On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Bard wrote:

> From: "Bard" <dabard@...>
>
> >:Also, there absolutely HAS to be a serious penalty for dying;
>
> There does? When and where did this ridiculous idea get started? Back in

Systems engineering 101. Positive and zero feedback systems
are inherently unstable. Negative feedback systems are
stable. If the negative penalties for an incorrect behavior
do not outweigh the potential rewards, that behavior will
proliferate (go unstable). Case and point - insta-res thieves
in UO.

(My friend is not here to jump all over me for treating people
like cogs in a wheel, so I can say stuff like this. :-)

--
John H. Kim
kim@...