From:        Sebastian Weinberg, bastian@enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de

On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Travis Butler wrote:

I'm probably going to put it up on the FFC page, if Sebastian doesn't 
mind... Sebastian? :)

Of course I don't mind!

Good. <evil g> Look for it in the next day or two.

BTW, if anyone else has "fun" fanfic critiques that they'd like to see go 
up on the page, let me know...

Oooh!  Mike W. Loader's C&C of _Aftermath_ with Windir and Frito being 
kidnapped.  :)

Already up there, under the Institut Rats section 
<http://www.tfs.net/~tbutler/FFC/FFCindex.html#Rats>. Hmmm. Speaking of 
that... do you have a title you'd like to give your reviews, or do you 
just want me to call 'em "Sebastian's Nutty Reviews"? ^_^

Here I have to disagree with you, Sebastian.  Anyone who's made it
as far as their junior year in high school will know that a circle
has 360 degrees.  I also think it's highly applicable to martial
arts (notice that I said "I think"; not being a practioner, I don't
know for sure).  So having Ranma know about arcs and degrees isn't
too much out of character, IMO.

I'd have to agree with Sebastian. Ranma might *know* about a circle being 
360 degrees, but he's more likely to *use* terms like "third of a 
circle," i.e. "You've each gotta cover a third of the circle, about the 
area you can see lookin' straight ahead. Don't go for an enemy outside 
your part of the circle, you're just gonna leave yourself open somewhere 
else."

That's *exactly* what I meant.  In the course of a maths test he might 
remember, but I can't imagine him using that knowledge in a tense 
situation like this.

Yup. When you're in the middle of a battle, you're going to want to use 
the simplest and most common terms that fit the situation, unless you're 
someone incurably wedded to tech-speak. :)



Travis Butler
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