The distinction is made between 'thrown' and 'projectile' weapons; that is where the analogy breaks down.


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:

On Apr 9, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Ian Wood <dawnhaven@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> and the spear is now a rifle, which still sends a projectile to the target at range.


No. a spear is a projectile, and a bullet is a projectile but they’re not at all related. If you’re going to define technology in such vague terms, then well yeah, we’ve had a wheel for >5K years, so obviously a starship is just like a wheel, a way of moving from point a to point b.

They have had *starships* for 10K years.


--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs


-----
The Traveller Mailing List
Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml
Report problems to listmom@travellercentral.com
To unsubscribe from this list please goto
http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=7RK5mmVrgwF6Jg2V3EROF8szxZgurawZ