From: Rob [rob@whitesalmon.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:40 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Music & Blue Planet Hello there. I'm new to the list. I was driving home this evening and started to wonder what sort of music might go well as mood-setting background music in a Blue Planet game. For Cyberpunk/Shadowrun games we used to play stuff with a techno edge and/or a fast beat, but somehow that didn't seem right for the tone I'm getting from the Poseidon setting (I just picked up the rulebook 2 weeks ago, and am still absorbing it). Any suggestions? The best I could come up with was something "classical" or orchestral, but I don't know a lot of music in that area. Yours, Rob @whitesalmon.net *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Atti2dboy@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:28 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Stardrive sourcebook In a message dated 2/9/00 11:38:05 AM, dguder@speaksoftly.com writes: >I haven't seen that one, but I got "Systems of the Verge" from RPGnet for >free. It was damn fine, at least for general sci-fi. Free?! Now you're speaking my language. :-) Where on RPGnet is it, or is it easy to find? >I still can't stand Alternity, but Star*Drive might have some gems to >steal away to another game. I have been told that Alternity is playable without the dice modifiers. If this is so, I would find it much more acceptable. What I have seen of the StarDrive setting does not impress me. Too many bipedal aliens; like men in masks. It seems to be a mash of Star Trek and Star Wars. =Rich "Meandering to a different drummer." *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: EndersWAR1@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:31 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - another playtest online How about Sundays 7pm (central) to whenever..... "Come on, Ceasar, if your going to be stupid, don't be half-assed stupid...Be stupid all the way!"-187 x) <---Dead Cyclops Enterprises "In the land of the two-eyed blind, the Dead Cyclops is king." EndersWAR1@aol.com *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: BIOHZD@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:17 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: another playtest online Hey Greg, You write: Yeah, I'm in! I promise not to be a rules lawyer. ;-) >>>>If the GM gives you a hard time, just threaten to rewrite the rules ; ). Is there such a term as "rules overlord"? Jeff Barber Biohazard Games *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Greg Benage [gbenage@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:18 PM To: BP List Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtest List Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Hey all, I've set up a playtester's email list at One List. You can subscribe at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/PlaytestBP2 I think you have to register with One List before you can become a member, but it's relatively painless, and it's free. This is a restricted membership list, so your request for membership will only be approved if I have received you NDA. Once your membership is approved, you can post messages to the list on the PlaytestBP2 page, or by sending email to: PlaytestBP2@onelist.com If you have any questions, just drop me a line. Thanks, Greg Benage Biohazard-FFG Hybrid *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Kintaro Oe [dguder@speaksoftly.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:29 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 > Does anyone else like this idea? If the Biohazard >people are too busy would they object to those of us >playtesting sorting something out? Presumably it would have >to screen the people joining or something though. I'd be more than willing to moderate it. > Damn. I got the rules last night and I'm just >*itching* to discuss them with someone I'm allowed to talk >to! I'm not mentioning any of this to my players until they >sign that form for me. :) I spent more than an hour today trying to get the shit to print. stupid machines. - kabael - Kintaro Oe - Derek Guder - "It has never happened if the memory is not there." -Serial Experiments Lain kabael's netbook - http://kabael.8m.com the McGuffin Group - http://members.xoom.com/McGuffins review developer - Ex Libris Nocturnis - http://www.nocturnis.net *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Kevin L. Nault [jskln1@uas.alaska.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 4:00 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - GEOgraphy & the Blight Jason Hockley wrote: > > Yeah, and just imagine how some of those places > would get hit if the Blight did occur. If 50 percent of the > people in Alaska die I imagine that leaves a *lot* of space > for the rest. Britain would likely just sink to a level > where the public transport is less congested. If anyone cares, I could probably go into this more deeply. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Kevin L. Nault [jskln1@uas.alaska.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:58 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: GEOgraphy Joanne FitzRoy wrote: > > Yes, Alaska's a cute little state. Compared to Ontario :) Bah! Canadian cheaters! Take a country just as big and divide it up into just 7 big chunks (cause who counts the maritimes, anyways?) *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Brian_Ferrenz@cmahq.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:37 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - another playtest online I'm good for weekends, Monday or Wednesday nights. No play during work. Brian F. 'Hand me that smart pistol, its the one one that says bad m*ther f*cker on it.' >Second, the time. The best time for me would be during work actually. >Monday 12-6 actually. (Eastern time). I doubt that would work for anyone >though. Toss out some times, and I'll see what I can do. Hmm...I don't think my new boss will like it much if I'm playing BP online during work. Even though it sorta _is_ work. I won't be available on weekday evenings until probably 7:00 pm CST (8:00 EST). I could do it Friday night, Saturday afternoon, or any time Sunday. If it turns out that everyone else wants to play earlier on a weekday, though, I'll bow out. Greg Benage Biohazard-FFG Hybrid *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Greg Benage [gbenage@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 5:13 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - another playtest online -----Original Message----- From: Kintaro Oe To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 12:44 PM Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - another playtest online >First thing to do is find out if there is interest, I guess. (yeah, that's >sarcasm :) I think the kind Mr. Benage reserved, but who else wants in. Yeah, I'm in! I promise not to be a rules lawyer. ;-) >Second, the time. The best time for me would be during work actually. >Monday 12-6 actually. (Eastern time). I doubt that would work for anyone >though. Toss out some times, and I'll see what I can do. Hmm...I don't think my new boss will like it much if I'm playing BP online during work. Even though it sorta _is_ work. I won't be available on weekday evenings until probably 7:00 pm CST (8:00 EST). I could do it Friday night, Saturday afternoon, or any time Sunday. If it turns out that everyone else wants to play earlier on a weekday, though, I'll bow out. Greg Benage Biohazard-FFG Hybrid *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Greg Benage [gbenage@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 4:50 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 -----Original Message----- From: Alan Broad To: 'blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com' Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:51 AM Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 >Also, I've got a few questions about the rules (clarifications, and a few >wee things that seem to be missing), so I'm also wondering if there is any >prefered way of asking questions of the developers without annoying them >with personal mails? For now, feel free to send me a private email with any questions and concerns you have about the rules. I'm sure we'll get behind the playtesters list, but we're going to have to make sure it is open only to those who have signed NDAs. As such, I want to speak with Jeff about it first. Thanks, Greg Benage Biohazard-FFG Hybrid *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Kintaro Oe [dguder@speaksoftly.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:29 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - another playtest online Now that I have the other rules mechanics and I want to start playtesting in the real world soon, I was thinking about that call for another online game. I won't mind trying, actually ;) I have a plot in mind (the same one I'm using for RL :), and even though it's borrowed and very simple, I think it will work well enough for a playtest. First thing to do is find out if there is interest, I guess. (yeah, that's sarcasm :) I think the kind Mr. Benage reserved, but who else wants in. Second, the time. The best time for me would be during work actually. Monday 12-6 actually. (Eastern time). I doubt that would work for anyone though. Toss out some times, and I'll see what I can do. - kabael - Kintaro Oe - Derek Guder - "It has never happened if the memory is not there." -Serial Experiments Lain kabael's netbook - http://kabael.8m.com the McGuffin Group - http://members.xoom.com/McGuffins review developer - Ex Libris Nocturnis - http://www.nocturnis.net *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Kintaro Oe [dguder@speaksoftly.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:37 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Stardrive sourcebook >Has anyone got a good look at "The System Guide for Aegis" sourcebook for >the Stardrive Alternity setting? I've only read the back cover. Aegis is a >waterworld with inigmatic indegenous aliens and several other concepts >that remind me of BP. I don't want to spend $19 to get a peek inside as the >other Stardrive Alternaty stuff I have looked through has been devoid of >interesting ideas. I haven't seen that one, but I got "Systems of the Verge" from RPGnet for free. It was damn fine, at least for general sci-fi. I still can't stand Alternity, but Star*Drive might have some gems to steal away to another game. Not much use to Blue Planet though. - kabael - Kintaro Oe - Derek Guder - "It has never happened if the memory is not there." -Serial Experiments Lain kabael's netbook - http://kabael.8m.com the McGuffin Group - http://members.xoom.com/McGuffins review developer - Ex Libris Nocturnis - http://www.nocturnis.net *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:03 AM To: 'blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com' Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Speaking of death... > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Hockley [mailto:jh39@ukc.ac.uk] > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Speaking of death... > > stuff as you see fit I suppose. It adds another thought > though. I wonder what the penalty for wasting good food was > during the height of the Blight? There's some bit in the > The first operational use of the GEO Heavy Cavalry (Super Troopers) was to secure a food processing plant in Vladvistock, Russia. So I would imagine the penalties were pretty severe. Jim Jim Heivilin, Project Manager Systems & Applications Group, IAT Services University of Missouri at Columbia mailto:banzai@missouri.edu, 884-3898 *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jason Hockley [jh39@ukc.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:24 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 09:44:45 -0500 Joanne FitzRoy wrote: > > Does anyone else like this idea? If the Biohazard > > people are too busy would they object to those of us > > playtesting sorting something out? Presumably it would have > > to screen the people joining or something though. > > > > Damn. I got the rules last night and I'm just > > *itching* to discuss them with someone I'm allowed to talk > > to! I'm not mentioning any of this to my players until they > > sign that form for me. > > > > Jason > > Another mailing list? Sorry, It's taking too much time now to sort out the > current one!. I only have access to a work computer, and can't tie up the space > too much. > > Great idea, unfortunately quite impractical for myself. > > Pook Well it's hardly like anyone would be press-ganged into it. Still, I think we should wait for Official Biohazard Decision on this, considering what it concerns. Jason *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jason Hockley [jh39@ukc.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:22 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Speaking of death... On Wed, 9 Feb 00 08:49:29 -0600 Planewalker wrote: > > Yeah, and just imagine how some of those places > >would get hit if the Blight did occur. If 50 percent of the > >people in Alaska die I imagine that leaves a *lot* of space > >for the rest. Britain would likely just sink to a level > >where the public transport is less congested. > > This segues into a nice question I need the answer to. I'm writing a > piece on the impact of the Blight, and I was wondering if any of the > books give detailed information over it. I know the main book gives some, > but not lots. For instance, what was the first Incorporate state? Who was > the head of the GEO at the time? Any particular events or laws passed > during that time? I'm thinking like a historian here, so I'm thinking of > very specifics. Basically, I need ot know what I can make up and what I > can't. =) Aren't most of these things in the rulebook? Off the top of my head I seem to remember someone taking over Columbia (or maybe just part of it) as the first Incorporate state. I think it might have been BioGene? Most of the laws and things can be extrapolated from background stuff as you see fit I suppose. It adds another thought though. I wonder what the penalty for wasting good food was during the height of the Blight? There's some bit in the timeline about "King Charles of England" throwing the Prince of Spain out of a banquet in 2038. Admittedly that would be sometime before the Blight. Jason *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:36 AM To: 'list, blue planet' Subject: [fwd] Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2: discussion list? -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:11:37 +0100 To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com From: Jerome Darmont Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2: discussion list? At 12:25 09/02/00 -0500, Brian Betty wrote: >I'd be thrilled to have a discussion list on playtesting; count me in if it >works out. I know onelist has free service. Don't forget to restrain subscriptions to playtesters. :) I'd like to be on too. -------------------------------------------------------- Jerome DARMONT, ERIC, Universite Lumiere - Lyon 2 Bat. L, 5 Avenue Mendes-France, 69676 BRON Cedex, FRANCE Tel.(33)478-774-492 mailto:jerome.darmont@univ-lyon2.fr http://eric.univ-lyon2.fr/~jdarmont/ *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Brian Betty [bbetty@glad.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:26 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2: discussion list? I'd be thrilled to have a discussion list on playtesting; count me in if it works out. I know onelist has free service. Monkeygod ****** By 2050, over 18 million Americans will be over 85 and living in weakened states somewhere in the southwest or Florida. Once the Florida panther acquires a taste for this sun-dried meat, the cat’s population will thrive. -Buck Peterson, "Wildlife of the New Millenium" *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Alan Broad [abroad@appsco.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:46 AM To: 'blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com' Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 > From: Jason Hockley [ mailto:jh39@ukc.ac.uk] > Sent: 09 February 2000 2:24 > > On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:44:16 -0500 Kintaro Oe > wrote: > > > > That's all pretty neat. I just had one thought > > >though. What about setting up another mailing list for > > >those people taking part? That way you could have added > > >discussion on each group's opinion and views of the rules. > > > > that's a good idea, it's the way Eden does it for > > WitchCraft and All Flesh > > Must Be Eaten and it works damn well, especially with the latter. > > Does anyone else like this idea? If the Biohazard > people are too busy would they object to those of us > playtesting sorting something out? Presumably it would have > to screen the people joining or something though. Yep, I'd be very interested in a list, especially as my group are going to be creating characters tonight, which should be the source of many a potential discussion point :-) Also, I've got a few questions about the rules (clarifications, and a few wee things that seem to be missing), so I'm also wondering if there is any prefered way of asking questions of the developers without annoying them with personal mails? Alan Broad Senior Software Developer AppsCo Software Ltd, UK www.appsco.com From: Brian Betty [bbetty@glad.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:12 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - [OT] GEOgraphy For persepective, Rhode Island is smaller that Juneau, AK and Houston, TX, with a lower population, about 1 million, but it is the most densely populated state in the Union ... the state is essentially Providence and environs, hence the longest state name: The State of Rhode Island [ie. Newport] and Providence Plantations. Just for fun! Monkeygod ****** By 2050, over 18 million Americans will be over 85 and living in weakened states somewhere in the southwest or Florida. Once the Florida panther acquires a taste for this sun-dried meat, the cat’s population will thrive. -Buck Peterson, "Wildlife of the New Millenium" *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Joanne FitzRoy [gfitzroy@intranet.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:46 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: GEOgraphy Yes, Alaska's a cute little state. Compared to Ontario :) Pookajo "Kevin L. Nault" wrote: > Jason Hockley wrote: > > > > > YOU want someone closer? Alaska's bigger than New England and I'm the > > > only person listed in the whole state! > > BTW - Our whole state has about 1/8 the population of NYC, so THERE! And I > know people in Anchorage and Fairbanks play, they're just not on the list and > 600 and 800 mi away, respectively. > > > I'm not sure why you mention New England, as I'm in > > Old England (or just "England" as we natives often call > > it). I take your point though. Good luck. > > New England is the term for some of the northern colonies that became states - > from about Connecticut to Maine. Alaska's bigger than Britain and Ireland > together, though, if memory serves. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Planewalker [fleschneab13@uwwvax.uww.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:49 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Speaking of death... > Yeah, and just imagine how some of those places >would get hit if the Blight did occur. If 50 percent of the >people in Alaska die I imagine that leaves a *lot* of space >for the rest. Britain would likely just sink to a level >where the public transport is less congested. This segues into a nice question I need the answer to. I'm writing a piece on the impact of the Blight, and I was wondering if any of the books give detailed information over it. I know the main book gives some, but not lots. For instance, what was the first Incorporate state? Who was the head of the GEO at the time? Any particular events or laws passed during that time? I'm thinking like a historian here, so I'm thinking of very specifics. Basically, I need ot know what I can make up and what I can't. =) Planewalker *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Joanne FitzRoy [gfitzroy@intranet.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:45 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 Jason Hockley wrote: > On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:44:16 -0500 Kintaro Oe > wrote: > > > > That's all pretty neat. I just had one thought > > >though. What about setting up another mailing list for > > >those people taking part? That way you could have added > > >discussion on each group's opinion and views of the rules. > > > > that's a good idea, it's the way Eden does it for WitchCraft and All Flesh > > Must Be Eaten and it works damn well, especially with the latter. > > Does anyone else like this idea? If the Biohazard > people are too busy would they object to those of us > playtesting sorting something out? Presumably it would have > to screen the people joining or something though. > > Damn. I got the rules last night and I'm just > *itching* to discuss them with someone I'm allowed to talk > to! I'm not mentioning any of this to my players until they > sign that form for me. > > Jason Another mailing list? Sorry, It's taking too much time now to sort out the current one!. I only have access to a work computer, and can't tie up the space too much. Great idea, unfortunately quite impractical for myself. Pook *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jason Hockley [jh39@ukc.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:24 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Playtesting BP2 On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:44:16 -0500 Kintaro Oe wrote: > > That's all pretty neat. I just had one thought > >though. What about setting up another mailing list for > >those people taking part? That way you could have added > >discussion on each group's opinion and views of the rules. > > that's a good idea, it's the way Eden does it for WitchCraft and All Flesh > Must Be Eaten and it works damn well, especially with the latter. Does anyone else like this idea? If the Biohazard people are too busy would they object to those of us playtesting sorting something out? Presumably it would have to screen the people joining or something though. Damn. I got the rules last night and I'm just *itching* to discuss them with someone I'm allowed to talk to! I'm not mentioning any of this to my players until they sign that form for me. Jason *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jason Hockley [jh39@ukc.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:41 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: GEOgraphy On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:58:53 +0000 Christopher Gribbon wrote: > >Alaska's bigger than Britain and Ireland together, though, if memory serves. > > I recall hearing a joke (designed to annoy Texans, I understand) that goes something like > this: > "Did you hear that they're going to divide Alaska in two? It's so Texas will be the THIRD > largest state!" > > It's wierd though - all these statistics about how large places are and how big their > populations. Like Tasmania (off Australia) apparently it's the size of Ireland, but with the > population of Dublin. Or here in Britain, more people live in London alone than do in the > whole of Scotland. Yeah, and just imagine how some of those places would get hit if the Blight did occur. If 50 percent of the people in Alaska die I imagine that leaves a *lot* of space for the rest. Britain would likely just sink to a level where the public transport is less congested. Jason *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Christopher Gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:01 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: GEOgraphy --off-topic >Your memory serves pretty well, but in actuality, Alaska is almost as big as >all of Europe, the UK included (but maybe dropping off a few Eastern >European countries). When Alaska was petitioning for statehood in the 1950s, >there was an objection from Texas (then the biggest state by a wide margin); >I believe the dispute was dealing with the relatively high area per capita >(thus skewing the number of representatives Alaska would be allowed to >Texas' disfavor). The representive from Alaska addressed the issue to the >Texan representative thusly: "If it bothers you that Texas will only be the >second largest state, we could divide Alaska into three portions. Then Texas >would be the FOURTH largest state." Oops - I just sent a message saying something similar but less correc, I believe... Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Christopher Gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 5:59 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: GEOgraphy >Alaska's bigger than Britain and Ireland together, though, if memory serves. I recall hearing a joke (designed to annoy Texans, I understand) that goes something like this: "Did you hear that they're going to divide Alaska in two? It's so Texas will be the THIRD largest state!" It's wierd though - all these statistics about how large places are and how big their populations. Like Tasmania (off Australia) apparently it's the size of Ireland, but with the population of Dublin. Or here in Britain, more people live in London alone than do in the whole of Scotland. Kinda like comparing the populations of Earth, Poseidon and places like Mars and Luna, I suppose. Christopher Gribbon Vision Research Laboratories Medical Sciences Institute University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK (01382) 344 229 ____________________________________________________________________ "A scientist is meant to be disinterested, pure; his ambition merely to descry the cement of the universe. He isn't meant to use it to start laying his own patio!" - WILL SELF, The Quantity Theory of Insanity *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message.