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Message no. 1
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku....(Pay Attention to the Thread)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:59:25 EST
In a message dated 98-02-12 16:42:41 EST, mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM writes:

> Da Twink Daddy wrote:
>
> > >4 ... The Otaku, can, through forms, better themselves without the use
of
> > >most types of cyberware (except for a datajack which is something
> required by
> > >all otaku - until the 'datajack from Black Madonna comes out).
>
> > Where in the FUCK is this.
>
> I'll agree with Da Twink here.

Sadly Twink snipped the part concerning the "neural only" cyberware...

> Software emulation of muscle replacement? Don't think so.

Nor do we ...

> Software emulation of wired reflexes. Nope.

Questionable, but again, we also said no...

> Software emulation so your Encephlaon I (PC-XT) acts like a Encephalon
> IV (Pentium II)? Huh-uh.

Why not M???

> Of course, if an Otaku actually has Muscle Replacement 2, let's say, he
> would still benefit from it. What an Otaku is doing with Muscle Rep,
> when they spend so much time "out of body", so to speak, is beyond me.

Go reread "House in the Matrix" which intro'd Renny and you might understand
why it would happen. Especially the ending...if you guys quit looking at
absolutely everything from a "street rats" POV....

-K

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