tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post6395330316843386109..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Silly Wall Street Interns Need to Realize That Market Perfection Has Been AchievedStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-53414787563660224082015-07-17T05:45:59.152-07:002015-07-17T05:45:59.152-07:00Troy,
I too thought trains would be a good thing ...Troy,<br /><br />I too thought trains would be a good thing to add to a strategy war game.<br /><br />1. They are unique, have their own advantages and disadvantages.<br /><br />2. As a kid, who didn't like playing with trains? Heck, even as an adult for that matter, given enough train switches. ;)<br /><br />One of the puzzle games in a game I was lead software engineer on was called <a href="https://youtu.be/1hVP7oQ--Ng" rel="nofollow">Train of Thought</a>. The programmer on that one did a great job.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-16964480656683397722015-07-16T20:35:06.874-07:002015-07-16T20:35:06.874-07:00Here's Kleist on that same day:
http://i.imgu...Here's Kleist on that same day:<br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/Fccz2dz.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/Fccz2dz.jpg</a><br /><br />finally breaking out of the Dnieper bridgehead and closing the trap on 600,000 Red Army troops, plus millions of Ukrainians I guess.<br /><br />I like how in their maps they clearly differentiate between mobile and infantry divisions.<br /><br />And show trains when they're tactically/operationally important.<br /><br />Train lines are an underutilized skeleton to hang the war-game on IMO.<br /><br />Anyway, a year later the 16th Pz would find itself first on the Volga:<br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/bQpISEO.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/bQpISEO.jpg</a><br /><br />Waiting for the rest of the 6th Army to catch up with it. Its armored regiment was commanded by Der Panzergraf:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.achtungpanzer.com/gen11.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.achtungpanzer.com/gen11.htm</a><br />Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-76783914234079849862015-07-16T18:15:24.731-07:002015-07-16T18:15:24.731-07:00What I wouldn't give for a good turn-based str...What I wouldn't give for a good turn-based strategy game for my iPhone that has not been dumbed down.<br /><br />They want $13.99 for Final Fantasy Tactics so, at least so far, I wouldn't give $13.99. At least not yet, lol. Sigh.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-68206890926208733822015-07-16T17:07:10.676-07:002015-07-16T17:07:10.676-07:00I've been studying the German "Lage Ost&q...I've been studying the German "Lage Ost" maps here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/home_page_019.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/home_page_019.htm</a><br /><br />and man do they give one a pretty good picture of the old time Operational Art.<br /><br />Sep 12, 1941 was the crux of the Battle of Kiev:<br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/XNd9LJE.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/XNd9LJE.jpg</a><br /><br />shows Guderian in the upper right (Pz Gr 2) with his divisions crashing through the russians, Gen Model leading his 3 Pz units from the front, waiting for Kleist to come up from the S.<br /><br />2nd Armee under Freiherr v Weichs was bashing in the flank defending Kiev (KIJEW in German) preventing their escape. There wasn't much to the East to save the Kiev position, but Guderian's tanks were moving hundreds of miles away from their final goals of 1941, Moscow.<br /><br />Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-49964050153941538192015-07-16T16:53:55.712-07:002015-07-16T16:53:55.712-07:00Apple's got some super-great API now for iOS g...Apple's got some super-great API now for iOS gaming, better than DirectX ever was.<br /><br />But no TV console to run it on . . . yet.<br /><br />Like 2008 and the original AppStore gold rush, I'm in the position to throw as much time and energy as I want into a new title.<br /><br />You know what I want to do. Just gotta do it. It'd also be great if I pre-coded ahead of the announcement, such that when it comes I'm not so far from shipping . . .Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-32164204391186323082015-07-16T13:29:25.665-07:002015-07-16T13:29:25.665-07:00P.S. Your gaming link brought a smile. :)P.S. Your gaming link brought a smile. :)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-72888326424172288062015-07-16T13:28:11.994-07:002015-07-16T13:28:11.994-07:00get people into the workforce producing wealth, ev...<i>get people into the workforce producing wealth, even if it is just wealth preservation</i><br /><br />Could not agree more. This economy will go nowhere over the long-term without jobs.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-16771406040114978112015-07-15T14:23:15.790-07:002015-07-15T14:23:15.790-07:00Troy,
Thanks for "scarring" the bejesus...Troy,<br /><br />Thanks for "scarring" the bejesus out of me!<br /><br />The FIRE economy giveth, and the FIRE economy giveth some more. There is no taketh away, lol. Sigh.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.com