hey trader, I want you to trade this type of item, from that station or person at price A, to another station/person at price B." That's bogus. The trader breaks off contract negotiations (he doesn't like the reward and is free to do so), launches from Intercorp's launchbase and leaves IC Inc. and the service requestee standing goof-balled as he make his profit all for himself. "Ca-ching!!! Thanks for the tip guys." This is only a positive deal for the bailing-out trader and for the two stations in question. Their cashflow is stimulated. Which is always good for business. Not much opportunity in dull markets. So, the service requestee better be one of them. Beyond that, Intercorp is missing out on a major 'ship comming in'. Compare a percentage (or just a fixed part) of profit versus a percentage of the total value of transported goods. "How'd you like them apples? Thirst lessening, huh?" [ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  14. quote:Rico meant you should have shared the link or at least said where it was. Thanks Charles. Laracuente: Since your question was a really good newby magnet, it would be usefull for them if they could read the answer (or where to find it) just after reading the question. That's all.
  15. search this section for cdrom check, or just show topics from the last 30 days, it's the cd-rom topic.
  16. No time accel, screws up AI processing ... Radiated crew turn orange (you'd think green ? )after they are radiated enough. That would be a sign.
  17. quote:ROFL, Fendi meant the cologne or aftershaves Rico, not the thermometer. Where in the boonies are you staying any way? Netherlands, if that's what boonies are. Just like Riga. Haven't been to the forum for a while since my school was closed due to fall reces and exams this week.
  18. Well, thanks for sharing it then. Now we all know.
  19. Why are you mentioning them to me, Spuzzum? I hate bugs. Eeek! Except for those artificial ones from MIT AI lab. Those are cool.
  20. quote:Nah I bet'cha he smells of Fahrenheit or CK One to me. Huh? The smell of rotting fish versus the smell of a thermometer (in either Fahrenheit or Centrigrade scale). You got me at a loss here, Fendi.
  21. quote:Cmdr. Gamaliel (Terran/Scientist) UCV-Medea, Gazer1 (Pluto) Independent Geologist/Mineral Analyst Hmm, having a prospector service might even be neccessary if the appendices will not contain information on planet mineral density. AFAIK the unofficial manual/appendix didn't have anything like the navchart.pdf file of bc3k. I think you got yourself a niche there. Ofcourse people can just plumb the drones down and wait for them to fill up. But it sure would help if someone figured it out beforehand.
  22. Here, check this for image placement code. (and all other UBB stuff) [ 10-19-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  23. Well there's that secret board member of misterious division X. THAT smells fishy if you ask me. [ 10-19-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  24. "We're all Luna-ticks" [ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
  25. quote:... Unlimited treasuryYeah, you wish.
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