From:	"Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN45@*****.MMC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Extra Cyber-limb(s)
Date:	Wed, 13 Sep 1995 20:52:02 -0500

>What does a VCR do then? I think using a third arm is a heck of a lot
>more natural than looking at life from the perspective of a T-bird.

The VCR allows you to use your existing motor and sensory pathways to
control an external device, much like current biofeedback experiments. As
well, if I read the rules correctly, a rigger who's jacked in loses some
control over his/her own body. You can't run two signals through one
circuit simultaneously. You either parallel-process them, in which case you
lose some system performance for the load, or you blow the circuit.

A rigger who's jacked into a vehicle isn't trying to swing a sword at the
same time. She's only running one system - the vehicle.

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