Posts by magpie67

Re: I'll admit the first computer I worked on was a BBC

Wow, I thought I was the only one who remembered WARCC :}, still have some of their equipment in the shed :}

http://www.alex-reid.com/Personal/WARCC.html

Seen the damage a Wedge tailed can do to a glider

A good mate of mine was flying East of Perth a few years ago, a Wedge Tailed Eagle took exception to him being in the same airspace and attacked the glider, ripping chunks off the Mylar hardened leading edge. He decided to land quickly before the eagle worked out that the "juicy" bits were under the wing :}

He still has photos of it somewhere. I have also seen an Eagle, when he got sick of the pilots following him/her into every thermal ( they make good thermal finders ), deliberately circle in sink to trick the glider pilots into "Bombing Out" ( loosing lots of altitude )

An adult female "Wedgie" can weigh in at 5 or 6 Kg, be about 3 to 4 feet long with a wingspan of around 7 to 8 feet. Apparently the largest verified wingspan recorded for this style of Eagle was in excess of 9 feet

( I swear I have seen bigger, heavier ones out near Leonora/Laverton way but have no photos or specimens to prove it )

Re: Ummm PLATO did it first

Oubliette is/was definitely a MUD, so were moria and Avatar, I never played DND, but believe it was a MUD also

Have a look at this link, has some screen captures as well

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/03/the-game-archaeologist-the-plato-mmos-part-1/

Or you can just go play it :}

http:www.cyber1.org/