On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Andrew Long <xxxxxx@mac.com> wrote:

On 19 May 2016, at 18:49, Craig Berry wrote:
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> Or the rest-frame-of-planets duration, for that matter? Things fall apart pretty rapidly if you start trying to combine the stated jump rules with relativity.

I wouldn't feel too bad about it... We're still trying to combine Relativity with Quantum Physics, and not very successfully as I understand it!

It appears so, as I saw this in my local BAM the other day:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-War-Stephen-Mechanics/dp/0316016411

Too bad I don't have enough math to actually understand the debate.

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