| From: | Tzeentch tzeentch666@*********.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Spirits in the Matrix |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:39:57 -0800 |
> Back when speculation was going around as to what the Deep Resonance
really
> was (before Psychotrope), I got around to one of my old conspiracy
theories
> about the matrix and magic.
>
> Specifically, nature spirits. The memory cores in SR are made out of this
> bacteria (the name was in ShadowTech and Dunk's Secrets for those
> interested). So memory where computer programs reside (even one as
complex
> as Deus) is alive.
Umm, you are thinking of bacteriarhodopsin. It is a protein, you don't
necessarily need the bacteria to use it. It is being used NOW for research
purposes (the Aurora spyplane is asserted to use bacteriarhodopsin-based
memory units since damage to the unit makes the data unrecoverable by any
known means). I'd dispute its any more "alive" then any other organic
protein or polymer. Otherwise you'd have kevlar spirits and oil spirits (not
toxic).
http://www.gisd.k12.mi.us:8000/%7Egbrown/chem/future.html
> It makes you wonder if it might be a domain suitable for
> conjuring a nature spirit. Or, if you could summon a great form nature
> spirit and send it into the memory core. Such a spirit wouldn't be able
to
> leave the confines of the memory (crossing fiber optics would be messy,
hence
> why Psychotrope tried the "light spirit" idea as a rumor instead of
another
> class). Yet, Deus can't leave the SCIRE either, and look at the trouble
he's
> caused.
I can't stand stilted portrayals of AIs. Deus is *nothing new* in the
cyberpunk genre. Personally I would have liked to see something actually
alien to Shadowrun, not yet another <yawn> mad AI. If I ever run Renraku
Shutdown I'll make Deus something a bit more original - like the Other from
Tad Williams Otherland :) heheh muhahahah <cackles fade into the darkness>
> I don't think we should actually have spirits in the Matrix for SR, but I
> wonder if it would be possible.
I don't think so. If you want to follow that line of reasoning I HIGHLY
recommend you pick up White Wolfs "Digital Web 2nd Edition" for spirits in
the net and how magic could be equated with cyberdecks. Don't get the first
edition though..yuck.
Ken
> -Twist
> "We've never backed away from evil incarnate before, Peter, why this?"
> "Evil incarnate can't sue, Frank."
>
>
