Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:46:47 -0600
From: BobAndVickey <bobandvickey@aol.com>
>Amazing that the "guns" the colonist had still worked so
>well 70 years later. Be careful. Most things around here
>don't react to well to bullets.
It is really not amazing that a firearm is working 70 years later. There are
firearm collectors today that have weapons that old that are still in working
condition. Considering the weapons we have today I would not be surprised that
there will be working examples of the AK-47 and UZI in 70 years. The weapon is
not the question. it would be the ammo storage life. Since we are talking
about the future the idea of a bullet that has a long shelf life that uses an
explosive other than gunpowder is not unreasonable. HK has been working for
years on no casing ammo using alternate charges with moderate success.
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:47:26 -0600
From: John Savard <jsavard@ecn.aSBLOKb.caNADA.invalid>
>>"Put it on a pad."??? Isn't a pad 24th century technology?
Actually, that technology was first developed in the 20th century, by
United Parcel Service...
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:51:13 -0600
From: The Highlander (The One. The Only. UK2USA) <The.Highlander@mailandnews.com>
> "Put it on a pad."??? Isn't a pad 24th century technology?
"Put it on a Palm(tm)." very definitely 20th century tech.
> "9 years there, 9 years back." I guess some hard core
> trek-nologist will figure out the actually warp speed for that
> one.
20 light years out, so they would be moving at a little more than 2c, do a
quick cube root of that and you get.... about warp 1.3, as an average speed.
> Amazing that the "guns" the colonist had still worked so
> well 70 years later.
Why not? They were slug throwers, if they were mechanical, then they can be
maintained by anyone smart enough to take one apart and put it back together
in the right order.