Hmmmmm, could be me

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Hmmmmm, could be me

RNE — 12/27/2005 7:33:09 PM (archived)

Or not, most of the tripe that passes for current fiction on this subject is a pile of .... well we all know what it is.

Most of it ignoressimple science and action/reaction in a vacuum, including the big bangs when the fuel tanks blow......... :8~D.

It is hard to talk about this seriously without taking into consideration some factors such as distance and physics. With a view to future technology thrown in for good measure.

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War in the Heavens. - Lee - 12/23/2005 8:53:21 AM
- re: War in the Heavens. - Vince - 12/27/2005 3:57:00 AM
- How do they afford all these battleships - isn't that kindof expensive? (n/t) - SDF - 12/24/2005 1:46:28 PM
  - Comparative costs - RNE - 12/26/2005 4:55:16 AM
    - So you've read SF by Alastair Reynolds? He writes about the possibility of xenocidal interstellar machines. - SDF - 12/27/2005 12:19:13 PM
      - Or Fred Saberhagen (n/t) - alcaray - 12/28/2005 5:15:00 PM
        
        Or Dietz, now that I think about it - alcaray - 12/28/2005 5:19:32 PM
      - I have... - Fox - 12/27/2005 8:18:25 PM
      - re: So you've read SF by Alastair Reynolds? Not that I recall - RNE - 12/27/2005 5:00:55 PM
        
        Ok. I've read an awful lot of sci-fi and I can't really say that my opinons haven't been at least influenced by their books. - SDF - 12/27/2005 6:25:59 PM
        
        Hmmmmm, could be me - RNE - 12/27/2005 7:33:09 PM
        
        Can't argue with that, most sci-fi authors have been wrong about the future - SDF - 12/28/2005 7:17:06 AM
        
        re: Can't argue with that, most sci-fi authors have been wrong about the future - LJK - 12/30/2005 4:09:18 PM
        
        ROFLMAO! - RNE - 12/30/2005 7:35:29 PM
        
        LOL! - RNE - 12/28/2005 5:28:58 PM
  - Office of Home World Security - Peter Bruener - 12/25/2005 6:43:23 AM
    - Smoking ruins - RNE - 12/26/2005 4:39:38 AM
      - Littoral Strategy - Peter Bruener - 12/28/2005 11:34:14 PM
        
        Takes a deep breath. - RNE - 12/29/2005 2:29:34 AM
        
        The Big Deep... - Peter Bruener - 12/30/2005 6:32:45 AM
        
        Everybody fights, nobody quits - RNE - 12/30/2005 7:28:47 PM
  - Which begs the question of what exactly they are fighting over to make it worthwhile? (n/t) - SDF - 12/24/2005 2:16:11 PM
- Not sure I agree with this guy - alcaray - 12/23/2005 6:54:38 PM
  - Would it? - Lee - 12/23/2005 7:59:34 PM
    - Mass goes up with the cube, as I said. So, yes. - alcaray - 12/23/2005 8:09:27 PM
      - re: "mitigating architecture" - Fox - 12/24/2005 3:46:33 AM
        
        re: "mitigating architecture", and Moore's Law - RNE - 12/26/2005 5:20:31 AM
      - It would still be cool to see space battles portrayed that way. - Lee - 12/23/2005 10:01:52 PM

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