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From: scott@hou2g.UUCP (Danger Mouse)
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Subject: Re: Teleportation and the olde fisicks
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 08:48:45 EDT
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[...a discussion of the physics and problems inherent in teleportation...]


-> I suppose I personally would ignore the conservation laws in some cases,
-> such as travels between planets.  (As Niven mentions, there are problems
-> even between different longitudes on the same planet.)  However, if the
-> character were falling when s/he teleported, I would assume s/he is
-> falling at arrival, also.  (They can't get out of it that easily!)

-> A thunderclap sounds good.  Any magic user would love to create an effect
-> like that.  How about a pulsating fushia light about the teleporter before
-> the big event?

To hell with a thunderclap!  How 'bout a sound like, oh say, "Bamf"?
The teleporter could even leave behind an odor of sulphur and 
brimstone or something.

And to think some people say I have no originality...

				"And meanwhile, somewhere East of London, 
				 in a rent-controlled Victorian Mansion..."

				Scott J. Berry
				{someplace big}!hou2g!scott