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Message no. 1
From: Wordman <wordman@*****.COM>
Subject: Siberia map
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 13:18:38 -0400
I've been working on the text for Siberia. It's gonna be _big_. I might
scale back my initial plans for it, or it will fill a sourcebook by
itself. Actually, after this NERPS comes out, maybe I'll expand Siberia
into its own book. I dunno.

Anyway, the point: The map of Siberia is done. You can see it at:

http://pobox.com/~wordman/sixthworld/Siberia.html

It uses an embedded Freehand file, so you need to get the plug in.
Hopefully, the page gives enough instruction.

I know the map doesn't say much without knowing what all the contries
are. I'll update the page soon with a breif outline of what countries
are. I'll also post the history to the list soon (hopefully).

Wordman
Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Siberia map
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:32:31 +0100
Wordman said on 13:18/ 8 Jul 97...

> I've been working on the text for Siberia. It's gonna be _big_. I might
> scale back my initial plans for it, or it will fill a sourcebook by
> itself. Actually, after this NERPS comes out, maybe I'll expand Siberia
> into its own book. I dunno.

You could cut out the not-all-that-relevant information, and strip it down
to the bare "what you NEED to know" stuff for the NERPS article, of
course. Just don't make it too short :)

> Anyway, the point: The map of Siberia is done. You can see it at:
>
> http://pobox.com/~wordman/sixthworld/Siberia.html
>
> It uses an embedded Freehand file, so you need to get the plug in.
> Hopefully, the page gives enough instruction.

Is this map also be supposed to go into the article? If so, you might want
to make a GIF or JPG of it as well, since I know 99% certain I don't have
the plug-in, and 100% certain I'm not going to get it if I don't already
have it... Oh yeah, as a general warning to everyone thinkin of
including a map or other graphic: don't post binaries to the list!

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Message no. 3
From: Wordman <wordman@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:09:37 -0400
>> I wrote:
>> Anyway, the point: The map of Siberia is done. You can see it at:

> Gurth wrote
> Is this map also be supposed to go into the article?

Yes.

> If so, you might want to make a GIF or JPG of it as well,

How about EPS? I know Word can handle it, it will be smaller, and the
resoultion won't totally suck the way a gif or jpeg would.

> since I know 99% certain I don't have the plug-in, and
> 100% certain I'm not going to get it if I don't already
> have it...

Whatever. I'm going to be altering the Sixth World to use Shockwave
Freehand in the future. It handles links better, looks better, prints
better, allows zooming and the file size isn't much bigger.

Wordman
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 11:11:30 +0100
Wordman said on 19:09/ 8 Jul 97...

> > If so, you might want to make a GIF or JPG of it as well,
>
> How about EPS? I know Word can handle it, it will be smaller, and the
> resoultion won't totally suck the way a gif or jpeg would.

I've only just got Word 97, but I think I saw EPS listed among the filters
somewhere, so I guess that would be okay. (Now if only I could create
usable PS files _with_ it...)

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Message no. 5
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:48:58 -0600
Wordman wrote:
)> If so, you might want to make a GIF or JPG of it as well,
)
)How about EPS? I know Word can handle it, it will be smaller, and the
)resoultion won't totally suck the way a gif or jpeg would.

? What's the difference in resolution? I think a jpeg is fine. On
the other hand I have no idea what EPS is <shrug>.

-David
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Message no. 6
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 01:10:09 +0200
On Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:09:37 -0400, Wordman wrote:

>Whatever. I'm going to be altering the Sixth World to use Shockwave
>Freehand in the future. It handles links better, looks better, prints
>better, allows zooming and the file size isn't much bigger.
>
>Wordman

I'd suggest to make a GIF, JPEG, PNG or anything. Lots of people will
not, perhaps never, want or be able to use Shockwave. I'm included in
there, and I'd like to see it.


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Message no. 7
From: "Paolo Falco, Explorer" <Falco@****.IT>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 20:28:50 +0100
10 Jul 97, 1:10, on the downward time curve to Armageddon, Arno R.
Lehmann said:

> >Whatever. I'm going to be altering the Sixth World to use Shockwave
> >Freehand in the future. It handles links better, looks better, prints
> >better, allows zooming and the file size isn't much bigger.
> >
> >Wordman
>
> I'd suggest to make a GIF, JPEG, PNG or anything. Lots of people will
> not, perhaps never, want or be able to use Shockwave. I'm included in
> there, and I'd like to see it.

Five posts for someone that uses an arcane drawing language and not
even one for me, that have used plain .TXT :)
Ohwell... :)

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Message no. 8
From: Wordman <wordman@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:09:35 -0400
> Paolo Falco said
> Five posts for someone that uses an arcane drawing language and not
> even one for me, that have used plain .TXT :)
> Ohwell... :)

Wordman's Rule of Response:

When posting work to the Internet, you will either get negative comments
or none at all.

Wordman
Message no. 9
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 15:43:43 -0600
At 17:09 7/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> Paolo Falco said
>> Five posts for someone that uses an arcane drawing language and not
>> even one for me, that have used plain .TXT :)
>> Ohwell... :)
>
>Wordman's Rule of Response:
>
>When posting work to the Internet, you will either get negative comments
>or none at all.

There are times when I would really welcome negative comments, even just to
know my stuff is being recieved.. :)

-Aj

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Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Siberia Map
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:04:16 +0100
Wordman said on 17:09/10 Jul 97...

> Wordman's Rule of Response:
>
> When posting work to the Internet, you will either get negative comments
> or none at all.

That fits very closely together with a theory I had a few years back:
people who agree with you don't normally reply.

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