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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
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In &lt;<A HREF="msg00556.html">199708141750.MAA16729#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu</A>&gt;, on 08/14/97 
   at 10:50 AM, Cynbe ru Taren &lt;cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu&gt; said:


&gt;&gt; Now you're talking.  I'd really like to see if I can't extend the
&gt;&gt; system such that it becomes really compnent based.  Then a spell
&gt;&gt; caster starts assembling components:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;   (waggle fingers)  that's some fire
&gt;&gt;   (..............)  that's some explosion
&gt;&gt;   (..............)  that's some more explosion
&gt;&gt;   (..............)  that's some motion or missle characteristics
&gt;&gt;   (..............)  that's some ......
&gt;&gt;   (..............)  And release it!
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; Then any particular released spell would be an assembliage of the
&gt;&gt; entire set of previously unreleased components.

&gt;Cool!  Constants, state, composition operators... a few more weeks of
&gt;discussion, and we'll have re-invented enough of  programming
&gt;languages to allow some really interesting effects :)

Precisely!  I'd actually had a bet with myself that Miro would be the
first to notice that.

About the only other thing I'd like to change would be to remove the
reliance on the 5 fingers of two hands.  Thus players with
ambidextrous toes, or more fingers per hand could have an advantage. 
This of it as varying the thread count...

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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev]  Finding Space</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00653" HREF="msg00653.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Finding Space</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 18 Aug 1997, 07:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00656" HREF="msg00656.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Finding Space</A></strong>, 
Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Mon 18 Aug 1997, 19:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00657" HREF="msg00657.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Finding Space</A></strong>, 
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00556" HREF="msg00556.html">[MUD-Dev]  Spellcaster, or Waving Hands</A></strong>, 
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu">cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 17:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00583" HREF="msg00583.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Spellcaster, or Waving Hands</A></strong>, 
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 22:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00587" HREF="msg00587.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Spellcaster, or Waving Hands</A></strong>, 
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 23:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00612" HREF="msg00612.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Spellcaster, or Waving Hands</A></strong>, 
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 22:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00601" HREF="msg00601.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Spellcaster, or Waving Hands</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 06:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00551" HREF="msg00551.html">[MUD-Dev]  Quad-trees/Oct-trees</A></strong>, 
Dan Armstrong <a href="mailto:orion#pixi,com">orion#pixi,com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 11:39 GMT
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