It was in my Traveller/TNE/archive folder... First on my Athlon 900 then my
P4 VAIO and now on my macs and in the cloud on my Gdrive. After losing the
FAT on my old Pentium 60 in the mid 90s, I became obsessed with manual
backups and would burn to CD then DVD and now uploading my files from RPG
to site archives, spreadsheets, etc. Biggest problem I have from the
earliest era is I liked to use MS Write for some reason which usually leads
to gibberish in most modern programs that I sift through before converting
to Word or text.
I was actually in Knox from May through August of 97 (in fact I remember
picking up Regency Combat Vehicle Guide at the mall in Louisville someone
around then) with the MarDet at the USAAC learning the Abrams so found out
about it later when I became involved with TNE-RCES. I emailed you direct
somewhere in 98 or 99 probably and then drifted away when my gaming group
split up until finding COTI in 2002.
- Sent from my SM-N900T
On Mar 26, 2014 6:13 PM, <> wrote:
>
>
> Blech.
>
> My head is pounding and my ears are ringing. Thanks for sending that, Uxi,
> and thanks for pointing out that that existed, Mario. While I will say
> some things below about not wanting to read it, I am grateful that when
> there is evidence out there that I lived on this planet and spoke with
> people I have the chance to see it and be reminded of things I had
> forgotten. Whether I enjoy it or not, the truth is the truth and I wish to
> be informed by the truth.
>
> I read down a little bit and saw some stuff I still don't remember.
>
> I do remember the "going on survival rations" part. We called it
> "Operation Mudfish," inspired by a French operation in Chad, I think, but
> I didn't remember that period until I just read about it. That would have
> been the period after the doctrine development project got shot out of the
> saddle by ATSC and before our first distance learning contract.
>
> (During the late doctrine development period I do have the separate memory
> of the last time I ever spoke to Paul Brunette, recounted elsewhere.)
>
> I don't remember talking to anyone about TNE in 1997 (except Brunette,
> above). Clearly I did. We had been building the doctrine development site
> for the Armor School around this time (95-96-97), and the WWW was still
> newish. Either I stumbled across me, or someone else in the office said,
> "hey Dave, your name keeps showing up over here." I don't remember hearing
> that Marc was asking around about EW, although I do remember that no one
> ever contacted me to ask. I don't remember sending e-mails out to follow
> up which "disappeared behind a black curtain."
>
> I see that I was testy and irritable and got into a "he said/he said" with
> Harold which was unnecessary.
>
> I also see direct evidence there of what I said in reply to Jim a couple
> days ago, "where there is a grain of truth..."
>
> And I guess I owe Harold another apology beyond the one about Children of
> Earth I mentioned recently, which is "Yeah, Harold, maybe I was going
> through my own personal hell, sorry for trying to contradict you on that."
> Probably no one likes evidence of people speculating about them out of
> earshot (it's natural, we all do it, meaning no harm); obviously I didn't.
> Oscar Wilde supposedly said (via Monty Python, my main source of news),
> "the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
> To which I respond, "Are you sure?"
>
> I think that part of living through sub-optimal things is keeping your own
> morale up by telling yourself your morale is good until it gets a chance
> to improve. And maybe another part of that is that those experiences are
> in a raw part of your brain that gets boxed up, nailed closed, and shoved
> into a far back corner. That's maybe an interesting data point, but like I
> said earlier, I probably don't want to be a test subject.
>
> I did not read any further, I don't want to re-live that any more. 1991-95
> is good, 1997, not so much.
>
> Mario, Uxi, seriously, thanks. Uxi, I try to maintain a sense of humor
> about myself, so I have to ask: In saving that for the last 16 years or
> so, what folder did you have it saved in, "Epic Personality Meltdowns?"
> :-)
>
> Finally, one last scientific observation (since I am a test subject, like
> it or not). My observations above remind me of why I don't want to read
> the 1248 material. Memory is a tricky thing, and if I can avoid muddying
> up the ones I've got left, that's probably prudent.
>
> I'm going to get some aspirin and feed the dogs.
>
> > Thanks. I already have the COTI one from Loren.
> >
> > ....
> >
> > HOLY COW. 1997?
> >
> > I have no recollection of that at all. Obviously that guy talks like me,
> so it happened. But until I saw that I would have sworn up and down that
> between 1995 and the 2004 COTI command performance I had spoken
> privately
> > to Loren, spoken privately to MJD, and booted the SJG Aliens module and
> that was it. And then they would have thrown me in jail for perjury.
> >
> > This will be interesting, and perhaps provides data on the psychology of
> how a test subject files memories of things he is helpless to do
> anything
> > about. God, I hate being a test subject.
> >
> > This ain't "Designer's Notes" either...I may wind up being sorry I
> brought
> > this up.
> >
> >> I put it up at masteruxi.net/traveller/DAVEARCH.TXT.
> >> I think I have the COTI one Loren put up, too, if you need that. - Sent
> from my SM-N900T
> >> On Mar 26, 2014 11:09 AM, <> wrote:
> >>> Uxi--
> >>> If time permits, if you could send me a link to them or a ZIP, or
> whatever
> >>> is easy, I would appreciate it.
> >>> I'm collecting notes for my opus, "Everything I know about life I
> learned
> >>> at GDW." :-)
> >>> Dave
> >>> > I saved them, if noone else did
> >>> >
> >>> > - Sent from my SM-N900T
> >>> > On Mar 25, 2014 8:51 PM, "Eamon Watters" <>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Which are lost to the ether, I think...
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 25 Mar 2014, at 22:12, Mario Butter
> >>> <>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> He may have been referring to the long series of posts that you
> >>> wrote
> >>> on
> >>> >> my TNE-RCES mailing list years ago.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Mario
> >>> >>
> >>> >> http://mario.silent-tower.org/
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 1:40 AM, <> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> TNEers--
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I saw on a board over the weekend some guy said, "Nilsen wrote in
> >>> his
> >>> >>> designer's notes that..."
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I don't remember any TNE designer's notes. Did I write some? If
> so,
> >>> >>> where?
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Thanks,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Dave
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >
> >
>
>
>