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<pre>We are all excited to see what the future holds. Thanks for your hard work, Matt!</pre>
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<pre>-Lars</pre>
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<pre>On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 9:16 PM Matt via SFBdrama <<a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org">sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org</a>></pre>
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<pre>><i> Hey Gents,<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> I know it's been a week or two since you've heard from me. I've been<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> working on the database and it's running over time.<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> Fortunately, I'm on the last step before actually pushing the data up to<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> the server. Generating the data took a couple of years. (It took about a<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> year to generate the original data straight from the products I owned.<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> This project started that all over and is working on stuff I needed to<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> pull info from sources I didn't have on-hand. Additionally, I'm<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> documenting more information than I originally did.)<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> Once the "generic" database was done (which was finished a little after<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> thanksgiving), I needed to layer it all together to get the data in a<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> form used by the campaign software. That was done at about the turn of<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> the year. You might remember that a couple months ago, I planned to be<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> finished at the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> The current (and last) step is to sanity-check the latest data and<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> handle the corner cases. This takes care of things like year-in-service<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> errors, where (for example) Stinger-1s were being used by ships who also<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> carry PFs. Also, few of the "obsolete" dates were entered (which the<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> software uses to keep your build lists down to a meaningful level. So<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> that you don't get Y-era ships being offered in Y183.)<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> I'm about a quarter through that last step. The empires are alphabetical<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> and I'm through (among others) the Federation, Gorn, and the Hydrans.<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> I'm working on the Klingons. Due to the not-conjectural/is-conjectural<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> nature of the B10s, they've got a host of issues with their fighters and<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> the YIS dates. I have a certain amount of dread when I realize that the<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
<pre>><i> Romulans (with their large three-hull-styles fleet) are still ahead of me.<o:p></o:p></i></pre>
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<pre>><i> So, where I had originally hoped to get through the last step in a week</i></pre>
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