--- In , <dcndcn13@...> wrote:
> No, you don't need to apologize for the COTI thing. I think it was
> worthwhile, but only so much it would be able to accomplish after so much
> time had already passed. And MJD was in the middle of his stuff, and
> anything that looked like I was trying to second-guess him would have just
> been wrong.
Hopefully you're cool with this, but Loren Wiseman collected all your points on his website... I've been pointing people to that whenever anyone asks about the story behind TNE:
http://www.cgi101.com/~lkw/AskDave.txt
> Did it shut up my critics? That would surprise me, as a True
> Traveller Fan is never shut up by anything.
This is true. But when they one has facts from the man himself to counter their hyperbolic vitriol, it tends to make them less enthusiastic about ranting ;).
> I actually went back to COTI a few weeks ago, thinking to correct a
> misconception, but then kind of changed my mind. And I couldn't
> remember my old user ID and password, so created a new account, and
> that's about the time I decided, "naah, never mind."
I think that's a good reaction to have with CotI in general ;)
Consty