Re: [TML] Discussion Topic: Ansible Models (non 3I) Jeff Zeitlin 06 Oct 2019 19:09 UTC
On Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:28:00 -0700, "shadow at shadowgard.com (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: >Blish's Dirac radio wasn't too expensive and it was fast. In fact it >was instantaneous. But it also had the problem that anybody with a >Dirac radio got the message. >It also had a "fun" flaw. Every message received started with the >Dirac "bleep". This was a "loud" multifrequency signal "blip". Turns >out that with the right equipment you could "spread it out" into >every Dirac radio message *ever*. And that was the clue I needed to find the story/book that it was in - _The Quincunx of Time_, an expansion of an earlier story of his called "Beep". ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2018. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)