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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 11/4/2010 4:31 PM, Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > In article,   
   >   Captain Infinity  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Once Upon A Time,   
   >> Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The problem with any attempted fix is that they booted the 'preparation'   
   >>> deal.  In theory, Spock would die in a short time if he went back   
   >>> unprepared (which makes no sense since he was reverting).  You have to   
   >>> wonder if the preparation and 'can't go back' bit are likes they told   
   >>> the people to keep them from trying.   
   >>   
   >> That's exactly what I've always believed.  Seems pretty clear to me that it   
   >> was all bullshit to keep them in the past.  Because the planet's dying, why   
   >> would anyone want to return?   
   >   
   > Well, we don't know how long they've been using the machine.  It's   
   > possible people have been going back since long before their sun started   
   > acting up, and certainly the 'if you try to come back you'll die' is a   
   > useful thing to tell political prisoners you're stranding, but I still   
   > think stranding political prisoners in the past is pretty damn stupid,   
   > 'cause I know damn well that I'd be using my knowledge of the future to   
   > mess you up.   
   >   
   Well, I think that's why the political prisoner was sent to a desolate,   
   unpopulated glacier.   
      
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