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Message no. 1
From: Craig S Dohmen <dohmen@*******.CSE.PSU.EDU>
Subject: The Crash and lost tech
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 16:45:38 -0500
On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
>Craig> I still don't buy it. Take that Corvette. Even if all the data was

[...]

> It doesn't work that way. Once you pass a certain threshold it becomes
> impossible to reverse engineer a particular technology from a lower

[...]

Well, maybe, but I still think it's a flimsy excuse. For one thing,
the Crash only affected computers connected to the matrix (I think.).
Isolated systems were ok. Surely someone, somewhere had a backup
of their work on a safe system. But hey, it's a fantasy world, so
anything's possible. :)

Bye,
--Craig
Message no. 2
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: The Crash and lost tech
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 20:23:35 -0500
>>>>> "Craig" == Craig S Dohmen
<dohmen@*******.CSE.PSU.EDU> writes:

Craig> Well, maybe, but I still think it's a flimsy excuse. For one thing,
Craig> the Crash only affected computers connected to the matrix (I
Craig> think.).

Which, by that point, will include just about every library and every
school, and 95% of the corporate sector. We're at around 75% now, with more
and more coming on-line every day, with more and more books being turned
into on-line versions.

Craig> Isolated systems were ok. Surely someone, somewhere had a backup of
Craig> their work on a safe system. But hey, it's a fantasy world, so
Craig> anything's possible. :)

Well, yeah, but then the guys at FASA know about as much about computers as
they do about weapons.

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Message no. 3
From: Flint <Mathieu.Dhondt@***.AC.BE>
Subject: Re: The Crash and lost tech
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 09:26:52 +0100
On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Craig S Dohmen wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
> > It doesn't work that way. Once you pass a certain threshold it becomes
> > impossible to reverse engineer a particular technology from a lower
> Well, maybe, but I still think it's a flimsy excuse. For one thing,
> the Crash only affected computers connected to the matrix (I think.).
> Isolated systems were ok. Surely someone, somewhere had a backup
> of their work on a safe system. But hey, it's a fantasy world, so
> anything's possible. :)
What about banks? Money? Surely, by 2029 a lot of money, if not all the
money would be virtual. Did the computers that stored that data crash
too? If so, that must have been a terrific time, those few years after
the crash...

Flint.



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