Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!INNERS@CMU-CS-C.ARPA From: INNERS@CMU-CS-C.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Hogan Time Travel Message-ID: <3150@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jul-83 12:42:17 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3150 Posted: Sat Jul 16 12:42:17 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Jul-83 04:24:26 EDT Lines: 23 From: Mike InnersAs I understood the time travel to function: Time ----> S X earth at reception p / a / signal c X------------------------X earth at transmission e \ | \ V \ signal wave front The signal recieved was electromagnetic radiation caused by the sudden appearance of energy from the future at the reception point. This radiation attenuated by normal inverse-square laws. Since the Earth moved quite a bit relative to the frame of reference the signal traveled in, beyond a certain time in the past the signal would be attenuated too much to be detected. The computer was used to filter the encoded information out of the background noise. -- Mike Inners -------