In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:18:19 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
Even if the producer felt that way, the programs arriving on earth would
have left Alpha centauri five years earlier, and there would be no way of
knowing how much is in the pipeline.
That's why it is pointless
mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
Even if the producer felt that way, the programs arriving on earth would
have left Alpha centauri five years earlier, and there would be no way of
knowing how much is in the pipeline.
That's why it is pointless without FTL communications.
I would not say
Guys,
Just a quick strangeness update...
My energetic particle model for the link between seismic/sinkholes and
Hurricanes/Low Pressure Systems is predicting the most likely destination
for Hurricane Sandy is Albion, NY, the site of a LARGE sinkhole which
shutdown the Erie Canal for a couple of
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Sent: 24 October 2012 23:09
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Aliens Favour Romney
mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
There's a nice little SciFi short story about this (sorry, can't remember
title
or author). The basic theme is that trade is in concepts rather than
objects
mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
BTW such a system will effectively have to wait at least until FTL
communications are achieved.
I'm with St. Albert on this. I doubt that FTL communication or travel is
possible. Anyway, what I wrote is predicated on that assumption.
Actual interstellar travel
Maybe they should research how Europe traded with Asia before the telegraph.
2012/10/25 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com
I've had it with those people at Alpha centauri! We sent them five
miniseries last year, and they sent us only one in return. We're not
broadcasting anything more in
I meant to say:
Even the concept of barter is cloudy when there is *NO* physical contact
between the parties.
Or when it is delayed by many human generations. I am assuming the human
lifetime is not extended much beyond 80 to 100 years.
I suppose there would be some physical contact. Hundreds
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe they should research how Europe traded with Asia before the telegraph.
Exactly! That was a similar situation in the 17th and early 18th century,
where trade took a year or two for anything to happen. The European trade
with Japan was awkward to
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe they should research how Europe traded with Asia before the telegraph.
Some of the trading occurred indirectly through intermediaries.
Harry
2012/10/25 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com
I've had it with
Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote:
The remainder of this paper is, or will be, or has been, depending on the
reader's inertial frame, divided into three sections.
That's wonderful.
Still, I can't think of any reason for interstellar trade. If you can
travel between stars you can also
I wrote:
I am not sure what to call the software image you put into a replicator.
Design? Blueprint? Genome?
Template?
Clarke described replicators in Profiles (1963). He called the
instructions the matrix or memory.
The ones we have now are only the beginning of the technology.
Clarke
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:57:27 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote:
The remainder of this paper is, or will be, or has been, depending on the
reader's inertial frame, divided into three sections.
That's wonderful.
Still, I can't think of
mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
There's a nice little SciFi short story about this (sorry, can't remember
title
or author). The basic theme is that trade is in concepts rather than
objects,
since these are readily exchanged, and of value to many.
Exactly. Concepts, and the templates for
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:09:27 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
It is a little difficult to imagine how we might pay for this kind of
trade. How could this be a commercial transaction in any sense?
Obviously the only system that would work is barter. IOW payment in kind.
BTW
jedrothw...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:09 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Aliens Favour Romney
mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
There's a nice little SciFi short story about this (sorry, can't remember title
or author). The basic theme is that trade is in concepts rather than
: Re: [Vo]:Aliens Favour Romney
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:09:27 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
It is a little difficult to imagine how we might pay for this kind of
trade. How could this be a commercial transaction in any sense?
Obviously the only system that would work is barter
Yeah, I suppose you could say that we're all aliens, except that Obama is
an illegal Alien, now fraudulently serving as the President (I'm so proud).
Of course there alot of so-called people in this country here illegally, and
Obama is in good company.
In reply to Vorl Bek's message of Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:46:19 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
It looks like Aliens (interstellar types) favour Romney for
President.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/romney-temp/
...maybe they're just predicting the winner, to prove who they are? ;)
Regards,
Robin van
Krugman anticipate this.
http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf
Jeff
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:39 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to Vorl Bek's message of Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:46:19 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
It looks like Aliens (interstellar types) favour Romney for
Sorry for not including this in the first mail, but I have to follow up
because it gives the flavor of the thing:
The remainder of this paper is, or will be, or has been, depending on the
reader's inertial frame, divided into three sections.
;-)
Jeff
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Jeff
It looks like Aliens (interstellar types) favour Romney for
President.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/romney-temp/
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