tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post4599905391225416038..comments2024-03-14T07:11:37.650+00:00Comments on Porky's Expanse!: Sensor rangePorkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-75153970780338319442011-01-17T13:32:54.221+00:002011-01-17T13:32:54.221+00:00That's more than enough to make me happy! I lo...That's more than enough to make me happy! I look forward to your take on it - I've never read anything at Riskail that didn't impress. And I know very well what you mean about lack of time. For you to present such high quality thinking as often as you do is just stunning.<br /><br />The word you are welcome to of course. It's good to think it can brought back from the edge of loss. It's hardly changed from the Greek so is a strong link to the seminal thinking of that time too.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-46785829866415471992011-01-17T00:21:42.658+00:002011-01-17T00:21:42.658+00:00Hi Porky--thanks for the very kind words. The cate...Hi Porky--thanks for the very kind words. The categorization of types of information as you present it above is an interesting approach to this subject. Fairly workable indeed. We've been approaching the matter from a slightly different angle, and will go into more detail once we get the Geniuses, Adepts, and a few others posted in the next week or so. We also have to get some demonology up there for Trey, like we promised. Just not enough time in a day...and there are only two of us doing this, Gigacrawler has legions of contributors, and we hope to have something to add to Gigacrawler ourselves down the road, as the schedule permits...<br /><br />We really like your suggestion of Cimelium. That is a term we might have to adopt. <br /><br />And for what it is worth, we DO think you definitely have what it takes. This post is going to get linked-to from Riskail right away.netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-82304758917925632612011-01-16T19:04:13.234+00:002011-01-16T19:04:13.234+00:00@ ArmChairGeneral - I've got some viewing to c...@ ArmChairGeneral - I've got some viewing to catch up on. First V, now Babylon 5. One of my big sci-fi related regrets is not getting into it from the word go. In that view of souls, the semi-pseudoscientific suggestion the universe might be a simulation starts to play into Matrix and software tropes, and brings us round to AI emerging by a growing complexity throwing up the unexpected. It's a lot of fun to think this kind of thing out.<br /><br />@ The Angry Lurker - Thanks. I'm both happy <i>and</i> sad you got it - what will happen to 'what'? It's just playing around of course, but there are a lot of blanks out there that might be filled differently than we'd expect. It's open till it's closed, and even then it can be re-opened.<br /><br />@ John Lambshead - I found a review of that story and it sounds even more up my space lane than "As Black As Hell". The reviewer suggests the master may not always be the master, a good thing to remember when it comes to any form of intelligence, and symbiosis in general.<br /><br />For everyone else reading this, I have a copy of John's "As Black..", and when I've read and absorbed it I'll write a review here.<br /><br />@ Loquacious - That sounds a little like the idea of the Warp, or astral planes. It's just as compelling and not totally irrelevant - if there are close to a dozen dimensions and most are tightly curled up everywhere around us, the other places are our places too. Think how a two-dimensional object looks in three-dimensional space. Maybe that's how we look to our souls, or whatever else is out there? Or rather in here. It's all gone Lovecraftian suddenly. I feel a chill..!Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-88867375114878615912011-01-16T18:49:20.846+00:002011-01-16T18:49:20.846+00:00I like the now-in-my head concept that maybe souls...I like the now-in-my head concept that maybe souls are NOT in this realm and are elsewhere... I'm completely putting this into my mind-theory bank and will contemplate it a bit. <br /><br />Sorry it is completely irrelevant to your proposition, which is lovely.Loquacioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667591498679385934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-87752621489713759012011-01-16T18:00:41.426+00:002011-01-16T18:00:41.426+00:00I wrote one of the stories for the Baen Transhuman...I wrote one of the stories for the Baen Transhuman anthology.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-53269661960440271642011-01-16T17:24:16.058+00:002011-01-16T17:24:16.058+00:00Being a Irish catholic I have the standard beliefs...Being a Irish catholic I have the standard beliefs and once in never out but even my weird beliefs aside I like this.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-70094156312175679742011-01-16T14:30:03.227+00:002011-01-16T14:30:03.227+00:00I liked how Babylon 5 handled the idea of souls. I...I liked how Babylon 5 handled the idea of souls. In the show the Elder one tells Sheridan that we are all creations of the supreme universe trying to figure itself out. When it learns all it can from our particular life we transcend to join the others. Very interesting imho although I personally am a Christian and obviously have other beliefs.Game Master Rob Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08198920658123610173noreply@blogger.com