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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>