<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:46 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">I mean "similar," i.e., identical except for key differences. That is, in the usual sci-fi sense that most people understand.<div>
<br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><br></div>H'mmm. Well, I would have said that the usual science-fictional sense of "parallel universes" includes the idea that they are in some sense moving along in time next to ours. The "mirror universe" in Star Trek is a classic example.<br>
<br>Also, please refrain (note that I am asking politely) from using the term "sci-fi." Some find it very offensive.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<br>