From:	"'Spaceman' WD Lee" <galahad@*.washington.edu>
Subject:	Re: electronic copies of a thesis(A new twist)
Date:	Mon, 20 May 1996 11:01:26 -0700 (PDT)

n Sun, 19 May 1996, William Monroe Ashe wrote:

> Suppose that a resourceful decker is hanging out in the matrix
> waiting on a real dumb mage who's used a word processor to write his
> thesis. The decker boosts a copy of the final version before the mage can
> delete it, or uses disk utilities to undelete it. If the decker prints
> out this final version so that it exists physically will another ritual
> link to the author be created.

As many people have pointed out, it would seem like the mage would
have to handwrite the thesis. However, suppose we have a "techno-mage", ie
a technophile, who would only write the last draft by hand, and keeps
drafts on a computer. Now suppose a copy of this draft falls into someone
else's hands. A Thesis, if I recall correctly, contains everything the
mage knows and understands about the nature and use of magic. While the
draft copy would be useless as a link, it could provide insights for
other mages' research. It would still be valuable haul, but not in the
same way

Comments?
Bill


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