From:	Veskrashen veskrashen@*******.com
Subject:	Skillsofts and DINABs...
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:38:36 -0600

Here's a new twist to the skillsoft debate: DINABs. A decker can
program a utility with a built in computer skill. Does this mean that
he could use the knowledge or whatever on other skillsofts (or from
just plain skills they have) into expert utilities? Think of a
financial expert system designed for moneylaundering or what have
you...

Then, just to be really sick, add in my previous question of
cranial cyberdecks running in the background. Now you could give
Build/Repair expert chips to your deckers, and they could help out
riggers with vehicle repairs on downtime. Or give them a tactics chip,
and let them act as team coordinator, especially with all the
additional data coming in about the responding sec teams movements....

New question: since softlink systems can access datasofts, could it
be modified by a cyberdoc with sufficent cybertechnology skills to
write data to optical chips as well as read it? This could be used as
a sort of "offline" data storage for deckers with c2 decks, as well as
for other uses. If so, what would it's I/O speed be? And would data so
accessed add to System or Softlink System Load Delay? and if so, when?
Everytime accessed, or only the first time it was accessed?

-Mojo.