<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:33:50 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199805191933.MAA02633#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 9805160227.8xg8@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00708.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00710.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00627.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00643.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00709">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00709">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00709">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:33:27 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent -- Kanga.Nu version" <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> BTW: A JAVA multiplayer version of Risk can be found at: <URL:<A HREF="http://nilo.borak.es/risk/">http://nilo.borak.es/risk/</A>> Not quite my preferred rule set tho. On Fri, 15 May 98 19:27:34 MST Chris Gray<cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> wrote: > [J C Lawrence:] >> Translation It took about 30 minutes for the first TC population >> explosion to occur. 20 minutes later they all died of starvation. >> Within a couple days the entire world was knee deep in TC spores. >> TC's need an effective predator which has its own cyclic population >> behaviour (needs to be dependant on TC population, but enough >> out-of-step to prevent steady-states from occuring). > Sounds similar to the old "sharks and fish" simulation. It was in > the Mathematical Games section of Scientific American some years > ago. Could be. I've spent significant time searching the Scientific American site to no avail (they have one of the worst search features I've found yet). > I recall from playing that a friend and I did that you can tune the > various parameters to keep things going for quite a long time. > For those who don't recall it, it was something like this:G ...deletia... > (I may have some details wrong - its been a while.) Yes, very similar. I'd love to dig out that original article. -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00627" HREF="msg00627.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA (Chris Gray)</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00708.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud Tales</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00710.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: world concept</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00627.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00643.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00709"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00709"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: Java multithreading performance</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00685" HREF="msg00685.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: Java multithreading performance</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 19 May 1998, 03:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00688" HREF="msg00688.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: Java multithreading performance</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 19 May 1998, 05:32 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00727" HREF="msg00727.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: Java multithreading performance</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 20 May 1998, 13:49 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00627" HREF="msg00627.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 16 May 1998, 06:02 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00709" HREF="msg00709.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 19 May 1998, 19:33 GMT </LI> </UL> <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00643" HREF="msg00643.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Sun 17 May 1998, 21:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00645" HREF="msg00645.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></strong>, Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Sun 17 May 1998, 21:42 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00652" HREF="msg00652.html">[MUD-Dev] Titanic's demise (was Re: MURKLE: Wot it is)</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Sun 17 May 1998, 21:21 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00716" HREF="msg00716.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MURKLE: Wot it is</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 19 May 1998, 20:53 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>