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 XXX thing you said."
>> More soon.
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 XXX thing you said."
>> More soon.