“Yes, translocation should be easy. It doesn’t seem all that dissimilar from vector control, right? And this is exactly the sort of thing that ontotechnology does – gets intimate with the informational substructures of the physical universe. So why can’t we just poke new values into the spatial coordinates
Divine Ranks: The Transcend does have, as does any seed AI that expands to the point at which its individual thoughts are, effectively, independently sapient, an extensive taxonomy, ranking, and categorization of its assorted subroutines, processes, and threads. And since at least some of those wear mythological masks… we have
Amlia Larathyr-ith-Larathyr (net amalg. points: 22,384) RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED Very Reliable (+25 : Service Gate, ICC) Complete 1,000 contracted jobs in sequence with highly positive recommendations from your counterparty. Learn to Steer (x2) (-5 : Viëlle Skyway Association and Associated Rep-Nets) 10 people have given you a >1 drop
Discount Lesbians: Averted. While the Worlds include monogendered species in which the monogender happens to be female (happens a lot, since, y’know, the functional definition of female is usually the same as that for reproducer), and also include trivial sex-switching, gender-rewriting, and sexuality-adjusting technology, there are also an arbitrarily
Dilating Door: Actually, most doors are regular doors, except for doors in space – because of the whole opening/closing against pressure issue – which tend to be cog-doors that roll into place. (In addition to the pressure advantage, they’re also relatively easy to open or close when the power is
“Pig Ion, all docks at Javerna Orbital are currently occupied. Please re-route to Javerna Down. Coordinates follow. Javerna Local, over.” “Negative, Javerna Local, check our cargo manifest. We can hold or go to Orbital, but our cargo is not to enter planetary gravity wells. Pig Ion, over.” “Pig Ion, what
“A gentleman,” Olbria said firmly, “is always polite. Even to his zombies.”
Digital Piracy Is Evil: Well, on the one hand, it’s not called digital piracy (it’s called Unlawful Duplication & Conveyance, or Unlawful Derivation) and is a lesser crime than theft; and Imperial IP law is different and rather more generous, especially in re patents and discoverer’s licenses
“Disabling of road-grid transponders and/or the use of electronic countermeasures, sensory maskers, stealth coatings, chameleon paint, ambioptic invisibility, cloaking devices, or other detection-inhibition technologies on any flitter, ground-car, or other vehicle, in motion or stationary, on a public highway or skyway or other public-usage transportation volume is strictly prohibited
DRM: (and its cousins, Genetic Rights Management, Fabrication Rights Management, and Experience Rights Management) grew up in a very different environment in this universe; one in which the companies producing such things wanted the electronic market, knew that customers wanted flexibility and wouldn’t buy if they didn’t get
Digital Avatar/Myself My Avatar: Ubiquitous in the Empire and other noetic societies; as mentioned under Body Surf, people fairly regularly swap bodies for work, for visiting hostile environments, or just for the hell of it; or issue them to forked copies or fragments of themselves. Of course, that may
VIËLLE (Imperial Core) – The Landing District Court today returned an indictment against Five Pack Howl Memesplicing, ICC, advertising agency for the Mythic Stars virtuality game. The agency have been charged with negligent memetic engineering relating to their runaway “Rise Against the Fallen!” campaign for the game’s latest expansion, “Ghosts