About once every 8-10 months of down time, the list gets a burst of activity that lasts about 2-3 months... maybe longer. And little tidbits about the...
... Whew! I guess I missed that! Maybe it was before I joined the list... sounds reasonable... The Rogue __________________________________________________ Do...
Michael Schrodt
Schrunzo@...
Mar 1, 2003 9:16 pm
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Mar 1, 2003 11:38 pm
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... make a new Fuzion setting, or to make a new d20 setting? ... setting to 2040. We came up with a timeline, but no coherent work. It still generates some...
It would be nice to have more discussions on what the world looks like in 2040, cities, govermnents, Corporations, cyberspace, space travel, Artificial...
A lot of the equipment nees to be altered... Internet prices have dropped dramatically, cellphones are almost cheaper than landlines. And very well may be,...
... realism balanced with the level of cool. Hey, maybe this might re-kindle the list. TQ: Personally I'm willing to screw a lot of "level of realism" in ...
What is Transmetropolitan? Is it a comic book? I've heard something about it but can't place it... ... From: Teleran To: Project2040@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... something about it but can't place it... TQ: Yes, written by Warren Ellis and published under DC's Vertigo line. Its a cyberpunk story set in an...
You'll have to give me a heads up when that comes out. ... From: Teleran To: Project2040@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:23 PM Subject:...
they're out now http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywor ds=transmetropolitan&search-type=ss&bq=1/002-2464539-8721654 they...
Thanks, I'm going to have to head down to my local comic shop and pick these up. Should be an interesting read... been a long time since I've read a comic...
... pick these up. Should be an interesting read... been a long time since I've read a comic book... TQ: The first 7 trades are out, number 8 comes out in...
TQ: I wonder how many of our 94 members are still active? Seems to me that with 94 members we ought to be able to get things hopping with a little effort. The...
- We carry in our hearts the true contry and that cannot be stolen, We follow in the steps of our ancestry and that cannot be broken. (Midnight Oil, The Dead...
Ok, sparking with a minirant - though i think i've said similar before Thoughts on attitudes to Clothing and coverings in 2040 Here's a thing i was thinking...
... <snipped alot for brevity> ... blinds you to chemical/bio/viral stuff you can't see, stops people calling you, stops you tracking the markets on your...
KV: Idea. The entire north east is one city. You could actually live your life without ever touching the ground by walking in the skyways. And the rich and...
TQ: As an aside Transmetropolitan takes place just after the clean up of this kind of wide spread environmental degreadation and damage, Spider talks a few...
... world gets so dirty that the rain would melt your face off. We're making Cyberpunk, not Wasteland... TQ: Well sure, only quick ways a storm should kill...
I thought we were talking 2040 here, that's only 37 years away. You're talking the start of Coruscant, a world spanning city. You'd have to go well beyond...
Okay, according to CP2020 rule book there is no answer as to who, specifically, nuked Mecca. The book states: "Mideast Meltdown. Tensions in middle east...
... You're talking the start of Coruscant, a world spanning city. You'd have to go well beyond 2040 for that to even be a possibility, the population density...
KV: This idea I got from a friend of mine, he was talking about when you look at an aerial photograph of the area, there is almost no break between the...
KV: but I do see your point... a NYC/NJ metro and a washington DC/surrounding cities metro would be a good idea... Dallas/houston not so much... Houston is...
... Actually, if the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex continues to sprawl and expand as it has in the past, it may well qualify as one of the first megacities....
Kevin Ogles
kevinogles@...
Mar 7, 2003 11:41 am
1890
... <snipped alot for brevity> ... The way I see it, society will split into distinct bands: Poor people will not have much cool stuff - they'll access the net...
What is a Smartgun? - well, this is my take on them. A Smartgun is a firearm with onboard sensors and processors. Its got several inertial location sensors...
I like your ideas but they would be far more expensive than the book list of 2xprice. The only thing that a smart gun would not be able to do is to switch...
... for personal defense, if I remember right they use caseless ammo lined up in a barrel and fired at the same time to give them the high rate of fire, to...
