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Caught in a storm they end up weeks later over a mysterious volcanic atoll in the South Pacific. Far below, a ship which Mclellan's trusty telescope identifies as the "Black Rock" is slugging it out in pitched battle with a strange, metallic contrivance, cigar shaped and low in the water...

WI there were no obscenity laws in the USA? of any type, ever, anytime? a specific prohibition of same being written into the Bill of Rights and defended as zealously as gun ownership is now, throughout US history?

WI TV shows were restricted by law to having a budget no greater than the modern equivalent of $50,000, this being an ironclad FCC regulation upheld by SCOTUS 9/0 since 1935?

I think the Romans there were kidnapped and then held offworld for centuries by aliens. This explains why their language is so close to Latin and all the werewolves and vampires to boot. :p

I think cats would make neat intelligent beings. I don't know how likely it would be but then I'm not sure likeliness it the main determinant here. Apes aren't really that likely but it's more a matter of luck, that is, a combination of chance and evolution that just happened to favor the...

How would Europe have developed differently if France had a tradition/policy of being a sea power equivalent to England? I realize this is against cultural determinism since France is geographically a land power, but there is no real reason it cannot be a sea power as well.

Pine needles, some types of pine or evergreen have something like 5x the C of citrus if made into tea. Don't people operate at pressure? how would our blood circulate?

Reread the scenario, "Everything stays the same", the US, therefore, doesn't have any bombs and, in fact, has started the Manhattan Project just one day before. The world is at Japan's mercy.

Make Near East Belly Dancing a necessary part of every American girl's social graces and a required skill in the phys ed curriculum of all American high schools and colleges by 1970. POD anytime after 1900.

Japan has 10 bombs and the USA is just beginning the Manhattan Project? The Emperor puts the entire industry of the country to work on one project, building a long range bomber that can carry the bomb. Once this is done he invites observers from the various world govts to Korea to witness the...

Yes and no. To most people who study the problem Communism does seem to have some basic flaws vis-a-vis human nature. However, on second glance, a lot of these are often just due to our own capitalist prejudices. A person brought up under communism, while he/she might still be ambitious, would...

Actually, isn't Weena in The Time Machine though I daresay Old Harry would travel a few thousand years for a bit of Eloi tail.

Nope, don't see geological and prehuman there. You're supposed to check if the memo was read. Whattya think, I sit here reading all day? I got porn to download people But seriously, why? No different rules of plausibility I can see.

Yes, they wore rags, but did they go naked much?

Maybe, but how much does one pair of swimming trunks, shorts cost?

No Ice Ages. I don't know where I heard this, I think it was on television, but I am reasonably sure that the present 'age' of Ice Ages is now seen as due mainly to the rise of the Himalayas. The timing and cause of the individual Ice Ages over the last 30 million years is debated, but the...

"Is that a pipe bomb or are you just happy to see me?"

Texas Instruments had, at one time, the most advanced PC on the market, then they decided to go totally proprietary with their software. In less than 2 years they were out of the PC business.

They'd have animal fat, I'd suppose. The problem is that wasn't there a lack of protein, and didn't they make that up....with....and I really don't like the way this is going already:eek:

Nor do the Angels. Tough as they might be they couldn't deal with having every other MC and the majority of the world's adolecents howling for their blood everywhere they go. They disband in a year.