One thing I noticed a while ago, was that some of my posts from my iPad were not getting through - presumably because it labels the mail as being from "Yahoo1", rather than my e-mail account.
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On Sun, 23/3/14, Tim O'Reilly <> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is feeling Chatty
To: "" <>
Date: Sunday, 23 March, 2014, 13:36
This one came
throughTim
On Saturday, March
22, 2014 10:49 PM, ""
<> wrote:
Tim--
I know this is silly, but I'm testing a theory about the
spam flag. Can
you tell me if this one gets flagged?
Dave
> Thanks, Derek.
>
> I had to look at that for a second before the sentence
parsed, but then it
> was laugh-out-loud funny.
>
>> I thought Virus broke Promise.
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> []
>> On Behalf Of
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:40 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is
feeling Chatty
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Guys--
>>
>> I "broke my promise" (below) because my
messages weren't coming through,
>> and I didn't see any point in sending out the
next installment if it was
>> just going to fall into some black hole. By the
time Tim fixed the
>> problem
>> it was several hours later, so was too late. I will
return to this later
>> today.
>>
>>> Test 1--I haven't seen my last one come
back through yet.
>>>
>>>> Remember me?
>>>> I'm conscious of the fact that I left
us partway through this several
>>> days
>>>> ago, and don't want to let it get too
stale. I'm in charge of testing
>>>> a
>>> .NET MVC project that has to be completed by
March 31, and time is
>> running
>>>> out, so I have to get back to that, but I
also want to keep this
>> moving.
>>>> I think what I'll do now is say a
couple of initial things to remind
>>> myself of where I was and send it out.
>>>> First, as Bardbear who asked the initial
question (which I still
>> haven't
>>> answered yet--be careful what you ask for,
apparently I don't give a
>> damn)
>>>> and I are both Duke grads, wow, Mercer was
good (or Duke isn't, your
>>> call). If we were going to lose to anyone (in
the first round) I'm
>> actually proud that it was to the only Div 1 school
that started 5
>> Seniors
>>>> all year. I think that's a wanted
corrective to all this Johnny
>> "Where39;s
>>> my NBA Contract" stuff (I live in KY, home
of the disease). As K said
>>> of
>> them with unfeigned admiration in his quickie
halftime interview,
>> "They39;re
>>>> old and they're old together, they know
what to do. They're men." But
>> on the topic, I've established
>>>> 1. Where "Star Viking" came from
and how we refined what it means, how
>>> that implies other groups in the same time
(Guild and Free Traders) and
>> how the RC is no longer around to tell people,
"don't call us SVs,"
>> which
>>>> implies that the pro-Imperial guys of the
Regency are probably going
>>>> to
>>> be
>>>> writing history
>>>> 2. That we were trying to nuance things to
make it clear that although
>>> we
>>>> were already accused of being
"dark" that's not what this was about 3.
>> Why the RC was in Old Expanses, built on
repurposing some of the
>> late
>>> MT MSs
>>>> 4. We decided that GDW was going to commit
itself to writing TNE to
>>> demonstrate our commitment to the new line and
allay fears that it was
>> going to be unsupported the way MT was
>>>> 5. Some stuff about the D10 to D20 system,
but that doesn't really
>>> affect
>>>> the storyline, which is what the questions
were about. (At some point
>>>> I
>>> may digress into "why a storyline at
all?" but that's really off-topic,
>> so
>>>> I will try not to go into it too
deeply.)
>>>> I think that's about it, but I'll
probably remind myself of other
>> things
>>> I've recently said as I go, even if I
forgot them above.
>>>> So if any of you are reading this now
before I send out the
>>>> resumption,
>>> if
>>>> it looks like I'm about to forget to
touch on something I said I'd get
>>> back to, feel free to say, "Don't
forget the XYZ thing you said."
>>>> More soon.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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On Sun, 23/3/14, Tim O'Reilly <> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is feeling Chatty
To: "" <>
Date: Sunday, 23 March, 2014, 13:36
This one came
throughTim
On Saturday, March
22, 2014 10:49 PM, ""
<> wrote:
Tim--
I know this is silly, but I'm testing a theory about the
spam flag. Can
you tell me if this one gets flagged?
Dave
> Thanks, Derek.
>
> I had to look at that for a second before the sentence
parsed, but then it
> was laugh-out-loud funny.
>
>> I thought Virus broke Promise.
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> []
>> On Behalf Of
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:40 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is
feeling Chatty
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Guys--
>>
>> I "broke my promise" (below) because my
messages weren't coming through,
>> and I didn't see any point in sending out the
next installment if it was
>> just going to fall into some black hole. By the
time Tim fixed the
>> problem
>> it was several hours later, so was too late. I will
return to this later
>> today.
>>
>>> Test 1--I haven't seen my last one come
back through yet.
>>>
>>>> Remember me?
>>>> I'm conscious of the fact that I left
us partway through this several
>>> days
>>>> ago, and don't want to let it get too
stale. I'm in charge of testing
>>>> a
>>> .NET MVC project that has to be completed by
March 31, and time is
>> running
>>>> out, so I have to get back to that, but I
also want to keep this
>> moving.
>>>> I think what I'll do now is say a
couple of initial things to remind
>>> myself of where I was and send it out.
>>>> First, as Bardbear who asked the initial
question (which I still
>> haven't
>>> answered yet--be careful what you ask for,
apparently I don't give a
>> damn)
>>>> and I are both Duke grads, wow, Mercer was
good (or Duke isn't, your
>>> call). If we were going to lose to anyone (in
the first round) I'm
>> actually proud that it was to the only Div 1 school
that started 5
>> Seniors
>>>> all year. I think that's a wanted
corrective to all this Johnny
>> "Where39;s
>>> my NBA Contract" stuff (I live in KY, home
of the disease). As K said
>>> of
>> them with unfeigned admiration in his quickie
halftime interview,
>> "They39;re
>>>> old and they're old together, they know
what to do. They're men." But
>> on the topic, I've established
>>>> 1. Where "Star Viking" came from
and how we refined what it means, how
>>> that implies other groups in the same time
(Guild and Free Traders) and
>> how the RC is no longer around to tell people,
"don't call us SVs,"
>> which
>>>> implies that the pro-Imperial guys of the
Regency are probably going
>>>> to
>>> be
>>>> writing history
>>>> 2. That we were trying to nuance things to
make it clear that although
>>> we
>>>> were already accused of being
"dark" that's not what this was about 3.
>> Why the RC was in Old Expanses, built on
repurposing some of the
>> late
>>> MT MSs
>>>> 4. We decided that GDW was going to commit
itself to writing TNE to
>>> demonstrate our commitment to the new line and
allay fears that it was
>> going to be unsupported the way MT was
>>>> 5. Some stuff about the D10 to D20 system,
but that doesn't really
>>> affect
>>>> the storyline, which is what the questions
were about. (At some point
>>>> I
>>> may digress into "why a storyline at
all?" but that's really off-topic,
>> so
>>>> I will try not to go into it too
deeply.)
>>>> I think that's about it, but I'll
probably remind myself of other
>> things
>>> I've recently said as I go, even if I
forgot them above.
>>>> So if any of you are reading this now
before I send out the
>>>> resumption,
>>> if
>>>> it looks like I'm about to forget to
touch on something I said I'd get
>>> back to, feel free to say, "Don't
forget the XYZ thing you said."
>>>> More soon.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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