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From: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Gryphon)
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.sci,net.philosophy,net.sf-lovers
Subject: A Sane Man Proposes A Time Travel Experiment
Message-ID: <622@ulowell.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 17:39:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: ulowell.622
Posted: Mon Aug  4 17:39:08 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 5-Aug-86 02:02:13 EDT
Reply-To: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Gryphon)
Organization: Miskatonic University
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Summary: referance = James Hogan _Thrice_Upon_A_Time_
Xref: mnetor net.physics:2537 net.sci:1166 net.philosophy:2245 net.sf-lovers:7319

The subject of multiple time lines was put forth in this story.

Short summary: the existance of an additional type of energy (tau) is
discovered. Seems that this energy is created (no comments :-}) whenever
another form of energy is released. This tau energy travels back in time
a distance directly proportional to the amount of energy. SO, these guys
who discovered this (who also happen to be hackers) design a machine to
monitor recption of this type of energy. Then they experiment by sending
forward (sorry, it can go forward or back, distance proportional ...)
and having the future people send messages back.

What they came up with is the idea as follows:

Picture a grid board, with a needle/hook/whatever stuck in at each point.
The 'thread' of relity is strung from point to point.

Now, move the thread in the past and that changes the points is connects
to. But, given enough time (dependend upon the severity of the change),
the 'thread' will head toward its original future. Thus there is an
elasticity to time.

Now, Hogan also came up with what the characters called the 'reset factor'.
This was basically that certain amounts of tau radiation will be consantlt
jumping back and forward and changing things, even as minor as the placement
of a sigle molecule. But, that can have unforseen affects. However, once
a change is made in the past, reality is retroactivley reset to
hav that as its past. Scary thought.

Sorry for length, but I think it was a neat idea. I will leave
all else (this contained no real spoilers to plot) to anyone who
wishes to read it.

Comments?

						Gryphon
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