Dragaera

teleportation to the East

Fri Apr 23 16:12:18 PDT 2004

--- Kenneth Stone <knots4kcs at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Is it coordinates that a teleporter needs or a
> > clear visualization of
> > > the target location?
> > 
> > Either I believe - though I don't know what
> > "coordinates" means.  I
> > seem to recall that in _Taltos_ "coordinates" are
> > inserted into one of
> > Vlad's sorcerers, presumably by sorcery.
> 
> This goes back to that whole geography discussion 
> and how much math is known and by whom. (Did I 
> get that right Mark? :-)

Jerry thinks so.

> My working hypothesis 
> is that both visualization and coordinates can be 
> used, and more skill is required for coordinates 
> (and a greater knowledge of math
...

I bet a nickel that "teleport coordinates" means "sufficiently
clear visualization", not mathematical coordinates.  Someday
we may find out.

-- 
Jerry Friedman


	
		
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