CO> black hole. So, there probably won't be inter stellar travel.
TS> That applies to static black holes; thr real model is for rotating ones.
After looking at some black-hole gravity figures, I think we can assume that
going into a black hole leads to nothing else than a swift death...
TS> As for not being interstellar travel, it's a moot point at this time; we
TS> don't have the unified field theory, which will be definitive. About as
TS> definitive as the idea that antimatter couldn't possibly exist...
Research is making progress every day. Things that we thought were impossible
yesterday is a reality today. Thus, it'll only be a matter of time before
we'll discover alternate ways of travelling.
About "wormholes" and anti-matter, I can only say this:
We don't know everything out there yet... Far from.
/// -Tommy K.- \\\ *- "Look Ma' ! No head!!" Vive la France... -*
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Msg : 244 of 423
From : Tommy Kellerman 2:205/356 .åō 07 .åę 95 23:03
To : Anne Hardcastle
Subj : Johnny Mnemonic
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Anne was writing this message, Dec-01 1995 to Ritchie when I barged in
unannounced:
AH> I went to see the movie Johnny Mnemonic, when we went there were only two
AH> other people in the theatre!! It was pretty good if you are a fan of his
AH> stuff and do alot of filling in the holes. The visual representation of
AH> the world he describes in the novels is for me very nice. The plot of the
AH> entire story is a bit goofy and our pal Mr. Wooden Actor Keanu is not the
AH> best. Some of it I liked alot, and some was bad (I guess that's true with
AH> all movies, huh?). Check it out, if you like WG at all it is worth $3 to
AH> rent the video.
Just a question, what do you mean by "WG" ? Define, please...
I've seen half of "Johnny Mnemonic", and as a true Swede I must say that
Dolph Lundgren stole the show.
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Msg : 245 of 423
From : Tommy Kellerman 2:205/356 .åō 07 .åę 95 23:05
To : Shawn Merrow
Subj : Sci-Fi TV
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
In a message dated 02-Dec-95 01:30:00, Shawn Merrow wrote:
SM> I think Sci-Fi (fans) should support Sci-Fi tv.
When you say "Sci-Fi TV", do you mean special series and movies in general,
or do you have some kind of dedicated TV-channel over there ?
/// -Tommy K.- \\\
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Msg : 246 of 423
From : Barton Paul Levenson 1:129/26 .˙ō 08 .åę 95 20:03
To : David Hilling
Subj : Favorites
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
I was there. I was 9 when Armstrong stepped out on the Moon, and my parents
said they tried to wake me and couldn't. I love space. I hope we explore it
thoroughly. But I doubt it will save human civilization. It's just neat.
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Msg : 247 of 423
From : Myra I Fox 1:123/10 .ķá 09 .åę 95 07:57
To : Tony Trujillo
Subj : Tom Holt & PTerry
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-=>Quoting Tony Trujillo to Myra I Fox<=-
MI> I read "Good Omens" not long ago and it was funny.
TT> I read it just after you finished it and thought it was a
TT> great collaboration. I'd love to see Terry and Neil get
TT> together for another book or a sequel to GO. One of my
TT> favorite lines was when The Demon and The Angel (on Earth)
TT> were going to battle the combined forces of Heaven and Hell
TT> and the Angel (who picked up a flaming sword) said to
TT> Crowly, "I sure hope I can remember how to use this
TT> thing!" :^)
"You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say".
It was a lot of fun... I still have "Small Gods" on hand that I
haven't read.
MI> And I just read "Eric"
TT> What did you think about this one? Jo told me she thought it
TT> was OK but wasn't her favorite DW book. I think she said
TT> something along the lines that she thought it was written
TT> for younger audience/children.
I am not sure if that is what it was, but it was just a short little
book not as involved as the other Discworld books. But, who could
resist a book with Rincewind and the Luggage?
MI> I was checking out the new bookstore/coffee bar in town
MI> called Borders.
TT> We have a BORDERS BOOKS here in KC as well but it's so far
TT> away from my house that I don't get to visit it often. I
TT> really love the large selection but I tend to say closer
TT> to this side of town when looking for books. However,
Same here, the Borders is not really close, but I had to check it
out - you know how it is . But Memphis has quite a good selection
of book stores, so I probably won't make it there very often.
Though they certainly had a great music selection too. I found some
groups like The Tannahill Wavers, Battlefield Band, Silly Wizards and
other Celtic groups that usually are hard to find outside of mail
order.
MI> I think I'll take the little, locally owned Deliberate Literate
MI> as a favorite place to browse and have an espresso.
TT> It's always nice to support the local smaller stores...never
TT> hurts to keep the money "in town".
And the personal touch that the local stores have makes it worth
while. There is a store here called Burke's that has been in business
since 1890 something. That is the store that supported John Grisham's
books before anyone knew who he was and he still does a book signing
there for every new book.
... "SOD YOU, THEN." - Death (TCoM)
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Msg : 248 of 423
From : Myra I Fox 1:123/10 .ķá 09 .åę 95 17:31
To : Nancy Crockett
Subj : red dwarf
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
This is what you see scrolling up the screen right before the season
III shows, and it includes an explanation of why Holly changed sexes:
The Saga Continuums
The story so far ...
Three million years in
the future Dave Lister, the last
human being alive discovers
he is pregnant after a liason
with his female self in a parallel
universe. His pregnancy
concludes with the successful
delivery of twin boys, Jim and
Bexley. However, because the
twins were conceived in another
universe, with different physical
laws, they suffer from highly
accelerated growth rates, and
are both eighteen years old
within three days of being
born. In order to save their
lives, Lister returns them to
the universe of their origin
where they are reunited with
their father (a woman), and
are able to lead comparatively
normal lives. Well, as normal
as you can be if you've been
born in a parallel universe and
your father is a woman and
your mother's a man and
you're eighteen years old three
days after your birth. Shortly
afterwards, Kryten, the
service mechanoid who had met
the ship after being rescued
from his own crashed vessel,
the Nova 5, is found is pieces
after his space bike crashs
into an asteroid. Lister
rebuilds the 'noid, but is unable
to recapture his former
personality.
Meanwhile, Holly, the
increasingly erratic Red Dwarf
computer, performs a head
sex change operation on
himself. He bases his new face
on Hilly, a female counterpart
with whom he'd once fallen
madly in love.
And now the saga continuums
Red Dwarf III
The Same Generation *Nearly*
... "Rimmer, you're name was never Ace. Acehole, maybe." -- Lister
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Msg : 249 of 423
From : Frank Swarbrick 1:104/825 .ķá 09 .åę 95 14:36
To : Otto Cordray
Subj : SF Comedy
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
.TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 92-0022
On 12-08-95 21:00 My Very Good Friend Otto Cordray said:
OC> I haven't seen as much of Red Dwarf as I'd like.
OC> Do you recall an American series from the late '70's called "Quark"?
OC> In addition to being a comedy it was a cross between Star Trek and
OC> Red Dwarf (subject-matter-wise anyway; it certainly predates Red
OC> Dwarf.) It had a requisite Spock-like character (this one was a plant
OC> in human form) and the spaceship was a garbage scow. It wasn't zillions
OC> of years in the future, though, and "Quark" was the Captain of the
OC> ship.
OC> I thought it was pretty funny (of course, I was a dweebish 13 year-old
OC> at the
OC> time) but there were only a few episodes (max. 10 or so.)
Nope, never saw it. Of course, I was younger than you. Under 10,
certainly.
I saw an ad for 3rd Rock From The Sun the other day. Looks like it
could be OK. Seems to borrow perhaps a little to much from The
Coneheads, but we'll see.
Frank
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Msg : 250 of 423
From : Mark Jones 1:105/302.47 .ķá 09 .åę 95 16:33
To : Debra Burrell
Subj : Sci-Fi TV
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (07 Dec 95) Debra Burrell wrote to Shawn Merrow...
DB> I certainly have to agree with you there. I've always wondered how
DB> these people get chosen; I want to sign up and skew the statistics.
They're chosen at random. My household has been a "Neilson Family"
twice in the last few years. Each time we got a phone call first,
asking if we'd be interested in being a Neilson family. When we
agreed, we were asked how many television sets we had.
Then we received one "log book" for each television set. We were
supposed to fill out a questionnaire (how many people, what ages and
sexes, etc. for statistical reasons).
When we watched television, we were supposed to fill out what we
watched (in 15-minute increments), which channels, how many (and who)
were watching the show.
Then we mail it in after the week is over.
The operative phrase in all this is "Supposed to".
In FACT what happened was that:
I tended to claim that I'd watched whatever shows I *wanted* to
watch despite my actually working a night job at the time and not
being able to.
My housemate "watched" all the educational programming and PBS
programming she approved of for her six year-old daughter.
If our experience is typical, well...
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