Wizard Internet: A Nice Tidbit to Ponder (FF)

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 15959

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Zarleycat at a... wrote:
> I think an additional bird network would be too slow.  There is 
> probably some sort of magical object that can be combined with a 
> thought process to gather information about the non-wizard world.  
I 
> wonder, though, if everyone (or at least every adult witch and 
> wizard) has access to this, or if it is restricted in some way.  
> You'd think that someone like Arthur Weasley would have a way to 
> investigate things like electric plugs if there was an easily 
> accessible Wiz-Internet.  Maybe only people in positions of power 
and responsibility have official access (Fudge, Dumbledore).

This is something I've been pondering ever since I began reading the 
books.  I mean, if these books are magical realism, then how come the 
Muggle-born witches and wizards aren't more comfortable with 
technology?

When gathering materials for my current ff.net science experiment, I 
began to wonder if there was a way to combine magic and technology. 
After all, sci-fi and fantasy are related genres--couldn't the two 
intersect? 

Now, the fanfic solution I came up with is REALLY implausible canon-
wise.  In the backstory, postwar Draco Malfoy was exiled amongst 
Muggles in Washington State, ended up working at Microsoft (hatred of 
Muggles aside, he *had* to eat), and befriending Bill Gates... then 
came up with the concept of magitech.  When Malfoy's name was finally 
cleared and he re-enters the wizarding world, his Malfosoft 
Corporation actually ended up revamping their economy much as the 
NASDAQ tech sector did ours.  Worked for *Trouble in Paradise*--will 
not suit canon IMO.

I like Dave's Floo powder spoof, though.  ;-)

--Ebony AKA AngieJ (who wants Book 5 as well)