From: francis@dogwood.atl.ga.us (John Stracke)
Subject: Re: Continuing Time
Organization: National Science Center Foundation
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:53:26 GMT
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In article <BtnLvI.4uu@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ndj20710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nathan D. Johnson) writes:

>rod@cats.ucsc.edu (Rodrick Su) writes:
>>	was outside when he got out of the lift.  He also heard the joyous
>>	shouts of PKFs that 'We got him'.  Why not go and see the fun?  That
[...]
>You forget, the elevator that Trent was in is found open by Vance(Melissa was
>startled to discover it open, since it had been empty just a few moments

Right--"Less than five seconds", she says.

>before. Trent was NOT in the elevator. The guard that wasn't there was the one
>at the airlock. Re-read the section. 

>I don't see that it would have taken very much time either.

Me, either.  I thought about it, when I posted for the hologram
side--after all, there's only a few instants between the time he was
spotted and the time they went in--but remembered: "For the first
time, it struck Vance on an emotional level that Trent really *was* a
genie.  He moved at a speed approaching that of a Peaceforcer
Elite...." (probably a couple of words wrong there, but it's
close--that line sticks with me).

Also, they waited outside the door for a bit.  The door refused to
open, so Vance told it that, if it would not open, they would open
fire, and the young man inside would almost certainly be injured.  It
opened.

Ah! Another point: when they got inside, Trent was standing immobile
at the far end of the room; when Vance said it was over, he nodded,
smiled, turned around, and walked out.  This sounds like a setup
designed to cut down on processing time for the holo.

>Finally, It is not impossible that trent glued the wall back in place, but

I believe he had lost the glue by this time.  I'll have to reread.

>even if he didn't, the PKF still had work to do trying to find him. If in the
>aftermath, the officials explain that trent actually used an easily explained
>setup for his supposed miracle, then maybe they would believe it. Then again,
>try convincing Christians that christs body was probably removed from the tomb

No, thank you, I want to keep my various organs and appendages where
they are.  ;-)

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