From:	losthalo <losthalo@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Munchkinism at it's finest
Date:	Mon, 4 May 1998 13:13:54 -0400

At 11:40 AM 5/4/98 +0100, you wrote:

>(Bioware draws nutrition from your system, and as it's organic, it could
>trigger the immune response... Probably what happens when you have too much)

I don't think so, though perhaps that's part of it. I think what happens
in Body Overstress is what the name suggests: too much is demanded of the
body and it starts to just shut down under the strain.

>Cyber isn't organic, so the immune response would tend to ignore it. And of
>course, it doesn't need to be fed.

Cyber can trigger immune response just like any other foreign body. The
body doesn't know if the intrusion is 'organic' or not, just that it's not
a natural part of it, and so tries to expel it. I've experienced this
personally, with a tonge and a nipple piercing, unfortunately. If it's too
big to remove the traditional ways, the body gradually works it to the
surface and expels it. Cyber though should be made out of materials inert
enough to prevent this...

losthalo