| From: | runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com |
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| Subject: | High Essence cost 'neural ware' [was: More Things] |
| Date: | Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:36:52 -0400 (EDT) |
At 10:27 PM 7/30/99 -0400, Schizi@***.com wrote:
::How much of a VCR rig is headware and how much is bodyware, in
::terms of essence?
:This argument came up on AOL recently. My view, VCRs are too high in
: essence cost for being so much neural ware.
Too high compared to what? Take Move-By-Wire, for example. That
should count as entirely "neural ware", because all it interacts with
is the nervous system, putting it in a state of controlled seizure.
Then there's the artwork (I'll admit that in most of SR's 'toy
catalogs' you can't always go by the artwork, but they've been much
better about it with recent products) that shows the move-by-wire
implant entirely above the level of the shoulders.
Finally, going by the narrative description of how move-by-wire
works, I'd say that it'd have to be headware. To induce a motor
seizure, it'd have to be stimulating the motor cortex of the brain
itself. What I'm getting at, is that while move-by-wire is listed as
bodyware, I think it would be more accurate to call it headware.
(Vehicle Rig 'ware is similar in this respect IMO.)
Have you ever looked at the essence costs for the different levels of
move-by-wire "headware" (especially at the higher levels)? MBW-4
can't even be implanted into someone without killing them (unless you
use a high-quality cyberware grade or cybermancy), its essence cost
is so high...
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