Recent content by CordwainerFish

Are they? I'd expect them to be bags of mostly water, like the rest of us. For certain their skeleta may compose more of their bulk, but bone does not average that much more dense than the gooshier parts of us - and Virushi could easily have a lower ratio of cortical to cancellous bone than we do.

Which is why you always have your ship built in a jurisdiction that has a lemon law.

...or to which you wish to seem to be accustomed... (little difference if your table follows 'your SOC is what you consistently act as if it were over a long enough time')

I don't want to see so much as one word about it until someone else has built one and the freaking thing works.

Similarly, ents became treants.

And some have already arrived, even in Unistat!

There are oodles of entities who have trademarked the term 'Traveller' - two Ls - search yourself and see. What you're saying is that Mongoose is in danger unless they change the name of the game, and that is wrong by black letter law. No entity can bring trademark action against another...

Now explain to me how it is that all those companies use the Traveler trademark and nobody has ever sued anybody. You're telling people to be afraid of the monster under the bed.

How about searching for yourself and seeing how many different currently active trademarks there are using the words 'Traveler' and 'Traveller': https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information There would have been no lawsuit.

Cite? Even Appelcline says it was for no other reason than to be distinctive. Urk? Copyright covers something completely different. This would be trademark - and trademarks only cover products in a specific sector. I could market Traveler brand laundry detergent and all the insurance...

Whether or not it's actionable, it's definitely a dick move.

You just aren't reading the right fanfic.

I'd expect the mid to high end amps to be DSP, because transistors used as analog amps sound like ass when they're overdriven.

Also, bet you a horn of mead the 'vik' in Skandersvik is the same as in 'viking'.

Are you sure? One fell into a wormhole once and when it came back it caused a lot of trouble.