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Date Posted: 18:28:37 05/22/03 Thu
Author: Crysknife
Subject: IDAHO...Ya but...
In reply to: Crysknife 's message, "the thing I didn't like about the pre's" on 21:44:10 05/21/03 Wed

Sure instant space travel would revolutionize economy and structure of the empire but, how do you explain the lack of the slower travel in the originals? Do we still have sail boats? Do we still fly blimps? How about bicycles, trains, and cruise ships? No where is it mentioned in the originals that space flight was as easy as the pre's state it is before the spice.

The closest star to the sun is about 4.5 LYs away. to traverse this distance even in a couple of months would be a miracle to us now. This is speed of many factors more than the speed of light. Why aren't others using it in the books?

Yes the age apps and B.G. uses for spice are great and profound, but the highlight of spice for me at least the way it let the Guild travel instantly. But now that feat is surmounted by the feat of the people in the earlier pre's.

They are both far fetched ideas. Instant travel or 100 times the speed of light? Both miracles.

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Well I disagree -- IDAHO, 20:21:03 05/22/03 Thu
- I'll buy that, Idaho. (NT) -- tvscks, 21:01:09 05/22/03 Thu
  - too Star Warish I think. -- Crysknife, 02:23:40 05/23/03 Fri
    - But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 12:49:57 05/23/03 Fri
    - But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 13:55:59 05/23/03 Fri
      - Ahh but it does conflict..... final thoughts -- Crysknife, 19:25:44 05/23/03 Fri
        Well, actually Dune could never exist either -- IDAHO, 22:00:57 05/23/03 Fri
        Still Dune is a future if only a fantastic future. -- Crysknife, 22:36:41 05/23/03 Fri
        Well...if energy is everywhere...what about the force -- IDAHO, 01:25:58 05/24/03 Sat
        Lighten up? Not when it comes to Dune. -- Crysknife, 09:25:25 05/24/03 Sat
        Your analogies don't make sense becasue they are NOT closer to reality -- IDAHO, 14:22:40 05/24/03 Sat
        OH GOD STOP!!!!! Are you even listening to yourself??? -- theButterfly, 17:59:21 05/24/03 Sat
        How about this as an explanation..and GOD listen to YOURSELF -- IDAHO, 20:33:29 05/24/03 Sat
        Ah, thank you. -- theButterfly, 19:57:52 05/25/03 Sun
        Thanks for the thoughtful reply, but I think I made my points already so I don't need to rehash. Peace (NT) -- IDAHO, 22:22:24 05/25/03 Sun
        What the worms eat -- AntiPaul, 06:46:28 05/26/03 Mon
        But how does the worm metabolize that? (NT) -- IDAHO, 14:17:12 05/26/03 Mon
        Silica (Any chemistry majors out there?) -- AnitPaul, 15:54:37 05/26/03 Mon
        Frank Herbert on Ecology...How about the later novels? -- IDAHO, 17:21:32 05/26/03 Mon
        Not knocking Pre's -- AnitPaul, 17:59:19 05/26/03 Mon
        Too each his own, that's perfectly valid. (NT) -- IDAHO, 18:27:34 05/26/03 Mon
        Idaho -- Crysknife, 18:17:42 05/26/03 Mon
        I was joking about The Star Wars Star Trek travel -- IDAHO, 18:36:26 05/26/03 Mon
Pre-spice space travel -- Ghanima, 16:25:28 05/27/03 Tue
- Ghanima -- Crysknife, 17:57:53 05/27/03 Tue
  - OK guy -- Ghanima, 18:35:20 05/27/03 Tue
    - Well... -- Crysknife, 21:28:00 05/27/03 Tue
      - Let's see, it's accepted, it makes sense, it fits, it's canon you are wrong, and that's it. (NT) -- IDAHO, 00:43:11 05/28/03 Wed
        baahaaaaaah <-- that's supposed to be sheep sounds (NT) -- theButterfly, 14:15:47 05/28/03 Wed
        it's not accepted by me, it doesn't fit, I don't consider it canon and most of all it doesn't make sense. Peace. (NT) -- Crysknife, 15:02:42 05/28/03 Wed
        Well you are in the minority, which kinda makes it canon. (NT) -- IDAHO, 18:17:00 05/28/03 Wed
        If you accept the abomination then you can call it canon. Time will tell if I stay in the minority. (NT) -- Crysknife, 20:29:51 05/28/03 Wed
        This is my last post, but you call it abomination, I call it "pre-born"!!!!!!! (NT) -- IDAHO, 00:48:26 05/29/03 Thu
        Just as Alia was a pre-born and an abomination, so is the B.Jihad!!!!....This is fun! (NT) -- Crysknife, 13:13:42 05/29/03 Thu
        okay, so I lied, but Ghanima and Leto II weren't abonimation and neither is BJ. (NT) -- IDAHO, 13:21:25 05/29/03 Thu