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Post by **Cord Hurn** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:41 am

It's your question, Savor Dam.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:14 am

Yes, it is. I'll get a question together soon.

Forgive the lapse, please. Those who have followed How Do You Feel Today in GenDisc probably know that Menolly was re-hospitalized recently...and my Real Life commitments to her, Dam-sel, and Dam-et take precedence over my online life...at least when it counts.

By the way, all is well now.

Post by **IrrationalSanity** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:46 pm

Savor Dam wrote:Yes, it is. I'll get a question together soon.

Forgive the lapse, please. Those who have followed How Do You Feel Today in GenDisc probably know that Menolly was re-hospitalized recently...and my Real Life commitments to her, Dam-sel, and Dam-et take precedence over my online life...at least when it counts.

By the way, all is well now.

Please let my best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery flow through to her!

And take your time.

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:15 am

IrrationalSanity wrote:
Savor Dam wrote:Yes, it is. I'll get a question together soon.

Forgive the lapse, please. Those who have followed How Do You Feel Today in GenDisc probably know that Menolly was re-hospitalized recently...and my Real Life commitments to her, Dam-sel, and Dam-et take precedence over my online life...at least when it counts.

By the way, all is well now.
Please let my best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery flow through to her!

And take your time.

What IrrationalSanity said, Savor Dam. Sorry, I've made the error of not checking in to that GenDisc thread the last few days. Whenever you're ready. I am so glad that is behind Menolly now, and am likewise wishing her a speedy recovery.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:32 pm

Before being called the Governing Council for Earth and Space, what name did the GCES go by and why was the name changed?

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:53 am

Was it the Space Mines Governing Council?

Post by **Savor Dam** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:25 am

No, although some of those words do figure in. The "why" part of the question and how the words differ are related.

Post by **StevieG** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:11 pm

Space Mines Inc or something like that? And it changed because Earth became part of their jurisdiction... I just can't quite remember the details!

Post by **Savor Dam** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:30 pm

Also on the right track.

The UMC was formerly known as Space Mines, Inc. What was the GCES previously called?

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:24 am

Was it just the Governing Council for Space?

Post by **Savor Dam** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:20 am

Yes.

It all began as an agency that basically was a clearinghouse for orbital data on stations and other space-objects, so collisions could be avoided.

In the ADAHGA chapter [i]Ancillary Documentation: Governing Council for Earth and Space[/i], SRD wrote:As the competition for Earth's last great resource -- Space -- grew more and more desperarte, the Agency came to be seen as increasingly vital; sometimes as a means to gain advantage; more commonly as a means to prevent the opposition from gaining advantage...

This was predictable, even though it was not foreseen when the original entity was created. Because Space was a political as well as physical vacuum, chaos threatened to render the Agency useless as nations and corporations clamored to seat their representatives...

Soon...the Agency -- now called the Governing Council for Space -- succeeded in rechartering itself as a separate, independent organism...

Predictably -- and yet almost accidentally -- the Council found itself unable to meet its responsibilities unless it expanded its function to include overseeing the conduct of its constituent nations and corporations on Earth as well as in Space.

Forgive the abridgment of SRD's prose to focus on the salient bits. His full text is in the referenced chapter

Stevie has the next question!

Post by **StevieG** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:04 am

Thanks SD, I feel like I only really got that half right, but anyway...

Next question is coming up when I can think of one

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:18 am

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:55 am

Skyweir wrote:

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:37 pm

(It's always fun to join some friends for some popcorn!)

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:12 am

Cord Hurn wrote:
Skyweir wrote:

Oh, you want me to ask a question

(I was enjoying the popcorn)

There were three reasons Holt Fasner kept his mother alive. What were they?

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:09 am

Come on boys and girls - lift your game

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:05 am

Sheesh, one was because she hated him.

Uh, she was very discerning, good at picking out patterns in data etc.

And he loved her.

--A

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:11 am

One out of three so far

He kept Norna Fasner alive precisely because she wished him ill with such steady virulence

The second reason is close, but not quite there. And no, he didn't love her!

Two more to go

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:42 am

My apologies, StevieG! I was enjoying the popcorn too much, and was afraid it wouldn't look polite if I talked with my mouth full.

I think one reason Holt kept his mother alive was because she unwillingly gave him good advice.

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