Beta and Higher Patron Notice
Added 2018-07-02 00:01:35 +0000 UTCApologies for the lateness and the rushed update. As it turns out my wife had gallstones, not a heart attack as was feared.
SURFACE TO ORBIT
added new section Beamed Energy Propulsion
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/surfaceorbit.php#bep
IMPERIAL TELECOMUNICATIONS
added to Superluminal Radio a section on IMPERIAL/COMMERCIAL ANSIBLE MONOPOLY
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/telecommunication.php#ansiblemono
FASTER THAN LIGHT
added new section Receiver Required Matter Transmitter
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#matterreceive
SPACE LAW
added to Corporate Asteroid Mining Law a quote from Exiles To Glory
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacelaw.php#corpint
REALISTIC DESIGNS G-M
added to Mars Umbrella Ship more artwork by Owen Egan
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns3.php#owenegan
ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY
added to Making Do Without quotes from Sands of Mars, Islands in Space, and The Skylark of Space
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#trapped0
HUMAN FACTOR
added new section Free Fall Tears
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/humanfactor.php#crying
FUTURE MONEY
added to Debased Currency quotes from Fool's Errand and Dark Angel
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/money.php#ecashgone1
Comments
Nyrath glad to hear that the medical emergency was the lesser of two evils! Wishing her a speedy recovery and best outcomes!
R. Allen Murphey
2018-07-02 21:01:17 +0000 UTCWalter Jon Williams might qualify as a sci-fi author with some information security and practices background. His HARDWIRED game supplement for R. Talsorian Cyberpunk 2020 RPG had a pretty nifty "crystaljocks" update to the base game. Instead of the William Gibson neuro-hallucinogenic cyberspace, the CrystalJocks were more BBS/internet server style hackers working with accounts, databases, connection links, and coding. But, I am not disagreeing with your basic point of sci-fi writers and sloppy deus ex machina "restore from backup and all is better". Tom Clancy at least had an interesting idea of how to get back to reality in his Jack Ryan stories...
R. Allen Murphey
2018-07-02 20:59:46 +0000 UTCthat's right! More to the point in the story the secret organization used the time communication power of the Dirac to help maintain their monopoly
Nyrath
2018-07-02 11:54:10 +0000 UTCIf I remember, James Blish's stories had a Dirac communicator. Every transmission had a "beep" or "blip". Turns out that blip was a compressed collection of other messages from across all of time. Or times. It wasn't clear if his universe was deterministic or branching. Still, getting messages from the far future was a thing with the Dirac.
John
2018-07-02 00:53:20 +0000 UTCAnd now, something less serious. Jet Kitten: Meowriiight. All the cash is gone and the world has stopped working as we know it. Pffft. Backups, secure backups restore all that info in a day and it's all better. SciFi authors have no experience with real cyber security and practices. Meow!
John
2018-07-02 00:48:54 +0000 UTCIt's a relief it wasn't anything more serious. Hope her recovery goes smoothly.
Troy C.
2018-07-02 00:16:42 +0000 UTCI'm glad it's not as serious as it might have been! I hope she's recovering well!
John
2018-07-02 00:11:02 +0000 UTC
