From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, May 2, 2014 3:05:39 AM UTC-4, Jymesion wrote:   
   > One scenario I keep returning to involves a Chronoscope. (One of the   
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   > reasons I can't let it go is because it seems to be full of   
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   > possibilities, but I've never found a decent story to write involving   
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   > one.) I long ago concluded that it'd be incredibly boring punctuated   
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   > with moments of intense excitement.   
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   > Imagine it -- you've invented a device that let's you look back in   
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   > time.   
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   > And then imagine what you'd do with it.   
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   > Great historical finds! Yeah, except no one would believe you unless   
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   > you revealed the details of its construction so other people could   
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   > verify that it's real and it works as you claim.   
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   > Once others know how to build one, what do they need you for? You'd   
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   > become nothing but a footnote, just like the people who develeped the   
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   > Xerox machine and the transistor.   
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   Shockley is well-remembered for his Nobel Laureate sperm bank and similar   
   insane eugenics shit.   
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   > I, at least, would use it first to gain wealth. Lost treasures come to   
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   > mind first.   
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   Your government will send assassins to kill you when it realizes that you can   
   uncover its lies.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)