Talk:Eve Online/Archive 3

message: Wirm, a fan of "The Great Scam" story by Nightfreeze, registered thegreatscam.com, putting the full content of the original story on that site. The new link contains a short parody by a different author (RolandTower) than the original story, that as I understand it appeared in the original thread on the somethingawful forums. The parody is a small addition (374 words vs 15139 in the Nightfreeze story). The current link is to http://static.circa1984.com/the-big-scam.html which is hosted by an unknown source and is the first google link for "the great scam".
I don't particularly care where we link to for the story, and some of my concerns below may sound a bit nitpicky, but that's because I think the previous link was fairly ideal. In order to change the link I would like to see the new link be at least as useful, readable and direct, while adding something useful.
My main concerns about the new link are:
*The intro text/page is unnecessary. It's just keeping me from the story. The story introduces itself quite well. At most a "originally copied from <url>" line at the top of the story might be appropriate.
*The text is broken up into 14 pages (plus the intro page), based on the original 13 parts in the original link. This introduces unnecessary clicking and just breaks up the story. The original story is long, but being plaintext, loads quickly.
*The text is channeled down a narrow section, rather than flowing to the width of user's browser window. Reflowing is helpful for a long read.
*The story is no longer easily printable.
Of course all of these things could be addressed by of the owner new link, in which case it'd just be a question of whether the parody by the second author is worth changing for.
Comments please.
--Battlehamster 04:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The user has yet to respond to any of the concerns regarding the link change (I posted a note pointing here on his/her talk page), so I've reverted the link to the original. --Battlehamster 01:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link for "The Great Scam" story 

message: To the best of my knowlage, Kali is still slated for a Q2 release (wither or not this happens is a different story). Granted I wouldn't be to surprised if it was to be released at a later date than this spring, could someone Give a refrence? According to the Eve-Online homepage, under the features section, Kali is still a Q2/2006 Release.
Current information from CCP says 'September 06'. You'll need to look on the latest dev blog to confirm it.
: Current information says they split Kali in 3 parts with Kali 1 being September (lots of stuff), Kali 2 December (Factional Warfare) and Kali 3 April 2007 (Graphic upgrade) - Official Blog about Kali, gotta register -Shinhan 14:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kali Pushed Back? 

message: There should probably be some mention Stackless Python, which most of the game engine is written in.  --Piet Delport 07:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to mention Stackless Python, as well as the other technologies used, in a History of Development section or something similar. I haven't had time yet to organize such a section, though. --Battlehamster 13:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Python?