From:	Thomas Frost <frost@******.UMD.EDU>
Subject:	Re: In space, the security is great, but....
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 1993 09:14:43 -0500

Something else that just occurred to me re: orbital facilities.

The physical and magical security is better than in most Earth-based
facilities, but the (possible) lack of magical activity has its own
drawbacks.

Consider that the hottest research in the Srun present-day IS magic.
Computers are fun, and cyber is hot, but magic is truly cutting-edge.

Would anyone spend that much money to build a factory that, no matter
what, could never be used for magical research? It'd be like building
an office building that could never be networked with ATM or SONET or
(insert bleeding-edge networking technology here).

Just a thought. Maybe they'd be more likely to build in high-mana
areas. Ireland or Haiti could be the Silicon Valley of the 21st
century.

--
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Smart: frost@******.umd.edu | the cats eat the rats,
Not smart: umiacs!frost | and we get the skins for free!"