... Radiation. Phssthpok believed that the pak breeders abandoned on earth would probably not have mutated much because of the low radiation found that far...
Simon Hibbs
simonh@...
Apr 1, 1998 9:30 am
3879
Le 31 Mar 98 a 22:50, saskxm@... a ecrit ... .. ... .. ... I wonder if an aeolipile-like reaction motor boat would be (would have been) a viable idea....
Marc Dufour (M)
Marc.Dufour@...
Apr 2, 1998 2:18 am
3880
Le 1 Apr 98 a 0:28, Malcolm Pack a ecrit ... Don't sperm cells have only one mitochondria, located at the base of the tail? Don't **ALL** eukariotic...
Marc Dufour (M)
Marc.Dufour@...
Apr 2, 1998 4:34 am
3881
Le 1 Apr 98 a 4:16, Simon Hibbs a ecrit sur "Re: Directed Evolution": .. ... .. ... Could life conceivably evolve around something else than carbon? Silicon? ...
Marc Dufour (M)
Marc.Dufour@...
Apr 2, 1998 4:35 am
3882
What's this about the tnuctipun's suicide plan? Who were they fighting against, I though the slavers could only control minds of other creatures and that they...
Nick
wendyh@...
Apr 2, 1998 5:43 am
3883
... The slavers were intelligent, but not very. Maybe IQ 80 average. They controlled many slave species, including most of the tnuctipun. The "Free Tnuctip"...
Hibbs, Philip
philip.hibbs@...
Apr 2, 1998 8:29 am
3884
... Bandersnatchi do not have eyes. They have a bundle of sensitive cillia on the end of their 'head', which are their only sense organ. There is a short story...
Simon Hibbs
simonh@...
Apr 2, 1998 9:32 am
3885
"Nick" <wendyh@...> (hey! I thought you were Louis Wu! See recipients ... Huh? The tnuctipun were highly intelligent and also very cunning, as they were...
Edwin A. Scribner
krenon@...
Apr 2, 1998 9:32 am
3886
... It's a MKW story I think, I remember there is a Jynxian Kzin-killer climbing around among the trees. He kills a Kzin, but is killed by another. I think...
Hibbs, Philip
philip.hibbs@...
Apr 2, 1998 10:03 am
3887
Hello people, I've enjoyed the programmed evolution thread a lot, but it seems to be reaching it's limits. The sole purpose of the theory is to explain the ...
Simon Hibbs
simonh@...
Apr 2, 1998 2:38 pm
3888
... I think Nick meant to say that the Slavers weren't intelligent, and had psychic mind control, so a war between Slavers and Tnuctip is not possible. Just to...
Hibbs, Philip
philip.hibbs@...
Apr 2, 1998 3:42 pm
3889
... Yes, the story is "Hey Diddle Diddle" in the Man Kzin Wars. I seem to recall that NIVEN's Bandersnatchi inhabit the high-pressure zones that surround the ...
David Lambert
dlambert@...
Apr 2, 1998 5:30 pm
3890
Reference Marc D's email of Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:29:45 -0500 (EST), ... Hang on...I'll have a look. <snip obscene paragraph> I do believe you're correct! <g> ......
Malcolm Pack
m.pack@...
Apr 2, 1998 7:21 pm
3891
Le 2 Apr 98 a 14:15, Malcolm Pack a ecrit ... What came first, the cell or the DNA???? - -------- Vive le Quebec Libre! (C. De Gaulle, Montreal, 1967)...
Marc Dufour (M)
Marc.Dufour@...
Apr 2, 1998 9:22 pm
3892
... Certainly the Tnuctip rebelled, indeed they were said to have carefully and cunningly fought the thrints (slavers) using all sorts of devious tricks of ...
Edwin A. Scribner
krenon@...
Apr 2, 1998 9:25 pm
3893
In a message dated 4/2/98 3:14:21 PM Central Standard Time, Marc.Dufour@... writes: << > > Don't **ALL** eukariotic mitochondria are related to a same...
RARIVERA1
RARIVERA1@...
Apr 2, 1998 10:07 pm
3894
... We also see Bandersnatchi on the Ringworld, both the skeleton on the floating castle and live ones in a swamp in Engineers. They could have been imported...
M. Dockrey
gfish@...
Apr 2, 1998 10:08 pm
3895
... Are you SURE that both the amplifier and the term 'suicide night' aren't in WORLD OF THE PTAAV'S? Carol There is a fine line between participation &...
Carol Phillips
redflame@...
Apr 2, 1998 11:22 pm
3896
Marc, there have been authors doing stories dealing with life based on silicon (and moving much slower than carbon based life) and on very cold planets life...
MelBrown92
MelBrown92@...
Apr 3, 1998 3:38 am
3897
... The war was speculation on Greenberg/Kzanol's part. The "massive psi-amplifier" was even shakier, and Suicide Night was IIRC invented by someone on...
Itamar S.-T.
itamars@...
Apr 3, 1998 4:43 am
3898
... I'm fairly confident the term "Suicide Night" was never heard before about two years ago on this list, and that the amplifier was just speculation. Someone...
Edwin A. Scribner
krenon@...
Apr 3, 1998 5:22 am
3899
... It was, but it was the Hindmost, not Nessus. _krenon@...___________________________________________...
Edwin A. Scribner
krenon@...
Apr 3, 1998 5:23 am
3900
... We know from Kzanol that Bandersnatchi fed on the yeast grown on planets such as Earth. What kind of atmosphere would Earth have if it was covered with...
Itamar S.-T.
itamars@...
Apr 3, 1998 10:13 am
3901
... Yeasts metabolise organic matter to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide. To produce the organic matter there would presumably need to be a lot of ...
Edwin A. Scribner
krenon@...
Apr 3, 1998 11:27 am
3902
New thread: Anybody here watch Reboot? Quick summary for those who don't.Reboot was the first 100% CGI animated television series,producing greater quantity...
Nick Edwards
lemming@...
Apr 3, 1998 12:38 pm
3903
... Simon? Simon's my brother! He works in London, me in Atherstone (near Birmingham). We have both been huge Niven fans for many years, as has our father...
Hibbs, Philip
philip.hibbs@...
Apr 3, 1998 1:05 pm
3904
... Most certainly,that was some thing I think discussed some time back on the list Ted. ... Nope.What about the 'snatch that travelled all the way to the...
Nick Edwards
lemming@...
Apr 3, 1998 1:05 pm
3905
... While it's nice to be remembered (that "Suicide Night" chat was over a YEAR ago, IIRC) I must protest... I don't think my brain made those things up. I'll...
David Lambert
dlambert@...
Apr 3, 1998 5:00 pm
3906
... In RWE Louis notices some *living* Bandersnatchi in a swamp as he and Chmee cruise along in the lander, shortly before the vampire incident. He wants to...
M. Dockrey
gfish@...
Apr 3, 1998 9:36 pm
3907
In a message dated 4/3/98 3:24:05 PM Central Standard Time, gfish@... writes: << > Notice also that it is only in other peoples' stories, not...
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