Re: [HoE] Re: The Timeline. (What did we do for 100 years?)

[Kirt Dankmyer <loki@triadntr.net>]

> I wondered why the technology or the culture never progressed above "our"
> level.  I can justify it from a game design point (everyone who plays
> already knows what am M16 looks like, therefore it is now big streach to
> visulize an NA assult rifle.  Most of us can associate with malls and
> HMMWV's better than we could an air cushion vehicle)

Also, in the case of firearms, today we still use designs a century old. If it
ain't broke, don't fix it. And considering what a dataslug can hold, *some*
technology progressed.
	-Loki