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   From: kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net   
      
   "David Johnston"  wrote in message   
   news:435f7d93.1847677@news.telusplanet.net...   
   > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:02:21 -0000, pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader)   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>ANIM8Rfsk  writes:   
   >>>> Star Trek communicators are magic. Deal with it. *   
   >>>   
   >>>First I want an example of communicators talking through a planet.   
   >>   
   >>The enterprise is in orbit. Therefore, for much of the time, it has no   
   >>line   
   >>of sight to the landing party. The planet's in the way.   
   >>   
   >>Unless the enterprise always uses geosyncronous orbits anyway. I suppose   
   >>that's a possible fanwank. *   
   >   
   > Why wouldn't they be in a geosynch orbit?  The only reason I can think   
   > of is, that they are in orbit around a planet with a lot of space   
   > traffic so they need to take an available orbit instead of a good one.   
   >   
   > Even then they have the kind of power budget that lets them just hover   
   > in position.   But since we know they can't normally beam through   
   > planets, and since we know they can normally beam up from every   
   > landing party at a moment's notice, I don't think there's a good   
   > reason to automatically assume that communicators work through   
   > planets.   
      
   Kinda like parking a car right in front of a hous--unless it's a crowded   
   street and then having to park further away.   
      
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