A disclaimer for the Weinbaum game

[ffutures]

Something I think is worth mentioning in the front-page disclaimers:

This game uses a mixture of Imperial and US measurements, the metric system, and astronomical measures such as AU and light-minutes, as seems appropriate. While it would be nice to imagine a world that uses a standard measuring system, we all know that things really aren’t like that. This game is science fiction, not fantasy…

Comments

Quick Note

[dan harms (from livejournal.com)]

The Forgotten Futures pages have been hacked. Please contact your ISP.

Re: Quick Note

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Which ones?

Re: Quick Note

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Never mind, found it. What he thinks he gains from it is beyond me - I'm hardly the cutting edge of capitalism. Now I have to delete any files etc. he's modified, and remember a fifteen-digit password next time.

Re: Quick Note

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

And inevitably there's one file that isn't backed up. Bollocks...

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think a measurement unit joke would make someone that angry!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's really basic, just all of the index.htm files replaced. I've made the password much tougher, beyond that there isn't really much I can do.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

And now the site is down for http but not ftp. Weird...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

And it's back. Never mind...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

That was weird - while the site was down the file I had just been uploading was restored, and the date on it is now 2008, when I originally uploaded it. In fact it looks like all of the index files were restored.

Not sure what the hell happened there - my guess is that the hosting company became aware that there was a security problem and restored a backup or something. I've raised a query with them, it'll be interesting to see what they say.

Universal measure

[pat naughtin (from livejournal.com)]

The "universal measure" has been around since 1668 in England. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html

And since about 1780 in the USA. See http://metricationmatters.com/docs/USAMetricSystemHistory.pdf

We now all use the standard measure but we give it different names. To test how immersed you are in your use of the "universal measure" try not using it at all. This might get you started: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/DontUseMetric.pdf

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia

Re: Universal measure

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

This is a game derived from 1930s SF - if I was a purist I'd be using American weights and measures throughout, since I find it rather difficult to think in those units I've gone for a mix similar to many countries today.

Re: Universal measure

[pat naughtin (from livejournal.com)]

Dear Marcus L. Rowland,

Have you considered the cost of using dual measures?

My estimate is that it costs the USA more than 1.3 trillion dollars each year. The basis of my estimations are here: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/CostOfNonMetrication.pdf

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia

(frozen) Re: Universal measure

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm well aware of the situation, but I am not going to attempt to propagandise this issue in a role playing game.