Population Disappearing?

rdouglass · #1 June 5th, 2001, 09:01 PM

My experience has been similar to what Baron M. sees.

By the way Baron, I see you joined the SETI group....

Baron Munchausen · #2 June 5th, 2001, 10:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
(warning: OT post...)

dominion: what's your sig mean? I think I've seen that quote in an ad for a computer game, but I can't remember which one...

It's Latin. There are lots of great quotes in Latin. There are various ways to translate any given saying, of course.

'Corruptissima republica, plurimae leges' = "The more corrupt the goverment, the more laws it has" or "The more corrupt the state, the more laws proliferate" and a few other variations.

'Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges' = "In the face of arms the law is silent" -- i.e., having the law on your side doesn't help if the other guy has got the guns.

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Baron Munchausen · #3 June 5th, 2001, 10:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rdouglass:
My experience has been similar to what Baron M. sees.

By the way Baron, I see you joined the SETI group....

Yeah, I finally joined thinking all but the top two members were inactive and I'd be up there near the top in short order, but one other has suddenly gotten active again & I'm racing to catch him. Is that you?

I think I'd have to leave my machine running 24 hours to really catch him, he's apparently also got a new machine as his average time per work unit is dropping.

dominion · #4 June 5th, 2001, 10:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
(warning: OT post...)

dominion: what's your sig mean? I think I've seen that quote in an ad for a computer game, but I can't remember which one...

It's from a episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and the interpretation is "In times of war, the laws fall silent". An admiral was trying to justify certain acts during the Dominion War.

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"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"

Droplede · #5 June 6th, 2001, 04:20 AM

Did an experiment today, and it backs up Dominion's findings, actually. Using my native population -- straight from the homeword -- and large transports with colony modules on them, I colonized each different size of planet. The 100, 200, et al. colonization limit held true, and there was no captured population in the equation. And yes, I was colonizing green-star planets.

Didn't try it with a ringworld, however. Be interesting to see if the 500 colonization limit doubled or disappeared.

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rdouglass · #6 June 6th, 2001, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
[B}...one other has suddenly gotten active again & I'm racing to catch him. Is that you..[/b]

Nope, I'm the one currently on top...