MAPS is not in charge, MAPS only publishes an opinion.
System administrators who agree with MAPS opinion are the only ones actually in control. They have to consciously choose to make their systems agree with MAPS opinion for the blackholing to work.
It is the case that a system may drop anything they haven't agreed to transmit. How they go about making the decision on what they will and will not transmit is entirely up to them and the terms of the contracts they have with other people.
What gives you the right to tell a sysadmin what they can and cannot block?
But there is something to push against... The earth, the sun and some other bodies. And you can push against them at a distance by utilizing a magnetic field...
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I have attended several panels by Dr. Robert L. Forward on the subject of space teathers and elevators using current materials. Interested parties should check out his company, Tethers unlimited Inc as well as his personal site. I don't know where he will next be lecturing, I last caught him at VikingCon 17 (Western Washington Universitie's SciFi convention).
Hmm... lets see. 1999 is a summery (anything ending with 99 is a summery, assuming it's in range) and last I checked we weren't into 2900 let alone 3000 yes. And we definatly aren't to 6521... So that leaves 2012 which I'd have to look up, but I would guess it to be legitimate since you probably included at least one. Of course it could be an april fools....
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MAPS is not in charge, MAPS only publishes an opinion.
System administrators who agree with MAPS opinion are the only ones actually in control. They have to consciously choose to make their systems agree with MAPS opinion for the blackholing to work.
It is the case that a system may drop anything they haven't agreed to transmit. How they go about making the decision on what they will and will not transmit is entirely up to them and the terms of the contracts they have with other people.
What gives you the right to tell a sysadmin what they can and cannot block?
But there is something to push against... The earth, the sun and some other bodies. And you can push against them at a distance by utilizing a magnetic field...
I have attended several panels by Dr. Robert L. Forward on the subject of space teathers and elevators using current materials. Interested parties should check out his company, Tethers unlimited Inc as well as his personal site. I don't know where he will next be lecturing, I last caught him at VikingCon 17 (Western Washington Universitie's SciFi convention).
Hmm... lets see. 1999 is a summery (anything ending with 99 is a summery, assuming it's in range) and last I checked we weren't into 2900 let alone 3000 yes. And we definatly aren't to 6521... So that leaves 2012 which I'd have to look up, but I would guess it to be legitimate since you probably included at least one. Of course it could be an april fools....