tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post685789321055703252..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In Geek History: He did math, too.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76670814011410138922009-07-10T21:13:56.551-04:002009-07-10T21:13:56.551-04:00I came here for Gundam references, but am VERY HAP...I came here for Gundam references, but am VERY HAPPY to see all The Battletech/Mechwarrior references. New PC game just announced yesterday.<br />http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002164p1.htmlOverload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89716699002402280002009-07-10T18:11:30.038-04:002009-07-10T18:11:30.038-04:00and 60 years later, Tesla was born.and 60 years later, Tesla was born.deadcenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86948335269864872302009-07-10T17:31:03.527-04:002009-07-10T17:31:03.527-04:00Oh, man, the geekery I've baited out of the wo...Oh, man, the geekery I've baited out of the woodwork here!<br /><br />(I liked the vehicle-mounted VRF Gauss guns in <i>Traveller</i>. Anything with a rate of fire that requires cryogenic cooling is okie-dokie in my book...)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64272115948665562462009-07-10T17:25:27.322-04:002009-07-10T17:25:27.322-04:00I really liked the Gauss Cannon in Master of Orion...I really liked the Gauss Cannon in Master of Orion II. The first real ship-killing-in-one-turn weapon, especially once you got three tech upgrades and could install them as Heavy Mount, Auto Fire.<br /><br />tw: apedness. I'm trying hard to derive a definiton that does not involve primates, and the best I can get so far is "That quality of not having feet."Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78944239653963952502009-07-10T15:27:06.295-04:002009-07-10T15:27:06.295-04:00Gauss rifles are bad(especially the new Lyran Heav...Gauss rifles are bad(especially the new Lyran Heavy Gauss guns).<br /><br />But the clans have worse: HAG 40s - think "Gauss Needler".HTRNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22236996456261011332009-07-10T14:50:15.984-04:002009-07-10T14:50:15.984-04:00What I remember of the board game made gauss rifle...What I remember of the board game made gauss rifles pretty nice, IIRC. You had a finite ammunition supply, but they built up very little heat, did a nice amount of damage, and had excellent range. And ammunition was finite, but more compact than any other non-energy weapon in the game. By comparison, PPCs and laser build heat pretty quickly--you'll <i>need</i> the extra heat sink(s).<br /><br />I never played, though, so I may be missing all manner of practical considerations.Canthroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263191238757258797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49709386920252954212009-07-10T14:05:19.278-04:002009-07-10T14:05:19.278-04:00Dear ghod ...
ermmm ... get back to us when these...Dear ghod ...<br /><br />ermmm ... get back to us when these weapons are actually available, Kay?<br /><br />Only what's on the shelf, Sport.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7058507073708272512009-07-10T13:49:31.514-04:002009-07-10T13:49:31.514-04:00With access to fusion engines, you can put a PPC i...With access to fusion engines, you can put a PPC in an attack helicopter. Assuming indifference to property damage, it puts MOUT in a whole new light.<br /><br />No 'mechs in my mercenary cavalry regiment, back in the day. Attack helos, air-mobile infantry in Karnovs, and hovertanks (Savannah Masters for recon and medium I-forget-whats for punch).Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33657629917954798642009-07-10T12:28:22.651-04:002009-07-10T12:28:22.651-04:00"Gauss rifles suck, yo."
Not in my fict..."Gauss rifles suck, yo."<br /><br />Not in my ficton, (Traveller, baby) nicest man portable non energy weapon you can buy. Excellent range, penetration and controllability and very low signature.<br /><br />Unlike the PGMP and FGMP's (Fusion Gun man portable) which require powered armour and light up the user like a , well, a fused bolt of plasma... all my heavy infantry also carried a Gauss rifle and things you can throw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12226932505477617112009-07-10T11:15:33.502-04:002009-07-10T11:15:33.502-04:00The M72 from Fallout is man-portable!
And let'...The M72 from Fallout is man-portable!<br /><br />And let's not forget the Rail Driver from Red Faction.<br /><br />Personally, in 'mechs, I'd rather have a LBXAC.Vaaroknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29943992842825213602009-07-10T10:55:29.861-04:002009-07-10T10:55:29.861-04:00Gauss rifles only rock when you head cap a 100 ton...Gauss rifles only rock when you head cap a 100 ton assault on double sixes at max range while piloting a 30 ton light. Or, conversely, completely coring a 30 ton light in one shot.<br /><br />I think I just added three points to my geek street cred.Mylesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85781831395567851412009-07-10T10:03:51.266-04:002009-07-10T10:03:51.266-04:00Damn gauss rifles. Damn stupid 2/3 mechs with fou...Damn gauss rifles. Damn stupid 2/3 mechs with four bloody gauss rifles.pdbhttp://www.papadeltabravo.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82334103459374632542009-07-10T09:33:39.170-04:002009-07-10T09:33:39.170-04:00Gauss was an amazing math prodigy. The best-known ...Gauss was an amazing math prodigy. The best-known story about him is that when he was a schoolboy, his teacher gave the class a math assignment that, the teacher thought, would give him time to have lunch. He asked the students to add all of the numbers from one to one hundred. Gauss had the answer before the teacher could leave the room, and the answer was correct: 5,050. Asked how he could add so many numbers so quickly, Gauss explained that the first number, one, and the last number, one hundred, have a sum of 101. And the next pair of numbers, 2 and 99, also have a sum of 101. And so forth for fifty pairs. The last pair is 50 and 51. So 50 x 101 = 5,050.<br /><br />He was an amazing man.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60382537390766312062009-07-10T09:12:45.785-04:002009-07-10T09:12:45.785-04:00Gauss rifles suck, yo. They take too long to relo...Gauss rifles suck, yo. They take too long to reload, and don't carry very much ammo. For the weight you can get two PPCs and an extra heat sink, or like 4 medium pulse lasers.Calebhttp://gunnuts.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15166873899328053312009-07-10T08:27:22.866-04:002009-07-10T08:27:22.866-04:00He sounds like he would have been fun at parties.He sounds like he would have been fun at parties.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.com