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No, I’ve been more than clear about the aim. (It’s really not like you to quibble for the sake of quibbling.:)) Oh, I’m sure you know, everyone knows, that’s not my style. (And my goal here is in fact to facilitate taking up those other points.) Well, for me, clearly a trivial, if...

Quarto, I can always count on you to reach for the broader meaning, you’ve overshot it by a fair piece in this case, and maybe fallen off your own cliff, but your heart’s in the right place.:) No, not postmodernism as such, but the discussion is about interpretation and how we do or should...

Part 2: No, I’ve used the term in accordance with its standard meaning, denoting man-like species. Yes, we humans are humanoids, but not all humanoids are human. That’s the only sense in which I’m using the one word. What you don’t like is that I’m using the word “human” in a relative sense...

No, the Tri-System dates are clearly useful in-game and in-system regarding the Tri-System’s storyline and history (what little is related). My only point is to ask whether they’re also useful “out-game” and “out-system” regarding the other WC histories, and they simply aren’t at this point...

Sorry about the double post. In other words, we know that years are mentioned in other database entries, and the four-digit numbers in the “criminal record” examples compare very favorably to the range of the known years, so those four-digit numbers could quite possibly be years too...

No, it appears I wasn’t clear enough in my earlier posts, or failed to emphasize their points. Recall the issue I raised:”what constraints does P2 place on a future developer who wants to tell a consistent story involving both the Confederation and the Tri-System?” Let me explain why I think...

Sorry for the interlude. Where were we now? I think we can all agree there’s a fault line of sorts separating game play (including the practical writing of a program and the ultimate goal of making a game fun) and common sense (including the goal of developing a logical game canon). That...

It's a catchy language all right.:)

Well, the main CCN entry for Anhur only notes “a few thousand years of really serious history”, which may or may not refer to the beginning of “human” life on Anhur. But I’m curious to know if the game anywhere refers to a B.C. date as such. But also as humanoids, like Ser Arris. Which...

Tri-System dates appear to represent months with letters A-L (which is twelve) and days with numbers that can range up to 37. In what sense is this “standard”? Also, the dates and years are to be found within the in-game database we access in the CCN booths. As the Tri-System runs its own...

As a practical matter, since there are no official storylines that relate the Tri-System to the Confederation, any references in some fan-created story or mod would of course be speculation. But to say simply that P2 occurs in the future and can therefore be ignored is problematical, because...

No, it’s never wise to ignore any aspect of WC. (And why would anyone want to anyway?) In P2's case, there are “links”, potential or actual, with the Confederation. (Though I would tend to discount the references in the game to “Confederation” and “confederation” as being among them.)

From the OED: boffin ('bofIn). slang. [Etym. unknown. Numerous conjectures have been made about the origin of the word but all lack foundation.] 1. An ‘elderly’ naval officer. 1941 C. Graves Life Line 143 Their ages are as youthful as air crews. Thirty-two is considered the maximum...

It has everything to do with it. You’re trying to map your personal world view onto someone else’s art, essentially co-opting it to advertise your own values. That’s dishonest, to say the least, though it does seem to be the latest craze among certain conservatives. Perhaps we should call it...

Well, let’s look at what you said: “And of course all those things are not bad, they are simply not present on Star Trek.” Sorry, don’t find any reference to “the real world” there, only ”simply” to “Star Trek”. Back-pedalling on your back-pedalling now? So . . . you mean to say...

I appreciate the hedging (“probably"), and then the back-pedalling (now saying those things are “not bad” on Star Trek). But you were the one who made the generic claims, and so the burden of proof was on you. And you still claim they are not present on Star Trek, which you also must know is...

Let’s see: wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. How’s that for a generic response?:) Being “electronically-impaired”, I wasn’t able to watch every episode, but are you by any chance referring to “Dear Doctor”, where the choice presented is which of two sentient races is going to end up...

Nah, not Quakers. But Qualia now, that would draw some people in this thread to buy.:)

Oh, think of them as metaphors for what’s inside.:) Always liked Tom Baker best. (“Of course I'm being childish! What's the point of being an adult if you can't act childish sometimes?") But I enjoyed Jon Pertwee too. I understand the current incarnation is #9, with #10 to appear in...

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