Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Re: Back to the Future paradoxes Message-ID: <460@baylor.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 19:09:58 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.460 Posted: Sun Aug 18 19:09:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 02:25:44 EDT References: <9793@ucbvax.ARPA> <2243@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <650@psivax.UUCP> Distribution: net.movies Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 15 > Actually, that was *exactly* his point! The problem is that > the Earth would still be millions of miles away from that same spot > since the Earth *moves*. Thus he would be in the same place floating > in empty space, and he would have to wait 30 years for the Earth to > get there! So how do you know it doesn't do something magic to deal with that? Actually there's a good rationalisation of that: since gravity effects percieved time, and the flux capacitor takes advantage of this fact (assumption), then there is no reason it can't throw you around in time so long as you stay in the same place relative to the nearest large mass. Not so? -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076