David Hobby wrote: > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > David Hobby wrote: > > > > > > Comparing starships from different universes is difficult, > > > to say the least. > > > > > I think it's impossible. Take the most powerful ship, and it > > loses to Heinlein's Gay Deceiver, who can jump back to > > a time _before_ the construction of that other ship and blast > > its factory out of existence. > > > > Alberto Monteiro > > It depends what model of time travel you are using. > I like a multiple worlds interpretation, since there are no > paradoxes in it. > Heinlein's ship goes back, destroys the other ship's > factory, and goes forward again. Now it is on a line without > the other ship. But from the other ship's point of view, > Heinlein's ship goes back and never returns (i.e. disappears). > That sounds like a draw, at best. > > ---David >
If we involve time travel and other near-infinite improbabilities, why not count the Heart of Gold? Not only could it reduce any opposing ship to never-existence, it can also shape the universe into whatever form you desire. -- Matt ...who wonders whether the monkeys' script revisions for Hamlet were any good... _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
