| From: | shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Don't try this at home, Kidz... |
| Date: | Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:11:49 GMT |
> > *****NOT TO: InterPol, Aztlan, Aztechnology
>
> Yep, yep, gonna hafta add those lines to my mail filter that say "US
> Citizen, UPS employee, USACE student volunteer, Augustana student" so
> the right stuff gets deleted the next time someone in FWS
> wants to ship something from Mexico FedEx and I'd be so hurt to find
> out what....
> Question: how can someone stop everyone in a whole country, everyone
> connected to a Big-8 corp (including deniable assets, every
> bleedin' subsidiary, weasels whose only job is to look for stuff
> like that and don't forget corpsec itself) and the bleeding
> international police from getting a post made to a near-public board?
You can't. But let's see what ShadowTK would look like if we follow this
through...
- begin the plot -
>>>>>[Meet me at Location Four, usual time. Biz.]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Yep. I'll be there.]<<<<<
-Two
>>>>>[Two, you okay? You're late.]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Two?]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Calm, bud, I'm here. Gotta meet.]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Go well?]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Not here, the Matrix has ears. Usual place, usual
time.]<<<<<
-Two
>>>>>[Any comeback?]<<<<<
-One
>>>>>[Can't say. Tell you when I see you.]<<<<<
-Two
- end the plot -
Kind of dull, perhaps? Realistic, sure, but interesting neither to read
nor to write.
And would, firstly, a mercenary and (worse) a shaman do most of their
communication via Shadowland for real? Or, seriously, post video footage
of their exploits? Of course not. But, again, this is telling the story
of what's happening.
If you want a "OTP, HAND DELIVER ONLY" header to show it was coded hard-copy
written with a one-time-pad and courier-delivered, fine, I'll do that. It's
an extra line to type every time, changes very little, and still fulfils
the purpose of the "Meanwhile..." caption you used to get in silent movies.
Look, if you don't like it, try suggesting something else, okay? I'm not
interested in antagonising anyone, if there's a solution I'm open to it,
but come up with a better idea than "only send the messages that would
realistically be sent if we were really thinking hard about the reality
of this sort of system" because that kills a lot of storytelling styles dead.
--
Paul J. Adam
