Sujet : Re: Looking for stories....
De : michael.stemper (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Michael F. Stemper)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 07. Jul 2025, 15:58:07
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On 07/07/2025 08.51, danny burstein wrote:
In <md20hbFmrmjU1@mid.individual.net> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
In article <booths-20250707135221@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Transfer booths only working between fixed locations equipped with
booths exist in Larry Niven's Ringworld.
I was thinking about that. Was there a reason given why they aren't
used off-planet? Maybe they are SPEOL only?
"SPEOL"?
Also... they had to compensate for the differing potential
energies between receiving and transmission sites, as one
could be "traveling" (term used a bit loosely) a lot faster
and in a different direction, and altitude, etc., than
the other.
This would otherwise lead to potentially a hefty chunk of
heat being released at the receiving site.
(This was, iirc, a plot device in one of his stories).
I believe that was "A Kind of Murder".
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