Re: Schild's ladder
- From: Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:45:49 +0000 (UTC)
Here, Jan Irigi Olsina <jan.olsina@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you someone read Schild's ladder from Greg Egan? I haven't
finished yet, but I want to ask you something: how did this 'Slowdown'
work? I mean, whole planet was waiting for anyone who'd traveled until
he got back. People changed their perception of the world so it didn't
look strange to them, but how did they managed not to starve to death
or not to get old in meantime? Were some unsentient robots fedeng
them? (I probably just missed it, it had to be explained there.)
It's been years since I read it, but as I recall -- these are people
who have complete technological control over their bodies. If they
slow down, they use less energy. Or maybe they have backup nuclear
reactors in their spleens, I don't remember. And ageing is voluntary.
--Z
--
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
*
Bush's biggest lie is his claim that it's okay to disagree with him. As soon as
you *actually* disagree with him, he sadly explains that you're undermining
America, that you're giving comfort to the enemy. That you need to be silent.
.
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