How can LV win the war in three weeks

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> Kia:
> I think the first computer wiz kid is likely to end up getting 
> expelled and obliviated for Misuse of Muggle Artifacts within three 
> weeks.

Neri:
I sincerely hope not, for the good of the whole WW. Trust me, you 
want to keep such kids on the right side of the law.

> Kia:
> See, cars exist for even longer than computers (well, as we know 
> them, to not go all 19th Century on you) and Arthur still could get 
> in major trouble over his Ford Anglia. I suspect the last Muggle 
> Artifact that was officially allowed to be charmed, was invented 
> exactly pre-Industrial Revolution.

Neri:
I'm not sure if the Knight Bus started its life as a muggle bus, but 
that's hardly relevant for the end result. Just picture yourself what 
a Knight Computer will be able to do 8-) 

> Kia:
> The WW is Britain without the Industrial Revolution. I am not 
> going into detail, but I think that is very important to the 
Wizarding 
> Society. They don't need airplanes or cars or anything silly like 
> that, because they have magic for these things. That's partially 
> an (imagined) superiority and partially lived independence from 
> the muggles. They don't need the muggles and their technology, 
> because they don't want to need them. 
> 
> And that's why there aren't going to be enchanted computer or 
> even charms based on "muggle" mathematics, principles or 
> programs any time soon. 
>

Neri:
Well, I agree that JKR is not likely to write them. Much as I like 
her writing, she seems to think that computers are for blowing up 
aliens and mega-mutilating virtual enemies. But if the WW is even a 
bit realistic, the laws of evolution work the same and traditional 
magic is going make way for more advanced magic, if it likes it or 
not.

I think Arthur Weasley has it right. He has a lot of respect for 
Muggles because he realizes that their lives are much harder without 
magic, so they need to be much more clever. Arthur, however, is from 
a pure-blood wizarding family, so he does not really understand the 
principles behind Muggle science and technology. He meddles with 
muggle artifacts, but he just fits them with traditional magic. The 
real breakthrough, IMHO, is going to be made by a wizard who is 
clever enough and humble enough to apply principals of muggle science 
in magical devices. BTW it doesn't necessarily mean giving up the 
medieval setting. Wiz kids tend to like it.

Neri