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Post by snipertom on May 20, 2016 7:08:10 GMT
Indeed. Makes me wonder why *data* of all things, in this particular class?
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Post by Corvo on May 20, 2016 7:10:52 GMT
Hate defragging. It always get stuck in my teeth.
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Post by Toloc on May 20, 2016 7:19:17 GMT
defragmentation... been a while since I've seen that.
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Post by snipertom on May 20, 2016 7:19:44 GMT
My bad, fixed now
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Post by philman on May 20, 2016 7:25:40 GMT
And there's the chapter icon too.
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Post by Earin on May 20, 2016 7:42:48 GMT
Can confirm, this is how Big Data Analytics works: fairies, æther, laptops, all of it.
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Post by vvaivi on May 20, 2016 7:49:57 GMT
Once a grenade has fragged, it is hard to defrag it. But possible.
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Post by arysthae on May 20, 2016 8:09:53 GMT
Oh, but this makes a lot of sense, right? Fairies would be so much more efficient and doing menial data crunching, since they're doing it on autopilot. They're not really going to complain about it, because it's all they know, so far, and they can type and do complicated math without needing to use their brains, so it's much more efficient...
Also, if they aren't using their brains, doesn't that mean that they aren't registering what data they're crunching? A good way to keep it private too.
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Post by noone3 on May 20, 2016 8:28:20 GMT
Fairies would be so much more efficient and doing menial data crunching, since they're doing it on autopilot. They're not really going to complain about it, because it's all they know, so far, and they can type and do complicated math without needing to use their brains, so it's much more efficient... That is like... a few hundred years of colonial thinking on the part of Court in one sentence. |
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Post by TBeholder on May 20, 2016 9:00:00 GMT
Oh, but this makes a lot of sense, right? Fairies would be so much more efficient and doing menial data crunching, since they're doing it on autopilot. They're not really going to complain about it, because it's all they know, so far, and they can type and do complicated math without needing to use their brains, so it's much more efficient... Also, if they aren't using their brains, doesn't that mean that they aren't registering what data they're crunching? A good way to keep it private too. Amusingly, the current subject in Schlock Mercenary is "solar powered robo-fairies".  |
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Post by arf on May 20, 2016 9:03:50 GMT
That is a very full disk Rabbit boy is nomming.
Hope he finds the green bits tasty.
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Post by haspen on May 20, 2016 10:08:13 GMT
Maaan, defragmentation... when I was a kid I loved watching the little strips/bars turn from a bundled mess into large blocks. It was so... soothing. (and yes I was easily entertained kid)
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Post by calpal on May 20, 2016 10:32:39 GMT
I like how he imagines bits as literal crumbs of food that you eat.
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Post by goldenknots on May 20, 2016 12:17:15 GMT
Well, now we have an interesting insight into what may motivate the Court to "allow" the "changes" from the Forest. Pure altruism was not the first idea that occurred to me... but this puts the fairies and other forest creatures into another category. Recall that the Court goes out and recruits talent of other sorts (Zimmy, and that guy, and Parley) to come and stay there. Are they looking for something in particular, or getting ready for a specific challenge, or are they just amassing power?
Also, <snuffle> is learning something that nobody in the Forest knew. Dangerous knowledge? What if Coyote disapproves?
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Post by stclair on May 20, 2016 12:22:13 GMT
Maaan, defragmentation... when I was a kid I loved watching the little strips/bars turn from a bundled mess into large blocks. It was so... soothing. (and yes I was easily entertained kid) I still do. (Also, wow, I remember that defrag program/display.) |
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Post by Trillium on May 20, 2016 12:56:20 GMT
Well, now we have an interesting insight into what may motivate the Court to "allow" the "changes" from the Forest. Pure altruism was not the first idea that occurred to me... but this puts the fairies and other forest creatures into another category. Recall that the Court goes out and recruits talent of other sorts (Zimmy, and that guy, and Parley) to come and stay there. Are they looking for something in particular, or getting ready for a specific challenge, or are they just amassing power? Also, <snuffle> is learning something that nobody in the Forest knew. Dangerous knowledge? What if Coyote disapproves? No, I think they do know or it would not be allowed. |
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Post by ctso74 on May 20, 2016 13:29:05 GMT
Like outsourcing star searching or tumor cell spotting to the net. There's also "Quantum Moves", an online game that took user data and helped develop a starting condition, for problems dealing with quantum computing.
Perhaps, they merely see it as a game they play everyday.
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Post by Daedalus on May 20, 2016 18:29:31 GMT
Also, <snuffle> is learning something that nobody in the Forest knew. Dangerous knowledge? What if Coyote disapproves? They haven't talked about *what*, precisely, is in the data they're working with. If that topic comes up, the Court might be nervous, but I suspect the Fairies don't understand what they're computing. All that the Forest/Coyote have learned here is that the Court likes crunching data, which is something obvious. |
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Post by goldenknots on May 20, 2016 18:56:08 GMT
Also, <snuffle> is learning something that nobody in the Forest knew. Dangerous knowledge? What if Coyote disapproves? They haven't talked about *what*, precisely, is in the data they're working with. If that topic comes up, the Court might be nervous, but I suspect the Fairies don't understand what they're computing. All that the Forest/Coyote have learned here is that the Court likes crunching data, which is something obvious. It might not have been obvious that the Forest-folk are being exploited as a free labor pool for purpose or purposes unknown. They don't get vacations, they are kept isolated to a large extent, and their "work" is meaningless to them. I'm beginning to think this will blow up at some point. |
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Post by tiberius on May 20, 2016 19:41:59 GMT
Agree with Daedalus here. It was the sam with SETI or still is? Sure, you might have thought to search for E.T. at home, but what if you didn't and it had been a prank or something worse. And my guess is: Coyote knows.
What I am wondering: If white is 0, blue is 1 and so on, what numbers do the colors on Smitty's threads stand for? 4, 5 and 6? 19 probably?
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Post by Daedalus on May 21, 2016 0:38:13 GMT
They haven't talked about *what*, precisely, is in the data they're working with. If that topic comes up, the Court might be nervous, but I suspect the Fairies don't understand what they're computing. All that the Forest/Coyote have learned here is that the Court likes crunching data, which is something obvious. It might not have been obvious that the Forest-folk are being exploited as a free labor pool for purpose or purposes unknown. They don't get vacations, they are kept isolated to a large extent, and their "work" is meaningless to them. I'm beginning to think this will blow up at some point. They're allowed access to the Ether whenever they want, and they seem to just be frolicking there all the time while their bodies work mindlessly. I'm not sure if we can state whether or not this would be considered cruel by the perspective of the Forest (where the hunting of sentient beings by a half-mad god is considered to be totally normal). |
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Post by arf on May 21, 2016 1:51:24 GMT
Maaan, defragmentation... when I was a kid I loved watching the little strips/bars turn from a bundled mess into large blocks. It was so... soothing. (and yes I was easily entertained kid) I still do. (Also, wow, I remember that defrag program/display.) Another frag-tragic. I used to watch and think *surely* this could do its job more efficiently? Especially since my disk seemed to need defragging on a regular basis. Mind you, back then disk sizes were only just getting to be measured in gigabytes. |
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Post by KMar on May 21, 2016 20:51:22 GMT
Can confirm, this is how Big Data Analytics works: fairies, æther, laptops, all of it. Yes, the page provides an accurate illustration of what messing with a bunch of data looks like. On the outside, data scientists might be all smiles. But that's only because, deep inside, they are nomming. The Data. All of It. *crunch crunch*. |
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Post by rafk on May 23, 2016 8:34:19 GMT
Also, <snuffle> is learning something that nobody in the Forest knew. Dangerous knowledge? What if Coyote disapproves? They haven't talked about *what*, precisely, is in the data they're working with. If that topic comes up, the Court might be nervous, but I suspect the Fairies don't understand what they're computing. All that the Forest/Coyote have learned here is that the Court likes crunching data, which is something obvious. Coyote set up and still runs the system that provides these souls to the Court. Would be shocked if he didn't understand exactly what is going on, and if he's not getting something out of it. |
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Post by Daedalus on May 23, 2016 8:43:23 GMT
They haven't talked about *what*, precisely, is in the data they're working with. If that topic comes up, the Court might be nervous, but I suspect the Fairies don't understand what they're computing. All that the Forest/Coyote have learned here is that the Court likes crunching data, which is something obvious. Coyote set up and still runs the system that provides these souls to the Court. Would be shocked if he didn't understand exactly what is going on, and if he's not getting something out of it. He set up the system for souls to go to the Court, sure. But I don't know if he's aware of anything beyond that - ie, what the formerly-Forest students are up to while there. |
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Post by jda on May 23, 2016 15:15:12 GMT
Coyote set up and still runs the system that provides these souls to the Court. Would be shocked if he didn't understand exactly what is going on, and if he's not getting something out of it. He set up the system for souls to go to the Court, sure. But I don't know if he's aware of anything beyond that - ie, what the formerly-Forest students are up to while there. So, what happens when a formerly-forest native student dies? His/her soul/mind/core/RarFile goes back to Coyote? if so, the savage God has access to all their memories, and therefore all Court raw data with only a few years lag. |
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Post by Daedalus on May 23, 2016 18:42:23 GMT
He set up the system for souls to go to the Court, sure. But I don't know if he's aware of anything beyond that - ie, what the formerly-Forest students are up to while there. So, what happens when a formerly-forest native student dies? His/her soul/mind/core/RarFile goes back to Coyote? if so, the savage God has access to all their memories, and therefore all Court raw data with only a few years lag. Why would we assume that? I would presume that his soul is taken into the ether by a guide, just like any other. Coyote is not a guide. |
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Post by jda on Jun 1, 2016 17:48:13 GMT
So, what happens when a formerly-forest native student dies? His/her soul/mind/core/RarFile goes back to Coyote? if so, the savage God has access to all their memories, and therefore all Court raw data with only a few years lag. Why would we assume that? I would presume that his soul is taken into the ether by a guide, just like any other. Coyote is not a guide. Well, I'd assume that, because Coyote. And also because I don't remember (please enlighten me) to any part of the comic where it is shown a former forest native dying/ where their soul theme is shown. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jun 1, 2016 19:31:01 GMT
Still not sure there's such a thing as a soul in GC.
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Post by fish on Jun 1, 2016 21:31:20 GMT
Why would we assume that? I would presume that his soul is taken into the ether by a guide, just like any other. Coyote is not a guide. Well, I'd assume that, because Coyote. And also because I don't remember (please enlighten me) to any part of the comic where it is shown a former forest native dying/ where their soul theme is shown. down by the Annan Waters because he had "business nearby". It is assumed (and I think confirmed somewhere by Tom) that his business was the glass eyed man (a former forest dweller) killed by Eglamore on the bridge. The glass eyed men are creatures directly created by Coyote but they are visited by Muut upon their death, because Muut is the psychopomp of the mythology they belong to (Native Amarican). Of course not all animals belong to any particular mythology, but if insects have their own psychopomp I think it's safe to assume there are guides for other non-myth animals. (Also, Ketrak must be the busiest psychopomp around, haha) |
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