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Message no. 1
From: JOHANNA BURWELL-KALES <burwell@******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Deckers DO not suck...
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 14:19:16 -0800
I'll have to disagree on the fact that deckers suck. They may
slow down a game but what other characters can control sentry guns and
other automated defenses through the matrix. (assuming the sentry gun is
wired into the system)
Can a decker afect things hardwired in to a system such as
hardware or can a decker only affect software matrix structures?

Later
Message no. 2
From: Damion Milliken <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Deckers DO not suck...
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 19:29:51 +1100
Someone writes:

> Can a decker afect things hardwired in to a system such as
> hardware or can a decker only affect software matrix structures?

Well, software is the "in-between" for human-machine interface, so if the
software for the hardware is accessible to the decker, then he can do as he
likes with it.

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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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Message no. 3
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: Deckers DO not suck...
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 18:35:26 -0500
It's not whether deckers suck or not -- it's how they fit into
your campaign. No two campaigns will ever be played in _exactly_ the same
world, because no two people have _exactly_ the same POV on everything.

On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, JOHANNA BURWELL-KALES wrote:

> Can a decker afect things hardwired in to a system such as
> hardware or can a decker only affect software matrix structures?

Anything connected to a Slave Node which is a part of a system
connected to the Matrix can, conceivably, be affected by outside deckers.
I say "conceivably" because I'm sure it is very, very, _very_ hard to get
to the controls for the water fountain outside of the offices of the Fuchi
Board of Directors. *grin*

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