On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:46:02AM -0800, Philip Hart wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Scott Raun wrote: > > I would use the analogy 'feeding sticks to a wood-chipper'. > > > > Or, to use an analogy Vlad would appreciate - 'feeding meat to a > > sausage machine'. > > > > There are lots of machines that you feed - you put something in, you > > get something out. Now, what you get OUT of a Morganti weapon is an > > interesting question... > > MWs are magical - they aren't a priori subject to the 2nd law of > thermodynamics or conservation laws for that matter. I would > guess that putting one in your closet for 200k years wouldn't > affect it. Well, not any more than putting a meat grinder away (suitably prepped - with a preservation spell of some kind, maybe?) for 200k years. I can accept that MW aren't subject to the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Nonetheless, it's amusing to speculate on what the by-products would be. I'll bet they're some of the magical pollution that led to the permanent cloud cover! -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org