Explaining magic/Protecting valuables/Mirror of erised

[merimom3]

No: HPFGUIDX 42628

[R. MacDonald writes]
>    A)  Magic is simply Science we haven't yet discovered.  I 
>forget who first said that but I always liked that quote.

[me]
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is virtually indistinguishable 
from magic."  That's Clarke's Law (as in Arthur C. Clarke).

BBOY_MN Originally said:
> How is anything safe from theft in the magic world?

[me]
I had a great idea about this in the middle of the night: what if 
you made your valuables portkeys?!  Then anyone who touched them 
would be transported to, say, the WW equivalent of a police station, 
or even Azkaban itself.  Of course, that includes you if you forget 
to change it back to normal before you want to wear it / use it / 
spend it.  I can see a jewelry store with everything just laying out 
and big "Do Not Touch" signs everywhere, and no worry that anything 
will be stolen.

Eloise (in a canonical reference) says:
>I find it equally weird, if not more so, that every Evans is also 
>wiped out, particularly if they're not magical and weren't involved 
>in the first Voldemort conflict. Harry sees other pairs of green 
>eyes in the Mirror of Erised; I wonder who they are?

[me]
What Harry sees is what he desires – a large family.  Maybe his mom 
and dad look like themselves due to some latent memory, but the rest 
of the crowd is just wishful thinking, IMHO, not secret relatives 
only the mirror knows about.

Ginny, who is finally caught up!  But probably not for long!