From: | philippe pelletier philippe.pelletier2@*********.ca |
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Subject: | 2 Smartguns |
Date: | Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:44:28 -0400 |
encephalon 2 or better ( due to the fact that the 2 gives task pool ) to fire
with 2 smartlink. This way, the brain is able to analyze better, then providing
multitasking. That is for the same target. but on 2 different target, it gets
even harder, you have to leave the sight of one to see the other target and
then aim. With encephalon 3 or better, they are able to fire with 2 smartlinked
gun, on 2 different target. sure the +2 for firing 2 guns still apply, but it
is less nasty. That's for my 2 cents.
Mirage
Roger J. An a écrit:
> Here is what my friends thinks about having 2 Smartlinks:
>
> "Hey, that was my idea from like a year ago. I wasn't allowed to do it,
> though I don't see why not. I think that it is not at all difficult to
> shoot at one target with two guns (if you have the strength). To shoot at
> two targets with two guns is another thing entirely. Consider this
> technical tidbit: The brain's multi-tasking capabilities are very poor
> (walk and chew gum), and therefore aiming at two different targets should
> be almost impossible to do well. However, with the advent of encephelons
> and skillsofts and math coprocessors in the brain (which essentailly do
> background precesses why you're thinking about other things), I don't see
> why one couldn't multitask smartlinks as well. This is how it would work,
> using skill-softs:
>
> skillsofts, as I understand them, are almost entirely self sufficient. That
> is, you give your "skill" a basic command, like "shoot at that
guy," or
> "stop shooting at him," or in OS lingo, "start|kill thread" and
the "skill"
> does the rest, with the aid of whatever gizmos you have built into your
> gun, and your head, including smartguns. While this process was taking
> place, skillsoft doing most of the work, I don't see why you couldn't do
> other actions which required concentration, such as eating lunch,
> touch-typing at a keyboard (with one hand of course), and other manual
> activities, including shooting a second fire-arm, but using your own skills
> rather that the skill-softs.
>
> Better yet, rather than the PC doing any heavy concentration on any
> dextrous action, he could have the two different skill-softs (or two
> instances of the same s-soft) performing both actions, while all the person
> has to concentrate on is looking at tbe bad guys so the software in his
> head has more data to process, thus better able to make good decisions.
> Whether or not this would work is entirely dependent on the efficiency of
> the "operating system" of the skill-softs, and it's ability to integrate
> smart-link data with neurological data. However, in the 6th world, I don't
> think this is an issue. One might need a module to incorporate two
> smartlinks and skill-softs, but I think it's perfectly feasable.
>
> In fact, the tactical computers (is that what they're called?) do something
> similar by tracking multiple targets at once. This is very similar."