Re: A different trans****tation threada (Re: Aside from THE ROLLING

Michael Stemper wrote:
> In article <fvkosp$8j7$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, James Nicoll writes:
>> In article <fvkm77$811$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, James Nicoll
<jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>> 	Come to think of it, there are lots of ways to break a 
>>> mass trans****tation system, both public and private.
> 
>> 	Generalizing somewhat, Wil McCarthy's Queendom of Sol is 
>> an example of massive fail where infrastructure is concerned,
>> starting with the decision to built a mildly convenient communications
>> system whose failure mode could destroy the entire solar system.
> 
> I believe that total and catastrophic failure of the most commonly used
> form of trans****tation was a key element of _The Fall of Hyperion_, with
> billyuns and billyuns of people stranded on planets far from home.
> 

IIRC that system's theoretical basis turned out to be several 
feet short of a fathom.

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Cheers,

Gray

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