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Questions and Answers - Part 3

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Whisky Priestess

15:30 / 31.07.06

Has anyone actually tried the new cock Coke?

Yes.

It is Diet Coke. Diet Coke in a black tin. The Emperor's new clothes of Coke, is what it is.

16:15 / 31.07.06

Reidcourchie, I believe you're talking about the version that came out in 1983 (TSR redid the covers of all their core books that year), in which case the cover artist is Jeff Easley.

(I'm fairly sure I have this right, although I just googled to double check and could not easily find confirmation.)

16:36 / 31.07.06

For those wanting to look at Georgie Blackie's competition work it is this:

16:36 / 31.07.06

Gridley is correct, and Grant strangely wrong.

The image Reid remembers was from a later printing of the 1st Edition AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, and was indeed painted by Jeff Easley. Earlier printings of the DMG had a (pretty bad) cover painting by David C. Sutherland. The picture Grant is thinking of, though—the guys prying the ruby eye from the brass idol—was the cover for early printings of the Player's Handbook, and was painted by Dave Trampier.

Compare images here.

Trampier was a skilled and idiosyncratic artist, far more versatile and with greater technique than Sutherland; a lot of his work looks like lino-cuts or scratchboard. He also did a comic strip in DRAGON magazine—gorgeous color, economical linework, beautiful composition, seriously deranged. Sutherland, the workhorse of TSR's early days, died last year after a long and painful illness. Trampier sems to have simply disappeared; even former close friends haven't heard from him in years.

To my knowledge, Gygax never drew himself; he was associated with artists like Sutherland and the incomparable Erol Otis pretty much from the start.

01:59 / 01.08.06

If I'm to be wrong about anything, I'm glad this is the thing to be wrong about.

Although I could've sworn Gygax did them lame-ass pamphlet pictures.

ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!

05:07 / 01.08.06

Oops, sorry. If you click on the name of the work, in the list, it brings you to the work, and if you click on the artist, it takes you to a mostly useless page where you can, in theory, navigate to the pictures. But not very easily.

Thank you to all who voted, also. (if you can't be bothered voting every day, but don't mind your email being used to vote every day, feel free to PM it to me, [will not be used for nefarious purposes] and I/Georgia will put it in for you)

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

07:36 / 01.08.06

Brilliant!

Grant, Gridley, Jack thanks very much for your help.

17:58 / 02.08.06

Ooooooh

Oooooooooooh, siiiiirrr, I have a question

Siiiiirr

Camping, then. I'm about to go, and I'm afeared that it's going to rain. So I were wondering, does anyone know how to further waterproof a tent? I know there are websites and forums devoted to this stuff, but I may need a bit of an in depth question and answer sesh in order to get my facts straight.

Let's go!

18:42 / 02.08.06

Either bring an extra tarp to put over it (not touching it, but overhead) or (and) put something on the fabric itself. Depends on what the tent's made from, but most recommend some kind of Armor-all-type stuff that rolls over the seams. Seam sealer. I had a tube that came with my Coleman tent.

And try to pitch the tent on a slight angle that's slightly higher than the surrounding ground.

There's better advice here.

Oh, that reminds me -- pack lots of plastic bags. Keep clean/dry clothes in one, and wet/dirty clothes in another one, and papers (books, maps, etc) in another one, and cooking stuff in another one. Plastic is your friend in the wet wilderness.

18:58 / 02.08.06

bring an extra tarp to put over it (not touching it, but overhead)

How would one go about doing that, then? The "not touching it" bit seems extra difficult.

22:39 / 02.08.06

Rope and trees, usually. Or poles. Set that up first, then put your tent up under it.

The tarp has to be kind of big, you understand.

23:05 / 02.08.06

Make sure you pack lots of Hunger Breaks, Boboss. Keep your strength up!

Yeah, you need to do a reverse hammock (pretty much) over the tent. As long as you have a decent tent tho you should be alright; it pissed like a tramp last year and my 3 year old Wilkinson was dry inside.

Like a barn full of owls.

Inside.

Tabitha Tickletooth

08:09 / 03.08.06

There are some handy hints here (once you get over the how to open a box intro). If you want to get something from a camping/outdoor shop, you're looking for a fly sheet. In the days of the good old triangular, shall we say 'tent-shaped' tent, this was all very easy as you just needed a rectangular tarp and a couple of spreaders (little metal tubes that slip over the top of your tent poles and and keep the tarp separate from the tent). With today's many new-fangled tent shapes I imagine it could be a little more difficult, but I'm sure there is something similar available if you ask around.

Totally backing the plastic bag suggestion - many spares, is the secret. Also, I would add that a quick dry travel towel is a god send and one of my favourite travel gadgets in the whole world is one of these for the inevitable drying of stuff that will be required.

Camping rocks.

09:47 / 03.08.06

When I read about a criminal being tried in the paper, the report often mentions, during the sentencing part, something like " .. he also asked for 6 other counts of aggravated assault [or whatever] to be taken into account".

Now I'm no lex luthor, but if you were caught and being tried for a crime, surely the last thing you would want the judge to take into account is other crimes you had done! Clearly this is some archaic / legal speech oddity, but does anyone know how it came about?

10:25 / 03.08.06

At some point recently on barbelith I saw a very disturbing picture that someone posted up of Darth Vader in pink and white armour. I can't find this anymore, can't remember what thread it was in, and I am afraid that I may have dreamed it. Can someone direct me to the thread in question, so I know it wasn't a product of my increasingly demented mind?

10:31 / 03.08.06

Check the happy thread.

13:37 / 03.08.06

Jub - Getting other crimes "taken into account" means that you admit to them, and then serve your time concurrently for all of them (as is the normal method in the UK). It might earn you a slightly longer sentance (though probably not, assuming you're being tried for the worst crime you commited), but if you didn't, and you were caught later, you could still be tried for anything but the crime you had already been convicted for. You wouldn't ask for a case of murder to be taken into account if you'd been conviced of speeding, though.

So, it's a way for criminals to save themselves the chance of being reconvicted of a similar crime for little cost to themsevles. The police like it because it increases clearup rates, and, well, I think the judiciary just like being told about crimes without having to do any actually judgery.

Disco is My Class War

16:01 / 03.08.06

Boboss, if you're really keen to keep from getting washed out, you could dig a little drainage ditch around the tent, to direct any unwanted water downhill. My Dad used to moan about having to dig ditches for camping in Scouts...

These days tents that say they're water-resistant on the label usually are, as long as you put them up properly. What makes tents waterproof is that the tent fly, the outer waterproof layer, doesn't come into contact with the inner layer (which is usually not as waterproof). So, peg the fly out from the edge of the inner bit, and tighten the guy ropes so that all the surfaces are taut. And, er, Bob's your aunt.

Oh, and choose your tent spot wisely. Camp on high ground, possibly under a nice tree or bush that might offer added rain shelter, etc.

20:04 / 03.08.06

You are all wonderous darlings. Thank you so much for the advice.

Having been to the very same campsite last year I know for a fact that trees are few and far between. Ho hum.

Hungerbreaks will not be joining us, Triplets, you foul creature. I intend to have a pleasant weekend.

21:07 / 03.08.06

Right. A Jewish celebrity - might be a film star, might be a musician, might be somebody entirely different - once said something along the lines of "My people spent two thousand years being persecuted and killed for their faith. You'd think that those two thousands years would have given us an aversion to warfare and bloodshed, not a taste for it".

I should know who it was. I used to know who it was. I've probably completely mangled the meaning of the statement. Anybody tell me who I'm thinking of and what the exact quote is?

12:04 / 05.08.06

I read the following on the news a couple of minutes ago:

Scientists have found the explanation for a big bulge on the dark side of the moon.

What puzzles me, is the article mentioning that this bulge first was described by Pierre-Simon Laplace in1799.

The first picture of the moon´s backside was taken in the 20th century. On earth, we always see the same side of the moon.

So how could Laplace know about the bulge in 1799?

13:03 / 05.08.06

Presumably Laplace analysed variations in the Moon's orbit that could be explained by the existence of such a bulge rather then observing it directly, Mistoffelees.

14:25 / 05.08.06

Thank you for your answer, elene!

So, he cheated. I assumed as much.

14:34 / 05.08.06

Hah! Yeah, he did – but brilliantly.

21:11 / 05.08.06

Tabitha, that clothes line thingy is brilliant and I must now have one.

Another camping question: I believe that it's alright to camp anywhere in the national parks in the UK, is that correct? Can I really just park my car in a car park and trek off with my tent until I find a nice spot? Up until now I have always camped on sites, but we want to camp somewhere a bit more wild.

If my national park info is not correct, is there anywhere in the UK that we can free camp?

20:47 / 06.08.06

How the buggering hell does this work?

ONLY NICE THINGS

20:54 / 06.08.06

None of the cards are the same, Lula - you just only look for yours.

21:00 / 06.08.06

When you go to the final page and look for your chosen card, it's not there. This is because the five cards on the final page are five totally different cards that didn't appear on the first page. You just don't notice that because you're concentrating on your chosen card and don't check the others.

Essential Dazzler

21:03 / 06.08.06

How fast do you need to drive for Speed cameras in a 30 milles per hour zone to clock you?

I always stick to 30 in areas I know to have speed cameras, but I'm regularly overtaken by other drivers. Are these people super-rich, with clean licenses on their way to events so important it's worth earning points on their licence?

Do cameras only flash you if you are travelling over a certain speed, say 36mph?

21:07 / 06.08.06

Haus, Xoc, thank you. I feel VERY stupid now.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:10 / 06.08.06

I think they usually give you an extra 10% on the limit, though I'm not sure.

21:15 / 06.08.06

Olulabelle, I only know that because I marvelled similarly at another of those puzzles in the past till someone put me right. Possibly Haus.

21:19 / 06.08.06

Yes, according to this article you get 10% plus 2mph. So you can go 32mph + 10 % or 72mph + 10 %.

I can't work out what the actual speeds are but maybe some people already know that and that's why they go faster than you Chao.

Essential Dazzler

21:53 / 06.08.06

Excellent, thank you.

23:00 / 06.08.06

more curious than a question, but how long should a questions and answer - part 3 thread become before someone says 'bugger this then' and starts a questions and answers - part 4 thread? i note we are on page 36.

is there a highlights thread of posts from questions and answers - parts 1 and 2?

: )

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