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Stuff from the Q & A session with David Braben on update 1.3 ("Powerplay"). - The core mission system has been completely overhauled - Minor Factions are small, relating to local governance (like running stations), Powers are much wider entities, with Major Factions above them. Effectively...

Ireland seems to be on the road to recovery, not least because it does a lot of business with the US and with the UK (who aren't tied in to the Euro currency) whose economies are growing relatively quickly.Portugal and Spain are growing modestly but have a way to go before they get back to their...

It's a good job the banks we've just spent the last seven years bailing out weren't stupid enough to lend $360 billion to them, because it would be awful if people who actually did work had to spend the next seven years bailing the rich out again. European Debt Crisis: Greece Debt: Who Loaned...

Another step closer to the cliff edge: Greece orders raid on government coffers as cash dwindles - Telegraph

The strange afterlife of Einstein's brain The strange afterlife of Einstein's brain - BBC News

Doctor Who to become Hollywood film, leaked Sony emails reveal - Telegraph

In a couple of bad signs, one UK bookmaker is no longer accepting bets on Greece leaving the eurozone this year, while the Financial Times reports Greece has asked the IMF to delay their loan repayments, but the IMF has said no. The next set of deadlines for Greece: 17 Apr ?1b redemption...

The Russians would love to pry Greece away from the EU but 1) right now the Russians have money problems of their own 2) the Greeks don't want to leave the EU. They don't even want to leave the Euro currency 3) the Greeks need the money to pay back loans from the Europeans and the US, so...

To be clear, it's about how much money it will cost to film the scripts he and Frost have come up with, rather than his own personal fee. I doubt he will compromise over the amount of money he thinks it will take either

Alexei Sayle: it's time for a Marxist Top Gear | Books | The Guardian

I've just started re-reading Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh. Her writing style can be difficult, but if you like the book there's about 30 more in the same setting / history.

Doctor Who series 9: Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams and Rufus Hound announced for two-parter The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived

I've often wondered, usually after getting such runs of bad luck, how much effort games companies put in to checking that their random number generators are actually producing "good" random numbers. It must be tempting to just use simple generators because, well, who would know?

The competition is up and running from 5pm GMT - however the wording still says it's a Titan Black, and only for sale at one station rather than spread around 5 random ones. But what might make this extra tough: ...so if they're for sale in only spot, and can only be sold in one spot, in open...

The BBC isn't run by the government, in fact the current UK government is generally regarded as being hostile towards the BBC. Clarkson on the other hand is pals with the prime minister, or was before this all blew up. Cameron has dropped him like a hot potato as the election is looming...

I remember the dungeons being how I hoped MMO dungeons would be, and for that alone it's worth trying if you've never played it before. The AI wasn't the best, though, and the UI was horrible. It's one of those games I think if it were redone properly it could find a niche market.

From the "live coverage" on the Telegraph it sounds like UK broadcasters are all passing on picking up Clarkson - or not letting on that they have an interest - so Netflix would look like a good bet. The police are now going to cast an eye over the investigation but unless someone makes a...

He did punch Piers Morgan, for which I applaud him, in a crowded restaurant a few years back. That was over reports in Morgan's newspaper about Clarkson "allegedly" having an affair. I put allegedly in quotes because Clarkson denied it at the time, but subsequently his wife split from him and...

Hmm... so only one station sells them? I bet it's one of those that are 200,000+ LS from the jump point. I wonder how many stations and outposts are in the game. *edit* response from developers: *double edit* don't get blown up if you find one, or pirated. This would be a case where entering...

A small tale from the boards warning of the dangers of the improved AI Banged up by NPCs. Wow.

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Another way to increase jump range is to lose weight. Class D modules tend to be light. Removing weapons can save a few tons. One of the less obvious ways to save weight is by fitting your ship with undersized modules. This tends to work better on larger ships, although you may find that...

[UPDATE] Dev Update - 11.03.2015 Good news, the part I've put in bold makes me wonder if it's worth selling an expensive non-trade ship now and buying it back cheaper after the mini-patch this week goes live... *edit* nevermind, it's kinda answered:

Jeremy Clarkson suspended after 'punching Top Gear producer in row over catering' - Telegraph

The newsletter screenshot would say the Imperial Courier is next. Here's the old school version, together with planetary landings!

Officially no-one at the BBC or Top Gear is supposed to talk about what happened, but the whispering is that Clarkson threw a punch (and missed) and whoever he attacked made a formal complaint. Slightly off-topic but the MD at one of my old companies was a car nut and tried to hire him for an...

Not sure if this is for real yet, but it sounds like it could be legit *edit* several news sites are reporting it now Jeremy Clarkson suspended from Top Gear - Telegraph

If you don't like the Eagle and you're kind of limited in range, perhaps try out the Hauler. It's a trading ship by design, but it makes a decent exploration vessel and has good jump range so you'll be able to find a new region to call home even if you hate flying it and trade back to a...

The wing size would be limited by the P2P network code anyway. The number of players you can see at any one time is limited to 32 although the practical limit is closer to 16, depending upon the condition of people's network links. If you flew in a Wing of 16 the chances are you'd never see...

I'm not sure how long that exclusivity will last but it's not a real surprise, as all Frontier's games seem to end up on the Xbox as well as PC. I guess the PS4 has No Mans Sky coming so Sony won't be in any rush to get it. They are being very careful with what they say about this and about...

AFAIK no official word yet. I would guess the Vulture to be about 10 million and the FDL at least 40 million but probably a lot more, maybe even 100 million to make it more "exclusive". Vulture jump range can reach 17 LY without having to resort to undersizing modules, so it's not too bad...

Vulture - Very manoeuvrable, decent jump range, two large hardpoints, but power issues. Kind of like an Eagle on steroids. Like it. Fer-de-Lance. The picture says it best: It has lots of firepower - 1 huge hardpoint + 4 medium. It's fast and manoeuvrable for a big ship, but it looks...

Frontier still have the training wheels on for player-created content. As it stands you can contribute to the creation of new capital ships, and new space stations. Whoever contributes most gets naming rights, IIRC. Depending on what explorers have discovered, some high-level Kickstarter backers...

As a follow-on to the above: EliteDangerous - A Distant Rendezvous (43,000 LYs from home) - YouTube A Distant Rendezvous - 43,000ly From Sol [video]

IIRC (and it was a long time ago) the most common number of wins in Arena was only 1 or 2, and about half the games had 3 wins or less, which makes sense if you look at it from Blizzard's point of view and how much they charge for entry compared to just buying a pack of cards.

What every child should have World's most dangerous toy goes on display at museum - Techie News

There's a fiction book (Elite: Reclamation (Elite: Dangerous) eBook: Drew Wagar, Heather Murphy: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store) for which the author used Space Engine to create the Prism system, which Frontier then took the data from and plugged it into the ED stellar forge to recreate the same...

Frontier are supposedly tracking those who persistently log off in combat, but unfortunately no actions have been taken against them yet. ?Combat Logging?: Update

NoGlorfindel fought his Balrog in the First Age. Glorfindel may later have been sent back to Middle Earth at the same time as the wizards first arrived in the Third Age, but as a companion to them. IIRC Tolkien had made some notes about it once he realised he'd used the same name twice and it...