From: vfury@VFPW.co.fen
To: pyrotechie@stellvia.lib
Subj: Re: Formerly 'Wavetech, now hardtech puppets
I hope you don't mind that I sent this along to Mr. Scott as well? I remember meeting you and your "sisters" and I think your "father"
might be interested too.
Li Kohran wrote:
>> I'm of a Clarkian frame of mind... or is it Niven's Corollary to
>> Clarke's Law: Sufficiently Advance Magic is Indistinguishable from
>> Sufficiently advanced Technology?
>Are you thinking of Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law, Vulpine?
>"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
Perhaps. I know there have been just as many Corollaries to Clarke's law since the 'wave as there have been of Murphy's.
>> That said, I've discovered that several of my processes are getting
>> harder and harder tech as we go along. This especially helps if you
>> design your 'wave devices to produce a non-wave effect. I have
>> recently achieved a hard-tech version of one of my first puppets. My
>> control rigs still require some 'wave, but the amounts needed are
>> dropping swiftly. I'm actually applying for 'daneside patents soon.
>I'd be *very* interested in seeing the schematics for that puppet.
Again, I'm applying for Daneside patents, so I'm required a bit of secrecy. However, I believe if we can work out an appointment at Stellvia, I can
bring both my original and current versions of the puppet in question as well as the hardcopy so we can go over it. And perhaps you or Noah can help me on my
attempts at going beyond puppetry. twenty-third time's the charm, eh?
>> Has anyone else discovered a lessened requirement for goop to make
>> things they've done before?
>Yes. It takes a lot less plotdevicite now than it used to for my
>monthly maintenance session. The goop isn't going anywhere, so my
>circuits must be adapting to hardtech.
Now that raises some hope for my future projects. If sophont AI is becoming hardtech-able....
Anyway, I'm meeting my patent lawyers in Australia in about a month. I'll see about stopping by when we can arrange for all three of us to be there.
I'll trust Mr. Scott's judgment on whether or not to add anyone to our symposium.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
To: pyrotechie@stellvia.lib
Subj: Re: Formerly 'Wavetech, now hardtech puppets
I hope you don't mind that I sent this along to Mr. Scott as well? I remember meeting you and your "sisters" and I think your "father"
might be interested too.
Li Kohran wrote:
>> I'm of a Clarkian frame of mind... or is it Niven's Corollary to
>> Clarke's Law: Sufficiently Advance Magic is Indistinguishable from
>> Sufficiently advanced Technology?
>Are you thinking of Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law, Vulpine?
>"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
Perhaps. I know there have been just as many Corollaries to Clarke's law since the 'wave as there have been of Murphy's.
>> That said, I've discovered that several of my processes are getting
>> harder and harder tech as we go along. This especially helps if you
>> design your 'wave devices to produce a non-wave effect. I have
>> recently achieved a hard-tech version of one of my first puppets. My
>> control rigs still require some 'wave, but the amounts needed are
>> dropping swiftly. I'm actually applying for 'daneside patents soon.
>I'd be *very* interested in seeing the schematics for that puppet.
Again, I'm applying for Daneside patents, so I'm required a bit of secrecy. However, I believe if we can work out an appointment at Stellvia, I can
bring both my original and current versions of the puppet in question as well as the hardcopy so we can go over it. And perhaps you or Noah can help me on my
attempts at going beyond puppetry. twenty-third time's the charm, eh?
>> Has anyone else discovered a lessened requirement for goop to make
>> things they've done before?
>Yes. It takes a lot less plotdevicite now than it used to for my
>monthly maintenance session. The goop isn't going anywhere, so my
>circuits must be adapting to hardtech.
Now that raises some hope for my future projects. If sophont AI is becoming hardtech-able....
Anyway, I'm meeting my patent lawyers in Australia in about a month. I'll see about stopping by when we can arrange for all three of us to be there.
I'll trust Mr. Scott's judgment on whether or not to add anyone to our symposium.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll