House Absolute

Tim Walters · 04 Dec 2008, 00:50 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: walters at doubtfulpalace.com (Tim Walters)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:50:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) House Absolute
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> Petrification and fossilization can happen in as little as 100,000
> years,

Of one layer of sediment, maybe. Of a whole cliff's worth? No.

>> This might fly if there were textual evidence for it.
>
> "Lightning," Master Gurloes said as he rammed the loose cable home.
> "There's another word for it, but I forget. Anyway, the revolutionary
> here runs by lightning."

I meant textual evidence for human-caused cooling of Urth's core, not of
the civilization's "ironically ignorant nature," with which I quite agree.

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Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com

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