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  • P Paresh Solanki

    I'm sure that this guy was reported on the BBC news site a few months ago, the story sounds familiar. However, according to what I remember of his theory, you can only travel in time within the beam, so you cannot travel further back from the moment the beam is switched on. Anyhow, searching for 'Time Travel' on that site gives some interesting reports. Paresh Solanki Freudian Slip When you say one thing and mean a mother.

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    Christian Graus
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    That's pretty much the premise I have read. It sounded feasible in a Jules Verne sort of way. I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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    • R Roger Allen

      Ha! Wheres he going to get the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power it? Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 If I'm not breathing, I'm either dead or holding my breath. A fool jabbers, while a wise man listens. But is he so wise to listen to the fool?

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      Brian Delahunty
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      Roger Allen wrote: Ha! Wheres he going to get the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power it? Well. I have invented.. [not really invented... am inventing] a device which will harness the power of excess human gas [i.e. "farts"]. I hope to release it in abotu 200 hundred years when it's finished. I promise :-D :laugh:


      "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton Jr.

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        That's pretty much the premise I have read. It sounded feasible in a Jules Verne sort of way. I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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        Paresh Solanki
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        This reminded me of a Sci Fi story I once read about a making light go through windows in a corkscrew path rather than a straight path. Some of the windows had a 10 year delay, and there were factories that had fields of glass in the most scenic locations, just harvesting the view and storing it. Then you could install these windows in your house in the city and have 10 years of your selected scenery. The twist was that in that time, the window absorbed 10 years of whatever went on in the house. Paresh Solanki Freudian Slip When you say one thing and mean a mother.

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          Roger Allen wrote: Ha! Wheres he going to get the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power it? Well. I have invented.. [not really invented... am inventing] a device which will harness the power of excess human gas [i.e. "farts"]. I hope to release it in abotu 200 hundred years when it's finished. I promise :-D :laugh:


          "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton Jr.

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          Paresh Solanki
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          Brian Delahunty wrote: I hope to release it in abotu 200 hundred years That's a long time to save up your excess gas;) Paresh Solanki Freudian Slip When you say one thing and mean a mother.

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            Proof you can find anything on eBay: Some guy recently bought both a Delorean and a Flux Capacitor. I hope it wasn't this guy. ;P --CoolDev :cool:

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            Jeremy Falcon
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            <cheesy> Great Scott! How in the name of Sir Isaac Newton is he supposed to do that? This is heavy! </cheesy> :-D Jeremy L. Falcon "The One Who Said, 'The One Who Said...'" Homepage : Feature Article : Sonork = 100.16311

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            • R Roger Allen

              Ha! Wheres he going to get the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power it? Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 If I'm not breathing, I'm either dead or holding my breath. A fool jabbers, while a wise man listens. But is he so wise to listen to the fool?

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              Remember, Doc Brown called it "jigawatts", not the now-familiar "giga" prefix... :-)

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                Remember, Doc Brown called it "jigawatts", not the now-familiar "giga" prefix... :-)

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                Roger Allen
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                Daniel Desormeaux wrote: Remember, Doc Brown called it "jigawatts", not the now-familiar "giga" prefix Ahh, but Gigawatts sounds the same when you say it (the way I say it anyway), and he didn't write it down, so how would it have been spelt? So in theory, I could be right.... Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 If I'm not breathing, I'm either dead or holding my breath. A fool jabbers, while a wise man listens. But is he so wise to listen to the fool?

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                • C Christian Graus

                  That's pretty much the premise I have read. It sounded feasible in a Jules Verne sort of way. I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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                  Jamie Nordmeyer
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                  TimeLine was a great book, in my opinion! And the theories that Crichton uses have been around for years. That's what makes him a great writer; he takes reality, and bends it just enough to make the story interesting. Jamie Nordmeyer Portland, Oregon, USA

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                    Remember, Doc Brown called it "jigawatts", not the now-familiar "giga" prefix... :-)

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                    That's the first pronunciation of the word in the Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Main Entry: giga·watt Pronunciation: 'ji-g&-"wät, 'gi- Function: noun Date: circa 1962 : a unit of power equal to one billion watts

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                    • C Christian Graus

                      That's pretty much the premise I have read. It sounded feasible in a Jules Verne sort of way. I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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                      Atlantys
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                      Christian Graus wrote: I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether I really enjoyed that novel. I tried the game out once too. It had some good graphics and stuff, but no real gameplay. :(

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                        That's pretty much the premise I have read. It sounded feasible in a Jules Verne sort of way. I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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                        Christian Graus wrote: I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. That is the worst book I have picked up in ages, It was so darn boring. :-( Regardz Colin J Davies

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                          Christian Graus wrote: I'm reading TimeLine by Michael Crichton which has different theories altogether. That is the worst book I have picked up in ages, It was so darn boring. :-( Regardz Colin J Davies

                          Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                          I think it's interesting that we often qu-ote each other in our sigs and attribute the qu-otes to "The Lounge". --- Daniel Fergusson, "The Lounge"

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                          Christian Graus
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                          Really ? It was my third time through, it's been ages since I read any fiction and I remembered enjoying it enormously. I enjoyed it again this time around. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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                            Really ? It was my third time through, it's been ages since I read any fiction and I remembered enjoying it enormously. I enjoyed it again this time around. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002

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                            Christian Graus wrote: It was my third time through, it's been ages since I read any fiction and I remembered enjoying it enormously. I enjoyed it again this time around. Hmmm, there have been very few books that "I couldn't get into", and this is one of them. Generally the subject matter would be good enough for me, and I nearly read anything. Maybe I didn't like all the French History stuff in it ? The plot seemed so good at the start, with the old guy in the dessert etc, and then it just got boring :-( Regardz Colin J Davies

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                            I think it's interesting that we often qu-ote each other in our sigs and attribute the qu-otes to "The Lounge". --- Daniel Fergusson, "The Lounge"

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