I'm the one who asked if Stormsteads could start again, so
I'd like to thank you all for what's gone before, and to
argue not only for the whole cow, but the nits too.
I for one delight in the detail, and hope the group can
support cow counters as well as story tellers. Maybe the
way to segregate the technical stuff is with a header
prefix, like DETAILS. Those who wish can then skip it.
Just before the hiatus, I sent John a draft Cow Calculator
application written for Windows 9x. It asks you how many
people and how much land belong in a given Heortling group
(stead, bloodline or lodge) and then maximizes resources
-- like plowherds, flocks and pigs -- to available labor
and land, deducts the "tithe," dues, taxes and Lunar
tributes and reports on the resulting standard of living,
census counts in broad age groups, and levels of craft,
trade, foodstuff, fodder and fuel demand. It's now in a
more advanced version, FWIW.
I'm reluctant to skew the discussion into technical
directions by offering this up for comment, but I'd be
pleased to mail it to anyone who wants to play with this
or discuss it with me. The software does not mess with
your system: it's one executeable that just runs, no
registry calls no need to uninstall apart from erasing the
file.
Regards
Mark Leymaster
> I was extremely busy in June/July, preparing for Convulsions and
other
> projects, and admitedly a little frustrated by the efforts of (not)
> coordinating a moderately largish group that began with a particular
> practical end in mind.
>
> I'm very happy, indeed possibly inspired, to resume our varied
> conversations, but I'll be taking a much more relaxed attitude to
things,
> especially with regards to project coordination. If folk want to add
> material to the web site - and I certainly encourage this - simply
post it
> here, we'll discuss it for a week and then put it up - with any
expansions
> or redrafting solely in the hands of the poster.
>
> For my part, I have generated a full list of Svenstead folk, with
ages,
> bloodlines, names, and some basic relationships, as per the formulae
we were
> working on when transmission ceased. I will try and put this up on
the web
> in the next week or so.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
> ____________________________________________
> nysalor_at_i... John Hughes
> Questlines: http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/
>
> Hige sceal že heardra, heorte the cenre,
> mod sceal že mare, že ure męgen lytlaš.
>
> [Our hearts must grow resolute, our courage more valiant,
> our spirits must be greater, though our strength grows less.]
>
> - Byrhtwold's last words, 'The Battle of Maldon'.