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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
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On 2024-08-25, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On 8/23/24 12:49, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
>>     https://www.xkcd.com/2976/
>> 
>> So no time travelers died of the extreme heat at 250 million years ago 
>> when the average temperature of the Earth was over 90 F ?
>> 
>> https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been
>> 
>> Explained at:
>> 
>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2976:_Time_Traveler_Causes_of_Death
>> 
>> Lynn
>> 
>
> What about the earth no longer being where it was when transport was 
> initiated? I think that may be fatal.

In what frame of reference has the earth moved? I think that can be
hand-waved, a minor problem.

Chris