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Autcsrgv.320 net.sf-lovers utzoo!utcsrgv!donald Thu Apr 29 12:30:40 1982 Re: Ringworld inconsistency

The point is, the super-laser is emitted by a solar flare, so after one loses a few ships, one gets the idea that every time one sees an unusual protuberance from the sun, one ducks out of the path of the beam. In any case, approaches from the plane of the ecliptic are perfectly safe because the ringworld itself provides a shield. I still think that the ringworld defense is overly-complex and easily replaced by a simpler and more effective system (sort of like IBM OS/VS...)

=Don Chan=

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