"DanSolo" <daniel.otoole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Jun 22, 6:00 pm, "Steve" <dfsd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> The only bit of info I've found so far is on the Telegraph's website:-
>>
>> "how two teenagers were inspired by a 13th-century mathematician to
>> create
>> Elite, the first 3D computer game"
>
> There's so many things wrong with that quote. I'm only surprised they
> didn't manage to fit in anything about computer game violence or
> Zaoncian asylum seekers.
Hmm, let's see...
"how two teenagers"
Ok, they were in their 20's when Elite came out, but only just.
"were inspired by a 13th-century mathematician"
That'll be Fibonacci, who came up with the mathematic system which some
700
years later was adapted by Bell & Braben to generate the galaxies etc.
"to create Elite, the first 3D computer game"
Now *that* is a matter of some debate, to this day :-)
Steve
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