Re: [SG2] weapons
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:35:20 +0100
Subject: Re: [SG2] weapons
Imre Szabo wrote:
> >Bottom line, we are using "filtered" fuzzy science 'extrapolations'
of a
> >feaking war game (albeit a complex one) as a basis for discussing
> >psuedo-reality.
> >
> >Okay, I just wanted to make sure I had that straight.
> >
> >I thought maybe somebody was using real science for a second.
>
>The baiss for FFS is real science.
Um, well. Better make that "The basis for FFS is real science and
technology as it was known to the general public at the time of
writing."
That's not exactly the same thing, I'm afraid...
Isn't it FFS where a computer rather less powerful than the pocket
calculator I lost some years ago took up a cubic meter or two inside a
spaceship?
Regards,
Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
"Life is like a sewer.
What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry