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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns)
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:36:28 +0100
Adam J said on 4:30/21 May 98...

> Memory address, almost certainly. Harder for the average person to mess
> with and less likely to be a victim of a randomly-deleting-stuff-dork-hacker.

OTOH, what's the real difference between a file and a memory address with
the storage systems described in Shadowtech? Probably only the way in
which the computer treats them.

> I don't have VR2 right here, but Locate Memory Address would probably be
> much the same as Locate File.

That's what I thought too, but there's no Locate (or Edit) Memory Address,
only L/E File so that's what I used. It doesn't matter for the actual game
rules anyway.

> >However, I think there'd be some protection built into the system, for
> >example that only supervisor-level users can alter security tallies. Any
> >thoughts?
>
> I think it would be nice to have longer days and require less sleep. Oh!
> Thoughts about this stuff!

Keep your mind at the stuff we're talking about, will you? :)

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