| From: | DE <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Meyers Video |
| Date: | Fri, 14 May 1993 16:49:57 EDT |
a real-time video alteration like that. Most of the image processing is
done by hardwired control, and the only time you could alter the signal and
get away with it would be on the cable between the cameras and the monitor/
recording suite. That would require a line tap if the cable is closed circuit,
and not running through the Vulcan mainframe, and some very efficient software.
Most image processing software is good, but not good enough to go at real-time
speeds without creating some noticable effect on the monitors. I'd suggest
that you should get a better idea of the security camera system. If you find
that it is routed through the computer system rather than direct feed, you can
check the system logs and track delay of the video information packets.
Even if our mystery decker is good enough to pull it off without causing a
disturbance on the monitors, there would be an extra delay that the computer
would probably catch. This sounds like a software job, a piece of hardware
that can do what you described would be pretty complex, and would have to be
installed inline, either monitoring datapaths for video signals or spliced into
a closed circuit cable. That would be easy to find if we could get in the
building. A software solution would be just as complex, but would not take up
any physical space and is harder to find, except for us.
No decker in the world is fast enough to do that by hand. I hope we find
something in there, because the only kinds of intelligent constructs I've
seen able to do things that fast are.....well, I'd rather not think about
that alternative. ]<<<<<
-- Dark Elf <17:06:48/05-14-54>
>>>>>[ Do you mean MONICA???? You seem scared of even saying the name now!
I've never seen you scared of anything in the Matrix! ]<<<<<
-- OddBall <17:08:06/05-14-54>
>>>>>[ In case you didn't notice, she killed Splut on first contact! When
I
first encountered her, she came damm close to killing me. Her attack was
within .001 pulsewatts of my deck's protection threshold. One slight surge
in any of the lines, or one more nanosecond before I pulled out and a lot
more than the hardening boards on my deck would've been fried. I was .001
pulsewatts from being Lobotomized Elf with a custom modified SlagHeap-10
cyberdeck! You bet the thought of some part of her survivng scares me! The
idea that some fragger may be using part of her to kidnap corp execs is even
more f**king scary! If Meyers has any part of MONICA, he has to be stopped,
or the crash of '54 could easily happen again. I'm not so sure we could stop
a second one... ]<<<<<
-- Dark Elf <17:18:57/05-14-54>
>>>>>[ Forget about it chummer, that's the past. Let's concentrate on what
we
have to do. It's time to do some hunting...see if your old buddies can find
out anything, they've got a better network of contacts than we do here in
Seattle (present company excluded) ]<<<<<
-- Big Jake <17:26:21/05-14-54>
>>>>>[ Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll give Grimjaw a call, he always
knew
what the Yaks were up to, and if they're connected with Meyers... ]<<<<<
-- Dark Elf <17:27:23/05-14-54>
