JMS on CompuServe (Jul 01, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

[Brent Barrett]

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #532255-From jms re:Email
    Sb: #532020-#Hyperspace vs. Distance
    Sb: #532161-Hyperspace vs. Distance
    Sb: #532018-Mimbari Anti Grav.
    Sb: #532281-Minbari Males


 [ Summary: A helpful poster suggests that JMS could try using a 
   dictation system to relieve the pain in his wrists from CTS. ]

 #: 532471 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  20:17:43
Sb: #532255-From jms re:Email
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      I can't dictate scripts; I think through my fingers.  Tried it, just
can't get into the characters.

                                                                    jms



 #: 532020 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  03:10:04
Sb: #531825-#Hyperspace vs. Distance
Fm: RICHARD WAKEFIELD

Okay. Thanks

So we know that journeys through Hyperspace have no revelance *really* to
normal space. It is *very* weird in there, as you say a trip to Earth may take
3 days and to Centauri Prime 4 days while it is twice the distance. It is
beginning to make sense now !
My only query is that in "Severed Dreams" the White Star seems to travel to
Earth in less than 48 hours (including time to get to WS). And as you pointed
out, and I have seen on episodes it takes 3 days to get to Earth. Does this
mean Ships travel at different speeds in Hyperspace ? - I also remember seeing
a Shadow Battlecruiser catching-up with the WS while in Hyperspace. I also read
a Document refering to "Hyperspace-engines". Was the 4 days Hyperspace in a
Centauri vessel (i.e shorter time). Maybe the EA, Narn, Centauri and Minbari
all go the same speed in Hyperspace. And maybe the Vorlons and Shadows are so
advanced they can go faster, hence the WStar + Battlecruisers ??

My final point (ever) is...do we know how many HSH (hyperspace hours) Minbar,
Narn, Vorlon or Shadow space is (anyone know this ?)

Thanks once again,

Richard


 #: 532472 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  20:17:45
Sb: #532020-#Hyperspace vs. Distance
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Actually, the White Star doesn't go to Earth in "Severed," it goes in
"Messages from Earth," and it's stated in dialogue that it takes 3 days in that
episode as well.

                                                                    jms



 #: 532161 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  11:04:06
Sb: #531825-#Hyperspace vs. Distance
Fm: BILL DUGAN

Is it confusing for the First Ones, or just for us younger races?


 #: 532473 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  20:17:47
Sb: #532161-Hyperspace vs. Distance
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Dunno, but it confuses the hell outta me....

                                                                    jms


 [ Summary: A terribly funny story, which the poster claims was written
   by someone else.  Since he doesn't give anyone credit, and it's darn
   funny, I'm going to just reproduce it and hope no one gets mad. :-)

The Buttered Cat Principle


The Facts...

If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the
floor butter-side down.If a cat is dropped from a window
or other high and towering place, it will land on it's feet.

The Problem Statement...

But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread,
butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the
window? Will the cat land on it's feet? Or will the butter
splat on the ground?

The answer...

Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you
should be able to deduce the obvious result.The laws of
butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and
the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that
the cat can not smash it's furry back. If the combined
construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve
this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall.

That's right you clever mortal (well, as clever as a mortal
can get), you have discovered the secret of antigravity! A
buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height
where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in
equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by
scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing
some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent.

Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use
this principle to drive their ships while within a planetary
system. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is,
in fact, the purring of several hundred tabbies.

The one obvious danger is, of course, if the cats manage to
eat the bread off their backs they will instantly plummet.
Of course the cats will land on their feet, but this usually
doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their
graceful landing several tons of red-hot starship and pissed
off aliens crash on top of them.
]

 #: 532474 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  20:17:50
Sb: #532018-Mimbari Anti Grav.
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Dropped out of counseling again, I see....

                                                                    jms



 #: 532281 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  15:52:22
Sb: #Minbari Males
Fm: BRENT BARRETT

Hello, Joe.

I was hoping you could answer a question that's been nagging at me recently.
Upon receiving copies (from a friend) of the first season and first episodes of
season two, I noticed that in two separate episodes, we've seen facial hair
(beards) on Minbari males.  Both the original Draal (VitW) and the Minbari
captain in "Points of Departure" had beards.

I was under the impression that Minbari had no hair at all, but this seems to
indicate that at least some of them are capable of growing facial hair.  Is
this a correct assessment?

Thanks,

 -- Brent


 #: 532475 S5/Babylon 5: General
    30-Jun-96  20:17:51
Sb: #532281-Minbari Males
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Yes, they can grow facial hair only.

                                                                    jms


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