From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 5/3/14 9:45 AM, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   > On 2014-05-02 08:04:33 +0000, Jymesion said:   
   >   
   >> One scenario I keep returning to involves a Chronoscope. (One of the   
   >> reasons I can't let it go is because it seems to be full of   
   >> possibilities, but I've never found a decent story to write involving   
   >> one.) I long ago concluded that it'd be incredibly boring punctuated   
   >> with moments of intense excitement.   
   >>   
   >> Imagine it -- you've invented a device that let's you look back in   
   >> time.   
   >>   
   >> And then imagine what you'd do with it.   
   >>   
      
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   >   
   > Didn't Asimov shoot the Chronoscope plot in the head decades ago?   
   >   
      
      
   	Yep, especially as Jymesion describes it -- a thing that can look into   
   the past, but apparently look at any physical location regardless of   
   where you are (i.e., you don't have to bring it to the location you want   
   to view). It then becomes the ultimate surveillance device and voyeur toy.   
      
   	Now, I'm sure someone's DONE it, but what I haven't seen often is a   
   time viewer that you have to bring TO the location you want to view. It   
   would work like a remote video camera at that point.   
      
      
      
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