Long distance information...

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 03:59:35 GMT

Nils Weinander:
> The Haragalan water bowls, while magical, are not
> devices of long distance communication. Since they do
> contain water from Lumavoxoran's holy pool, the god's
> mood can be spotted simultaneously on all tallships,
> but that's it.

Shades of hair-splitting arguments about information theory and special relativity... If Ship A does something to greatly please (or equally, mightily piss off) Lumavoxoran, then this can be observed instantly on Ship B, it would appear. Communication of sorts, just somewhat low bandwidth...

Slan,
Alex.

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