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Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime

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Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote in news:20150822d@crcomp.net:

> 
> Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote in news:26cd79c4-289c-
>> 467d-808c-2c3a9ec582c3@googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> On Saturday, 22 August 2015 03:50:43 UTC+1, Don Kuenz  wrote:
>>>> So there you have it. Inertia as the key insight to hypertime. :)
>>>
>>> If you preserve inertia, then your story is mostly about
>>> walking around looking at stuff.  You may not even be
>>> able to leave a room, if the door is closed.
>>>
>>> But, depending on the speed ratio, you may be able
>>> to move objects, but with a proportionately greater
>>> effort than before.
>>>
>>> Another approach is that an object which you touch
>>> becomes accelerated, or, you can turn the effect off
>>> and on, and incorporate the object in the effect
>>> that way.
>>
>> Nicholson Baker's 1994 'Serious Literature' genre novel
>> 'The Fermata' takes that route,  The protag
>> uses it mostly as a way of indulging his sexual
>> inclinations.
>>
>> He makes the point, among other things, that transport
>> becomes a problem, and mainly uses motorcycles, which
>> can weave between all the stationary cars on the road.
> 
> Holy hormonal hypertime! Then there's "Cashback" the movie. [1] Besides
> inertial issues, now the endocrine system needs to be up to speed. ;)
> 
> Note.
> 
> 1. http://tinyurl.com/qfzosjf

Wikipedia claims 'Cashback' may be an adaption of the book.
It also notes that Neil Gaiman and Roger Zemeckis wrote a
screenplay based on the book, over a decade ago.

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Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 02:48 +0000
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-22 03:54 -0400
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 16:44 +0000
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-22 03:32 -0700
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 10:35 -0500
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 17:50 +0000
        Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 19:50 -0500
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-22 17:02 -0500
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 16:47 +0000
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-22 12:35 -0700
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-22 17:04 -0500
        Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Shawn Wilson <ikonoqlast@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 16:41 -0700
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Richard Todd <rmtodd@servalan.servalan.com> - 2015-08-22 12:49 -0500
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-22 14:56 -0400
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 20:49 +0000
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Richard Todd <rmtodd@servalan.servalan.com> - 2015-08-22 17:10 -0500
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-22 17:07 -0500
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Butch Malahide <fred.galvin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:15 -0700
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-22 22:41 -0400
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-22 20:50 +0000
  Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2015-08-23 02:20 +0000
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2015-08-23 13:45 -0700
      Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-23 17:14 -0700
    Re: Inertia as the Key Insight to Hypertime Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-24 01:28 +0000

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