| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | IC and Distance |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Jul 1993 11:25:48 -0700 |
of IC effectiveness is fear. If your a decker which is scarier; a ball with
Blaster written on it or a large Samurai swinging a Naganata at you? The
Samurai of course. This fear causes the decker to react frantically which can
often cause him to make mistakes. Thus it is in the Corps interest to make
fear inspiring offensive IC.
Besides, any deckers worth the name will analyze the IC before engaging it.
As for visible IC, all programs must be visible. It is required for the program
to run in the computer Matrix of 2054. Invisible IC is just not possible.
Distance is an illusion. What decides what is close and what is far? Probably
some program in the RTG. Why can you see the Aztech Pyramid, the Fuchi Balls,
and the Space Needle? Because that same RTG program tells you where they are
vision-wise. Why can't you go to them? Because unless you know the LTG number
the RTG will not let you. Remember that the locations of the objects is just
an illusion, they are not really there.
Now Sensor Range works because you cannot be in all parts of a computer at once.
Most likely, each and every part of the computer is (in modern terms) its own
little computer or CPU in a multi-CPU computer. Sensor range shows what's in
the connecting processors. The other reason is probably because as a security
measure the computer is designed to make "vison" beyond the next node
impossible.
See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
