That's hilarious, thank you for reminding me of that. Steve Bryant was
funny, and sharp, and quick. I wonder where he's at now. I hope he got into
comics somewhere, which is what he wanted. In fact what most of our artists
wanted.
The marketing guy was probably Mike (can't think of his last name), who
was married to Staley, Marc Miller's daughter. Or maybe they were just
going out at that point. I don't have any of my game books in the house
currently, so I can't look any of this up, this is all just pure decaying
memory.
Yeah, Cons were fun, but tough. I always lost my voice at them, and got
back to the office utterly drained, but of course had to get back to
working hard to make up for all the time lost getting ready for and
attending the Con.
Neutrino sensors just went away for starship combat. They were still in
the game for stellar surveys. But obviously there was much less reason to
tote them around on your average ship. Did I remember the analysis
correctly? I recall you gave us a figure on how many neutrinos a
proton-proton chain reactor would put out, and it was hardly any.
So what are you up to? It's very good to hear from you.
Dave
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:36:49 -0000, "Kristian" <> wrote:
> Hi Dave and All,
>
> Yes, I'm the guy responsible for neutrino detectors going away for TNE.
> :-)
>
> I still keep my hair short. Never had much use for it even though I'm
> the one guy in my family who didn't lose it at an early age.
>
> My story about Steve shows how cool-headed and quick thinking he is.
> The GDW team (you, Steve and the marketing guy whose name I can't
> remember) and the guys from Vanderbilt were on the mezzanine level of
the
> Atlanta Hilton and Towers when Steve made a comment about this rather
> attractive woman wearing a catsuit on the level below. I looked down and
> saw that it was Bill Burns, a professional female impersonator who
always
> placed in the Betty Page Look-Alike contest. I mentioned this to Steve
> and, without missing a beat, he says, "I hope he has a sister." I think
> we all got about two hours a sleep a night over the five days of that
> convention.
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>
> --- In [1], wrote:
> >
> > Yes, that's what I was thinking. You're the guy that told as that a
> > neutrino detector could not detect a starship fusion drive, because
> that is
> > a low-order proton-proton chain, and only the more exotic fusion
> processes
> > at the heart of a star that build heavier nuclei were energetic
> enough to
> > produce detectable neutrons.
> >
> > How the heck are you? I remember you fondly a lot. Didn't you have a
> > shaved head?
> >
> > What happened with Steve Bryant at DragonCon? I don't like forgetting
> fun
> > things that happened in my life.
> >
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:56:47 -0000, "Kristian" wrote:
> > > --- In [2] [1], wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Are you a Kris that I know? I apologize for asking, but some
> memories
> > > from
> > > > that far back are fuzzier than I might wish.
> > >
> > > Hi Dave,
> > >
> > > I'm the Kris listed in the credits of TNE for "Helpful Comments" or
> > > something like that, who years ago worked on the DUMAND neutrino
> > > telescope, and was there at DragonCon when Steve Bryant... Well,
> what
> > > happens at DragonCon stays at DragonCon. :-)
> > >
> > > Wow, it has been a long time.
> > >
> > > Kris
> > >
> > >
> > >