SR> Possibly, but then you then have one of two problems. You either have
SR> massive antennas gathering the tiny amounts of microwave energy or
SR> you're beaming down large amounts of it (and missing one of the ground
SR> arrays would be the stuff of a SF horror movie!).
I borrowed this from Larry Niven, but it works.
Put collections of arrays in a wide, bare expanse, like any desert.
Surround the entire thing with big, tall fence at a range of 6 or 7 miles
outside the exposure zone, and every fifty feet or so put signs on it that
read "If you cross this fence you will die".
Sure, a few fools will go anyway. They die, and the collective IQ of
the human species increases. Think of it as evolution in action.
In any case, you are missing something. You fix it so you can turn the
orbital transmitter off when you need to. Or better yet, fix it with
multiple redundant systems which automatically turn the damned thing off if
an antenna loses alignment, on top of a ground controlled off switch.
Jack Butler
... "Give me the freedom to know, utter, and argue freely." -- Milton
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Msg : 405 of 423
From : The Raven 1:363/309 .åō 21 .åę 95 05:27
To : Lori Brown
Subj : Seaquest 2032
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
LB> We didn't see you at the SeaQuest auction. We went...didn't buy
LB> anything. The high item was the stinger that went for $5400. Other
LB> things went for $50 and up. Out of our range! But it was interesting.
The Grand High Taskmasters at Charles Schwab decided that I really
didn't need that day off after all. I wanted to go, but...
LB> Also: Do you have a good contact address for the Highlander
LB> cast/production company? I want to contact them for TachyCon.
Oooooh. That would be a good idea. I'll look around and see if I have
some of the publicist/agent numbers. Is this for 96? Or a later year?
LB> We'll have to get together to play Magic again sometime (without the
LB> fire! :)
Hey, at least no one can accuse you and Dan of throwing boring house
parties! BTW, I wanted to talk to Dan about having a couple of "private
design" magic card made up. I'd cover costs, of couse, but you folks are the
only guys I know personally who have the needed equipment.
Jack Butler
... "Can someone explain why the crew of the Paegan is called `The Zoo'?"
... -- Admiral Rhadavan McLellan, Star Fleet Operations
... from "Drifters", by Jack Butler
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Msg : 406 of 423
From : Lyndon Soerensen 1:140/96 .pä 20 .åę 95 05:09
To : Darre LuAllen
Subj : Favorites
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-=> Quoting Darre LuAllen to Lyndon Soerensen <=-
DL> Okay, when you're not slogging through an Anthony novel, what do you
DL> prefer to read? Personally, I'll try to read about anything. In
Hmmm. Rather a tough question. I s'pose I could best answer this by saying
that I prefer to read anything I haven't read b4. If I look at my library
of books on the opposite side of my room, I see Heinlein, Vonnegut, Bradbury,
Herbert, Delaney, King, Robinson (Spider), Ellison and a whole bunch more
that I won't bore you with.
DL> past, I have read Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, RAH, Mercades Lackey,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I've only read some of Lackey, but I was impressed with what I read. BTW,
it's _Mercedes_.
DL> A.C. Clarke R.A. Salvatory (I think that's right), Randell Garrett,
^^^^^^^^^
Salvatore
DL> I cannot remember. I'm also a fan of Poe and Lovecraft.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So am I. _Ia_, _Ia_, _Cthulhu_ _ftagn_! :)
DL>
DL> I never really developed a fav author as such. For me, if a story
DL> has some fresh insights, a good pace or interesting characters I'll
DL> stick with it. As I stated before, Anthony was just too involved for
DL> me. But that was just one book that I tried. I suppose that if I
DL> try another, then I might fare better. The book I tried was the
DL> first in the Adept series (assuming I'm not confusing my authors).
The adept series was ok. The only series of his that I haven't read was
TAROT. Did you know he also wrote some horror novels?
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Msg : 407 of 423
From : Frank Glover 1:2613/477 .åō 21 .åę 95 20:57
To : Michael Harper
Subj : Re: SeaQuest
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
MH> For my money, the best depiction in sf of undersea operations is
MH> still
MH> _The Abyss_.
Indeed, they even *invented* one along the way. The faceplate design allowed
the camera to see actors faces without distortion. Divers liked being able to
readily recognize the faces and expresions (espically if they may be in
distress!) of nearby divers, too. Most existing designs let you see out okay,
but distort your face to someone looking in....
Frank
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Msg : 408 of 423
From : Frank Glover 1:2613/477 .åō 21 .åę 95 21:06
To : Mark Jones
Subj : Re: Gibson
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
MJ> LE> probably won't be used for artifical surrogate sex stimsim
MJ> LE> productions. Scientists will have to provide beneficial uses for
MJ> such
MJ> LE> advances and acceptable uses to differing generational groups
MJ> and
MJ> LE> difering cultures.
MJ>
MJ> Wanna bet? If it's *possible* to do pornographic sim/stim,
MJ> somebody *will* do it. And he'll end up with more money than God.
MJ> Especially if AIDS continues to be a problem. How much safer can sex
MJ> get, after all?
Agreed. After all, how much money is made off adult video and computer games?
(And then there's Sen. Exxon screaming about Internet porn. Wasn't developed for
that, but it's seeing it's share of adult uses, too.)
MJ> If they ever actually manage to create a reliable and safe
MJ> brain/machine interface (which I think will be much harder than many
MJ> people assume), lots of different individuals and groups will be
MJ> working on lots of different uses for it.
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw,in one of their Life Extension books suggested
that such a thing might well be developed for entertainment puropses first, then
trickle down to medical applications. (Note they were advisors for the movie
`Brainstorm,'...and you may remember that a character there couldn't resist
using the device to tape his memory/sensations of sex acts, too. As you say, if
it can be done at all, someone will surely find a sexually oriented
application...)
Frank
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Msg : 409 of 423
From : Todd Sullivan 1:202/720.3 .åō 21 .åę 95 11:21
To : ROBERT LIDGREN
Subj : X-FILES CHRISTMAS
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Whoa, Cool! ROBERT LIDGREN and ALL are inna cat fight about "X-FILES
CHRISTMAS"!
RL> DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE X-FILES CHRISTMAS STORY?
RL> I found Mulder to be a little too unsympathetic to Scully's inquiries
RL> abouyt miracles etc. She ALWAYS seems to go along and at least listen
RL> to his view-point. Wasn't he a bit too much of a doubting Thomas
RL> considering all the weird and wonderful cases they have exp[erienced
RL> together?
Actually, it makes him more believable; his blind spots are more telling, as
they are with everyone you'll ever meet.
Todd Sullivan
... "Snap out of it, man! Here comes Captain Stimpy!"
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Msg : 410 of 423
From : Todd Sullivan 1:202/720.3 .˙ō 22 .åę 95 15:58
To : Bianca Wesslak
Subj : nuclear BS
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Whoa, Cool! Bianca Wesslak and me are inna cat fight about "nuclear BS"!
BW> From a woman with an overactive imagination.
That's true, indeed. :^)
BW> Maybe the core never hit air but the three mile Island explosian is a
BW> good
TMI had no explosion. Nuclear fuel is processed differently than weapons loads,
and uses different isotopes. No way it can happen
BW> example of how dangerous nuclear energy is. Three mile Island is still
BW> being cleaned out by robots due to the dangerous radiation. Lead is
BW> the only
BW> shield that I know of that can withstand radiation, that and
BW> cockroaches.
BW> As for the success of the navy subs, I won't say anything on them due
BW> to no knowledge, but I'd hate to see one get blown up.
The only way that can happen is with weapons fire.
You've been reading too many "Bad science fiction" books, going by what you've
said. Or people you've talked to who are woefully ignorant. Try finding books
by Oppenheimer and others that worked on the Manhattan Project. That'll be a
good start.
Todd Sullivan
... I keep missing Rush Limbaugh. But with this new laser sight...
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Msg : 411 of 423
From : Brian Minsker 1:325/118 .åō 21 .åę 95 23:52
To : Darre Luallen
Subj : Brisco Country
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
DL> Well, how about that. First, I learn that TNT has bought the
DL> rights to show reruns of Babylon 5, starting in a few years.
DL> Now, I find out that they will be rerunning _The Adventures of
DL> Brisco Country Jr._ in January.
DL>
DL> Well, I might start liking Ted Turner yet. :->
Actually, that's Time-Warner you're beginning to like. :)
... The mark of a true MBA: often wrong, but seldom in doubt.
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Msg : 412 of 423
From : Lawrence E Dunlap 1:106/2927 .˙ō 22 .åę 95 19:18
To : Mark Jones
Subj : Gibson
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
MJ> If they ever actually manage to create a reliable and safe
MJ> brain/machine interface (which I think will be much harder than many
MJ> people assume), lots of different individuals and groups will be
MJ> working on lots of different uses for it.
MJ> My personal favorite: a high-tech medical emergency kit, complete
