Comments on: Magic Science http://striderweb.com/blog/2007/12/magic-science/ It's all about where you draw the line Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steve B http://striderweb.com/blog/2007/12/magic-science/#comment-21140 Steve B Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:36:47 +0000 http://striderweb.com/blog/2007/12/magic-science/#comment-21140 Great post. Excellent breakdown. I quite agree with you wrt Star Trek. All they had to do was McGyver up a tacheon pulse and escape. One of the forwards in a Hammer's Slammers novel talked about how Weber wasn't sure HOW his copper-ion releases guns worked, but it just sounded like it MIGHT work, and that was good enough for him. And yet the would jam, overheat, whatever, so while unexplained future-tech, they were also highly believable. Great post. Excellent breakdown. I quite agree with you wrt Star Trek. All they had to do was McGyver up a tacheon pulse and escape.

One of the forwards in a Hammer’s Slammers novel talked about how Weber wasn’t sure HOW his copper-ion releases guns worked, but it just sounded like it MIGHT work, and that was good enough for him. And yet the would jam, overheat, whatever, so while unexplained future-tech, they were also highly believable.

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