Velorien comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Velorien 01 September 2013 12:39:50PM 0 points [-]

This would have the inconvenience of requiring an undefended secondary base, perhaps in Hogsmeade or London - Muggle technology doesn't work in Hogwarts, and Harry can't Apparate, so he would have to keep travelling back and forth to wherever he kept his computer whenever he wanted to use it.

Comment author: Gurkenglas 01 September 2013 01:28:26PM 1 point [-]

Harrys mechanical clock works, so set up a typewriter as input, a seismograph as output and ropes as wire to remote-control a computer.

Comment author: LM7805 19 September 2013 01:23:38PM 1 point [-]

I doubt Harry has read many RFCs, but IP over avian carrier had been around for just over two years at this point in the story.