#95217 trek: misuse of "quadrant"

Package:
bsdgames
Source:
bsdgames
Description:
collection of classic textual unix games
Submitter:
"Dwayne C. Litzenberger"
Date:
2010-07-11 23:45:06 UTC
Severity:
minor
#95217#5
Date:
2001-04-25 13:22:54 UTC
From:
To:
I'm not a huge Star Trek fan or anything, but isn't "quadrant" in the
following supposed to be "sector"?  I thought there were only 4 quadrants.

Command: lrscan
Long range scan for quadrant 0,4

     3     4     5
  -------------------
  !  *  !  *  !  *  !
  -------------------
0 !   8 !  15 !   3 !
  -------------------
1 !   5 !   4 !   3 !
  -------------------
#95217#8
Date:
2001-04-25 18:14:36 UTC
From:
To:
Forwarded from the debian BTS.

----- Forwarded message from "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net> -----

From: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:22:54 -0600
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <maintonly@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#95217: trek: misuse of "quadrant"
Reply-To: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net>,
	95217-maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Package: bsdgames
Version: 2.12-5
Severity: minor

I'm not a huge Star Trek fan or anything, but isn't "quadrant" in the
following supposed to be "sector"?  I thought there were only 4 quadrants.

Command: lrscan
Long range scan for quadrant 0,4

     3     4     5
  -------------------
  !  *  !  *  !  *  !
  -------------------
0 !   8 !  15 !   3 !
  -------------------
1 !   5 !   4 !   3 !
  -------------------



----- End forwarded message -----
-- 
see shy jo
#95217#13
Date:
2003-11-09 15:04:14 UTC
From:
To:
The attached patch fix the bug. There is only four quadrants in the galaxy, so
we have to speak about sector here.

Have fun,

Steph
#95217#18
Date:
2003-11-20 20:11:11 UTC
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To:
Forwarding you the attached patch.

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Date: Sun,  9 Nov 2003 16:04:14 +0100
To: 95217@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#95217: Fixed
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The attached patch fix the bug. There is only four quadrants in the galaxy, so
we have to speak about sector here.

Have fun,

Steph



----- End forwarded message -----
#95217#23
Date:
2003-11-20 20:15:31 UTC
From:
To:
I previously noted that the documentation (trek/USD.doc/trek.me) says that

  For the purposes of the game
  the galaxy is divided into 64 quadrants
  on an eight by eight grid,
  with quadrant 0,0 in the upper left hand corner.
  Each quadrant is divided into 100 sectors
  on a ten by ten grid.

If there are specific places where the code disagrees with this
documentation, those particular places - only - should be fixed; not
anywhere using the terms in accordance with the documentation.
#95217#28
Date:
2003-11-20 20:32:39 UTC
From:
To:
Joseph S. Myers wrote:

Hmm, I missed that somehow. I'll stop pestering about this bug, and
will probably close the bug report unless someone comes up with
inconsistencies like you describe.
#95217#33
Date:
2010-07-11 23:42:13 UTC
From:
To:
FWIW, the particular definition of "quadrant" that splits the galaxy up
in four was invented for the TNG series, and was not used in the
original series.

This game actually predates TNG (yes, it's that old), which is why its
definition of "quadrant" does not agree with what indeed is now star
trek canon. But I don't think that matters much...