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Re: How to inverse a particle emitter

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On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>         That is in the same class as the "lunar lander" game on my college
> mainframe...
>
>         It did not do validity checking of inputs, with the result that one
> could do
>
> -10 lbs thrust at 180 degrees
>
> and GAIN fuel while decelerating.

Hah! The version I played didn't allow you to specify 180 degrees,
although it did allow negative burns. So you could tweak your fuel
supply by careful negative burning, but it required some balancing
work to actually come to a safe landing.

Of course, if you wanted to just quit out in a hurry, all you have to
do is a straight-down burn of -9999999, and bam, you're on the ground,
with a Captain Haddock style of "We shall end up by arriving, I
suppose".

ChrisA

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How to inverse a particle emitter stephenppraneel7@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 16:15 -0700
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2015-06-04 23:31 +0000
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 17:35 -0600
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter stephenppraneel7@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 16:47 -0700
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 19:10 -0600
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 20:17 -0600
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2015-06-04 18:03 -0700
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-05 12:54 +0200
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-05 14:30 +0000
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-05 20:10 -0400
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 10:32 +1000
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-05 15:44 +0000
  Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-07 21:18 +0000

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