Hmm. Possibly, Bob. Though I think they might be too paranoid to utilize handwavium to its fullest. If nothing else, I don't think they'd try for AIs,
and I'd back the Fenspace AIs against a handwaved 'dumb' machine any day of the week. And if they DO generate some AIs....well, my bet is on the
AIs going over to our side, given the slightest chance. Simply because Fenspace treats them as people.
As for attempts on the data by security agencies...they could try, but Hypatia is hardly going to be unprotected. Then they'd have to get past the
LIBRARIANS. One of them is an AI named Adele, and she's a crack shot (Noah would love her). Another one...well, she might well be a Scott series android,
if I can get his help in this. Her name? Yomiko. Yomiko Readman.
And possibly influenced at least somewhat by her Undocumented Features version. There
should be more caretakers/librarians - I'm just trying to decide on who they should be. Get past all that, and people trying to get data would have to get
through encryption designed by the Fenspace AIs. And finally...any attacks should of course have...consequences. Such as having all of one's data revealed
to all the OTHER security agencies in the world. Do you think they'd still want to risk it?
*grin* And yes...Ms. Readman IS a papermaster. The Jason taught her.
(From a possible barscene after the Port Phobos Invitational thread...)
The Jason sat back in his seat, and grinned over at Noah. "It was a fun time. I had a blast trying out the ideas I had." He shook his head. "The
writers for Star Trek....so bloody LAZY. They absolutely WASTED the potential of holotech and forcefields. You saw the things I was doing. Given a little
imagination, I was able to pull off Naruto-style ninjutsu...all sorts of other stuff. And I didn't even pull half the crap I could've."
Noah took a sip from his drink before replying. "Such as?"
The monkey-boy grinned back, and glanced around the room. Spotting a dartboard on the opposite wall, he gestured at it. "Watch." He took his receipt
between his thumb and forefinger, and gave a sharp snap with his hand. The paper straightened out and didn't bend back. Making sure no-one was in the way,
he then gave it a hard toss at the board, where it sank into the center with a solid-sounding *thunk*...then curled back up, apparently normal once more. He
snickered. "Just call me Jason Readman. For a bibliophile, papermastery is your friend."
(Encase paper between forcefields, and voila. You can do all sorts of things with it. Manipulate the fields, and have a ball. Needless to say, this can also
improve accuracy in throwing if you're controlling the forcefields. )
and I'd back the Fenspace AIs against a handwaved 'dumb' machine any day of the week. And if they DO generate some AIs....well, my bet is on the
AIs going over to our side, given the slightest chance. Simply because Fenspace treats them as people.
As for attempts on the data by security agencies...they could try, but Hypatia is hardly going to be unprotected. Then they'd have to get past the
LIBRARIANS. One of them is an AI named Adele, and she's a crack shot (Noah would love her). Another one...well, she might well be a Scott series android,
if I can get his help in this. Her name? Yomiko. Yomiko Readman.
And possibly influenced at least somewhat by her Undocumented Features version. Thereshould be more caretakers/librarians - I'm just trying to decide on who they should be. Get past all that, and people trying to get data would have to get
through encryption designed by the Fenspace AIs. And finally...any attacks should of course have...consequences. Such as having all of one's data revealed
to all the OTHER security agencies in the world. Do you think they'd still want to risk it?
*grin* And yes...Ms. Readman IS a papermaster. The Jason taught her.
(From a possible barscene after the Port Phobos Invitational thread...)
The Jason sat back in his seat, and grinned over at Noah. "It was a fun time. I had a blast trying out the ideas I had." He shook his head. "The
writers for Star Trek....so bloody LAZY. They absolutely WASTED the potential of holotech and forcefields. You saw the things I was doing. Given a little
imagination, I was able to pull off Naruto-style ninjutsu...all sorts of other stuff. And I didn't even pull half the crap I could've."
Noah took a sip from his drink before replying. "Such as?"
The monkey-boy grinned back, and glanced around the room. Spotting a dartboard on the opposite wall, he gestured at it. "Watch." He took his receipt
between his thumb and forefinger, and gave a sharp snap with his hand. The paper straightened out and didn't bend back. Making sure no-one was in the way,
he then gave it a hard toss at the board, where it sank into the center with a solid-sounding *thunk*...then curled back up, apparently normal once more. He
snickered. "Just call me Jason Readman. For a bibliophile, papermastery is your friend."
(Encase paper between forcefields, and voila. You can do all sorts of things with it. Manipulate the fields, and have a ball. Needless to say, this can also
improve accuracy in throwing if you're controlling the forcefields.
)