Seeking advice for El Aurens v2

[Boco]

I'll start on the readme Sunday.

@Case
Caught me redhanded. Hopefully my research for El Aurens was a bit more diligent.

@Tech
Thanks! By any chance do you have space for me to post the beta version at your site? If not, what's a good alternative?

@MU Fan
Well, work is taking a higher toll, but there's also a new , who btw is much more tolerant about Civ than the ex. My kid's soccer escapades are keeping me busier, too. Despite being coached by a duo of Limeys and a Dubliner, he's learning a lot about the game.

@Agri
I suspect you'll be in Damascus by June 1916. Others may take a bit longer.

[fairline]

Originally posted by Boco
@MU Fan
Well, work is taking a higher toll, but there's also a new , who btw is much more tolerant about Civ than the ex. My kid's soccer escapades are keeping me busier, too. Despite being coached by a duo of Limeys

Ah, a woman who appreciates the intricacies of the Sykes-Picot aggreement; a rare find!

Commiserations to your Limey-trained kid. He will be destined to show some promise in cup qualification games only to be beaten on penalties by a German side in the quarter-finals. Can't you find a Brazilian coach, or, god-forbid, a German one?

[Case]

Originally posted by fairline
Commiserations to your Limey-trained kid. He will be destined to show some promise in cup qualification games only to be beaten on penalties by a German side in the quarter-finals.

Just because he's being trained by a Pom doesn't mean that he'll play as badly as a Pom

*hopes that Australia regains the Ashes, thus avoiding utter humiliation for the above comment*

[techumseh]

Originally posted by Boco

@Tech
Thanks! By any chance do you have space for me to post the beta version at your site? If not, what's a good alternative?

Yes. Email me.

[Case]

Dave, the Australian War Memorial has a very interesting blog on the development of a Lawrence of Arabia exhibition which is scheduled to go on display at the AWM here in Canberra this time next year at: http://blog.awm.gov.au/lawrence/

I was a bit anoyed when I found out that the Lawrence exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London had closed one week before I got there, so this should be good.

[typhoon]

Originally posted by Case
*hopes that Australia regains the Ashes, thus avoiding utter humiliation for the above comment*

Before that happens, pigs will grow faster than light engines and begin the orbital bombardement of Pluto.

*hopes that England keeps the Ashes, thus avoiding having to eat own words for the above comment*

[Boco]

Thanks for the link, Case. It promises to be a good exhibition. You are expected to provide a full report!

Are the W.I. and S.A. such pushovers that the Champions Trophy is of no consequence this side of Pluto?

Btw, one of the Pom coaches is actually a Dubliner who cheers for that goaliecidal team Chelsea.

[typhoon]

Originally posted by Boco
Are the W.I. and S.A. such pushovers that the Champions Trophy is of no consequence this side of Pluto?

That's a different matter enitrely. Everyone knows the ICC doesn't count.

(tries to cover up fact that England finished bottom of group)

Which reminds me, good luck to the Aussies against WI later today.

[fairline]

Originally posted by Case


Just because he's being trained by a Pom doesn't mean that he'll play as badly as a Pom

*hopes that Australia regains the Ashes, thus avoiding utter humiliation for the above comment*

I'm not going to tempt fate We'll miss Jones and Vaughan, so technically you'll be beating a below-par pommie side....

Originally posted by Boco

Btw, one of the Pom coaches is actually a Dubliner who cheers for that goaliecidal team Chelsea

noooooooo!

[Case]

Originally posted by Boco
Are the W.I. and S.A. such pushovers that the Champions Trophy is of no consequence this side of Pluto?

Yes. Nothing compares to the importance of winning the ashes back.

[Boco]

Some questions

What are the restrictions of the RTF format over the normal DOC format in Word? I'll check myself, but I thought someone might know of restrictions relevant to writing Readme's.

Just how offensive is the three letter abbreviation for Prisoner of her Majesty? I have a few instances of it in the scen.

Originally posted by Case

Yes. Nothing compares to the importance of winning the ashes back.

Then I won't say congrats.

What factors led choosing Giles over Panesar? It's difficult to get info on strategy over here.

Case, how many scens have you designed for TOAW III?

[N35t0r]

Re: Some questions

Originally posted by Boco
What are the restrictions of the RTF format over the normal DOC format in Word? I'll check myself, but I thought someone might know of restrictions relevant to writing Readme's.

Besides .doc's taking longer to load in bulky, resource-hogging M$ Office?

Where did the nice days of ASCII go

For practical terms, RTF is an easier format to read, and will probably be relatively smaller.

I don't know how much fancy editing you want in your readme, but maybe an HTML file will be better if you want lots of it.

[Boco]

It's a little fancy in that it contains figures and tables. I lack the patience and ready knowledge to generate an HTM file easily. Can Word do that easily in a format readable by 3rd party browsers? My last effort with other MS Office products generated stuff that couldn't be read in Opera or Mozilla. Opting for RTF seems easiest at the moment.

[fairline]

Re: Some questions

Originally posted by Boco
Just how offensive is the three letter abbreviation for Prisoner of her Majesty? I have a few instances of it in the scen.

Just make sure you use it in the right context, as in 'you pommie bastard'

What factors led choosing Giles over Panesar? It's difficult to get info on strategy over here.

Giles is a much better batsman, although Monty can get the ball to turn more. And then there's Panesar's fielding, er, 'skills'.

Dave, don't tell me you're the first American to appreciate cricket

[techumseh]

There are a few in Canada, mostly originally from India or the West Indies. They play in secret, once hockey season is over.