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  • (ReacTor) Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 15 14:11:54 2025
    Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    What's the fun of time travel without a regulatory body to enforce the
    rules?

    https://reactormag.com/five-stories-about-time-travel-and-bureaucracy/
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  • From Ignatios Souvatzis@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu May 15 16:39:44 2025
    James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    What's the fun of time travel without a regulatory body to enforce the
    rules?

    https://reactormag.com/five-stories-about-time-travel-and-bureaucracy/

    closely related to The Dead Past, featured in five stories about
    saying To Hell With Rules and Regulations

    -is
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    A medium apple... weighs 182 grams, yields 95 kcal, and contains no
    caffeine, thus making it unsuitable for sysadmins. - Brian Kantor

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu May 15 10:08:59 2025
    In article <1004sna$7ut$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    What's the fun of time travel without a regulatory body to enforce the
    rules?

    https://reactormag.com/five-stories-about-time-travel-and-bureaucracy/

    It was a good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read the phrase: "efficient bureaucracies are the stuff of legend".

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ‹-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu May 15 11:08:34 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.heinlein

    On 5/15/25 07:11, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    What's the fun of time travel without a regulatory body to enforce the
    rules?

    https://reactormag.com/five-stories-about-time-travel-and-bureaucracy/

    I think it was in Silverberg's "Up the Line" that the tour guides
    mentioned an imponderable,
    They had taken thousands to view the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
    but every time they went, it was not all that crowded.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to a425couple@hotmail.com on Thu May 15 18:21:13 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.heinlein

    In article <D4qVP.416048$lbbb.123841@fx18.iad>,
    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 5/15/25 07:11, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Stories About Time Travel and Bureaucracy

    What's the fun of time travel without a regulatory body to enforce the
    rules?

    https://reactormag.com/five-stories-about-time-travel-and-bureaucracy/

    I think it was in Silverberg's "Up the Line" that the tour guides
    mentioned an imponderable,
    They had taken thousands to view the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
    but every time they went, it was not all that crowded.

    That because Barney Hendrickson's film crew cleared the streets for
    shooting.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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