OT: communication when it can't be electronic
You've reminded me of one of my pet SF "what ifs": how would you build an electronic communication system in the age of reliable FTL drives when all you can chuck through the wormhole is physical things. Answer: Sneaker-Net. If you can automate throwing and catching un-manned pods then the choke point becomes reading and writing the data they carry.
Interestingly, a similar problem comes up in Terry Pratchett's novel series that start with "The Long Earth". The only thing that can move between the various parallel earths is a sentient object, so as humanity figures this out, they come up with a system of sending memory cards carried by people between the earths as a kind of "extranet".
Wade.
Interestingly, a similar problem comes up in Terry Pratchett's novel series that start with "The Long Earth". The only thing that can move between the various parallel earths is a sentient object, so as humanity figures this out, they come up with a system of sending memory cards carried by people between the earths as a kind of "extranet".
Wade.
