Another book to my read-next list, thanks.
Technical stupidities are a dime a dozen on TV, agreed, but what to say of Star Wars?
"Whee, I'll wave my Light Saber around, and hope to divert all the shots", yeah, right!
And Sabers being a "noble" way to fight:
I personally thank God for the good'ol flintlock, got us rid of the "noble" Aristocrats like nothing else!
Anyway, what do you think of Alfred Bester's "Tiger! Tiger!", and the Jaunting ability?
Haw, haw!:D
Of course, any Politician won't be any worse, for that!
But I'm talking about the Earth's rotation, and all the other relative mommentum.
They better take notice of those things, on long distances!
One day... B) Wait a minute, aren't they already teleporting atomic particles?
Talking about Sci-fi, why do tele-porters in films disappear here, appear there...
But won't take their linear velocities with them?
I'm in Europe, right, and I go to the States that way (yeah, right!) the different linear velocities wouldn't just make me fly off a few hundred meters away?
Or worse, down?
Completely useless theoretical gibberish, of course, but no scriptwriter ever thought of that.
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Another book to my read-next list, thanks. Technical stupidities are a dime a dozen on TV, agreed, but what to say of Star Wars? "Whee, I'll wave my Light Saber around, and hope to divert all the shots", yeah, right! And Sabers being a "noble" way to fight: I personally thank God for the good'ol flintlock, got us rid of the "noble" Aristocrats like nothing else! Anyway, what do you think of Alfred Bester's "Tiger! Tiger!", and the Jaunting ability?
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Haw, haw! :D
Of course, any Politician won't be any worse, for that!
But I'm talking about the Earth's rotation, and all the other relative mommentum.
They better take notice of those things, on long distances! One day... B)
Wait a minute, aren't they already teleporting atomic particles?
Talking about Sci-fi, why do tele-porters in films disappear here, appear there... But won't take their linear velocities with them? I'm in Europe, right, and I go to the States that way (yeah, right!) the different linear velocities wouldn't just make me fly off a few hundred meters away? Or worse, down? Completely useless theoretical gibberish, of course, but no scriptwriter ever thought of that.