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+               <title>Oolite, a life in space as vagabond and mercenary - nice free software</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Oolite__a_life_in_space_as_vagabond_and_mercenary___nice_free_software.html</link>        
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+                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;70%&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2016-12-11-nice-oolite.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;In my early years, I played
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Classic_Elite&quot;&gt;the epic game
+Elite&lt;/a&gt; on my PC.  I spent many months trading and fighting in
+space, and reached the &#39;elite&#39; fighting status before I moved on.  The
+original Elite game was available on Commodore 64 and the IBM PC
+edition I played had a 64 KB executable.  I am still impressed today
+that the authors managed to squeeze both a 3D engine and details about
+more than 2000 planet systems across 7 galaxies into a binary so
+small.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;I have known about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oolite.org/&quot;&gt;the free
+software game Oolite inspired by Elite&lt;/a&gt; for a while, but did not
+really have time to test it properly until a few days ago.  It was
+great to discover that my old knowledge about trading routes were
+still valid.  But my fighting and flying abilities were gone, so I had
+to retrain to be able to dock on a space station.  And I am still not
+able to make much resistance when I am attacked by pirates, so I
+bougth and mounted the most powerful laser in the rear to be able to
+put up at least some resistance while fleeing for my life. :)&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;When playing Elite in the late eighties, I had to discover
+everything on my own, and I had long lists of prices seen on different
+planets to be able to decide where to trade what.  This time I had the
+advantages of the
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page&quot;&gt;Elite wiki&lt;/a&gt;,
+where information about each planet is easily available with common
+price ranges and suggested trading routes.  This improved my ability
+to earn money and I have been able to earn enough to buy a lot of
+useful equipent in a few days.  I believe I originally played for
+months before I could get a docking computer, while now I could get it
+after less then a week.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;If you like science fiction and dreamed of a life as a vagabond in
+space, you should try out Oolite.  It is available for Linux, MacOSX
+and Windows, and is included in Debian and derivatives since 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
+activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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                <title>Er lover brutt når personvernpolicy ikke stemmer med praksis?</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_lover_brutt_n_r_personvernpolicy_ikke_stemmer_med_praksis_.html</link>