All their base are belong to us. - Dennis E. Taylor

necessary consequence of some of them is that a complex quantum information structure cannot be deleted — and also cannot just evaporate. Laws of thermodynamics do not necessarily apply in quantum-mechanical

Gina, rolled her eyes. “Marcus, you’re a loner. You always have been, the way you describe it. And you’ve never sought power. But some people need power, and they need to have power over someone. Preferably lots of someones. Taking away the Council’s subjects — which is what you’d be doing — is a declaration of war.

With that thought, I ran up behind the dragon — as a first-level grunt, I was barely worth paying attention to — jammed the staff of fireballs right where a rectal thermometer would go, and pulled the trigger.