On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 05:38:48PM -0700, Ammon Lauritzen wrote: > Christian Knoke wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:37:53PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>can somebody - maybe the creator - please explain in simple words, > >>what the new techs "milling" and "riflery" stand for? > >> > >>I want to know before I translate it. > >> > >>I'm also curious about the motivation of these; the history ruleset > >>seems to me not finished work. > >> > >>Christian > > > >Anyone who can explain "riflery" and "milling"? > > > Well, I don't know if this is what you are looking for, Yes, it is, exactly :-) > but rifling is > the process of boring the inside of a gun's barrel into a screw pattern > so the bullet spins as it is fired, thus going straighter. Yes, I had been guessing, but wasn't sure at all. Thank you. > To me, the > word riflery simply sounds like the skill of being able to fire a rifle > (as in archery). Yes, but now when it comes to technology, this sounds a bit ridiculous. I guess the ruleset author refers to the ability to produce rifles. I wonder whether you can call this a "technology", still. > Milling as pertains to agriculture would be the process of turning grain > into flour. Milling as regards industry would be the process of either > grinding, polishing, or stamping metal. Respecting the position in the ruleset, the latter. I think you can call it "Metallbearbeitung" in german. > Ammon Christian -- Christian Knoke * * * http://www.enter.de/~c.knoke/ * * * * * * * * * Ceterum censeo Microsoft esse dividendum.