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June 13th, 2007

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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 12:30 am
Minor rant: You can't send morse code by tapping random objects, dammit.

Morse uses beeps of different lengths. If you can't send a dit that is distinct from a dah, it just isn't going to work. For example, R is di-dah-di. It might be tempting to think you could fudge that as tap-tap-(pause)-tap, but that doesn't work. You just sent 'ie' (di-di di) instead. Spacing is used to denote letter, word and sentence boundaries only. You might as well try to speak English without any consonants.

I know it's a very convenient plot tool to have people communicating between locked rooms by hitting a pipe with a wrench. But the only message they can send is "I'm hitting a pipe with a wrench!" Please, find a better solution.
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 05:46 pm
Huh. Turns out Metro service is actually better during a zombie apocalypse.
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 06:19 pm
Finally got home. Just in time, too. Got to play 'hack at zombies with a machete you made yourself while your wife decapitates them with a freaking katana' which was, I have to admit, omg totally wicked cool.

Starting to run low on ammo, though. Using the guns was a bad idea -- the noise just attracts more. Maybe I'll try to pull in the propane tank and turn the forge burner into a flame thrower of some kind.