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   in article 11lv41ct889vc76@news.supernews.com, Paul Vader at   
   pv+usenet@pobox.com wrote on 10/26/05 7:18 AM:   
      
   > "Ken from Chicago"  writes:   
   >> There are several scientific ways one could communicate thru a planet:   
   >>   
   >> 1) Transmit mesons or neutrinos or other small particles that can cut thru   
   >> matter like it wasn't there. True you're need really powerful   
   >   
   > And you propose to create and transmit (let alone receive!) neutrinos from   
   > a handheld device exactly how?   
   >   
   >> 2) Echo location:   
   >   
   > And you propose to create a sonic signal capable of bouncing through the   
   > entire material of a planet with a a handheld device exactly how?   
   >   
   >> A simpler example is if you and I have each have a flashlight but and know   
   >> morse code--but a 50-foot wall is in the way. However we can shine the   
   >> flashlight up at an angle over the wall, so we can flashing beam and figure   
   >> out what the other is saying--even tho we can't shine the beam of light   
   >> directly at each other.   
   >   
   > So, I suppose they use shortwave and bounce off the heavyside layer? What   
   > if the planet doesn't have one?   
   >   
   > Star Trek communicators are magic. Deal with it. *   
      
   First I want an example of communicators talking through a planet.   
      
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