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From: gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong)
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Subject: Re: The role of God - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 12-Nov-83 11:12:24 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 12 11:12:24 1983
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We are also running the 1982 version.  There is NO need to thrash when 
it comes to dust and bars.  The simple solution is to deliver dust out
of the gold mine sector.  I never make gold bars, and I do need lots of
dust (dust=tech,research,nukes).  Making nukes eats up dust at a phenomenal
rate.  Unless you have planned in advance, you won't be able to make very
many.  A good gold mine can produce 200 units of dust.  999 civilians
mine it out very fast, too.  Just deliver the dust elsewhere and you
will NEVER see any bars.  It doesn't matter where you deliver it.
I have delivered dust through other gold mines and no bars have appeared.
Delivery routes do the right thing.  Since you're making delivery routes,
you should probably deliver all the dust to a warehouse.  Dust is rather
heavy and tends to chew up mobility.  When you want to move dust somewhere
you can move it in bulk and take advantage of the 10X bonus that warehouses
give you.  Use the original gold bars as an offering to the deity at a
stategic point when you need a favor.  Then never make another bar and
never designate a bank sector.  You'll be glad you did...


-- 
Gordon Strong
decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gs
GS@MIT-XX