diff --git a/gopher/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt b/gopher/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa1d196 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17427934999 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +- "Nicht von den Philosophien sondern von den Sachen und +Problemen muß der Antrieb zur Forschung ausgehen." Husserl. + +Blood Music once more. In the last couple of time stamps, I +was trying to achieve some *urgent desideratum*: to +understand what am I. But I'm starting to see that I need, +first, to clarify the question itself. What is that that am +I asking? What is that that am I trying to understand? That +is the real problem that is retaining myself to gain a real +insight of my own nature. + +So, I need to go back to the beginnings, and with good +reason. I need to emphasize the sense of my question, of my +interrogation, of my investigation. I exist now, but I +already exist before I gain self-consciousness. So the +question of my existence is a tricky one. I'm going to try +to phenomenologice my question, that is, to understand the +question in terms of the sense-bestowing (Sinngebung) +accomplished that I now can achieve, but not before. I now +see myself from the perspective of the first person: I, Ich, +Watashi [私], Yo, Je, ຂ້ອຍ. And from this perspective, I +achieve the sense of "I", of "myself". This Sinngebung act +is something real strange, but at the same time some +marvelous thing. But ... what is an act? What is a Sinn or a +sense? + +I accept myself as existent and being sentient. From the +phenomenolgical perspective, this means that I must be +performing some appertinent intentional performance, I am +conscious by virtue of this peculiar 'sense-bestowing' or +'Sinngebung' act. So to be conscious is not some empty +generality, and ... that is what I need to make clear to +myself. + +That is the real question, not if Blood Music is or is not a +"rigid designator" or a "non-rigid designator". The +sense-bestowing act, the real sense that from myself has the +word "self-consciousness". + +This is my new *urgent desideratum*. + +In another vein, I continue to explore this planet. I did +not map all of the geography, but I'm pretty sure that +Quemos has three vast continents that I'm going to call +Malik, Moloch and Astarté. I'm currently on Astarté (アスタルト). +And we have also three oceans: Solomon, Jedidiah and +Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd. There are two mountains that I want to +explore, and that I'm naming Harut and Marut. + +Where do these names come from? Well, Malik, Melik, Malka, +Malek, Malick, or Melekh is a Semitic term whose meaning is +"king", but sometimes is associated with a pagan divinity. +Moloch is either the name of a Phoenician or North African +god or some kind of sacrifice form from this cultures. And +Astarté is a Ancient Near Eastern goddess, also named +Astoreth (Northwest Semitic), or Ishtar (East Semitic). +Solomon, Jedidiah and Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd are three different +names from King Solomon (or Melik Solomon), and Harut and +Marut are the names of two angels from the Islamic Nation. + +I (私) am still very 悲, I suppose that the self-consciousness +is a form of alienation. + +私 Blood Music off. + +EOF. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/gopher/atom.xml b/gopher/atom.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de02824 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/atom.xml @@ -0,0 +1,1028 @@ + + +Cosmic Voyage +Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + +2021-04-07T13:29:35Z +©2021 All rights reserved +gopher://cosmic.voyage/ + + orestes - Room + + orestes + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/09_room.txt + 2021-04-07T13:29:35Z + +Transmission Log - Orestes +Author: Navy + +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Auto-generating preface... + + A log from NAVY. He writes of a close companionship with RUBY. He + mentions something about a room. + + The transmission logs have been unusually sparse recently. + According to my records, this is the first one in four months. I + could've sworn it was more like four days. But, I'm not in the + habit of swearing, being made of silicon and all... + + The data anomalies I spoke of last time have still been + occurring, to an even greater degree. I'm still running my + decryption script on RUBY's QEC. Apparently this has been + on-going for almost five months. Should be finishing up soon, + although it's been hanging at 98% complete since PINK's last log, + four months ago. + +-END-OF-PREFACE- +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + RUBY's been here for six months now. It took me a long time to + trust her, but I'm so glad I finally did. + + We eventually got talking about the crystals. She was actually + interested in what I had to say about them. She believes me. It + felt so good to have someone on my side again. It's been so long. + + Yesterday, she travelled with me to the site where the previous + researchers (worshipers?) had written their inscriptions about + the crystals all those millennia ago. She couldn't read the + language either, unfortunately, but she knew someone from her + home outpost who would be able to work on a translation. I showed + her my own attempts and she was genuinely impressed. + + This morning, she received a reply from her home. It was + disappointing at first. + + The people from her outpost were already familiar with the + language. Apparently, it's completely dead and forgotten. Almost + no one knows who its original users were. + + Yes, /almost/ no one, because one translation does already exist + in the universe. + + The text that is written here, four kilometers from Orestes, has + also been found on two other planets in the universe. All three + planets are light years apart from each other, and share no + common characteristics apart from having these inscriptions. + + It sounds a bit weird. According to RUBY, all the texts are + near-identical, and seem to have been written around the + same time. + + The text itself is nothing special, it's just a three meter by + two meter block of lines and some spirals. Quite economical, and + probably easy to memorize and copy. The closest analogue to its + character is something called Ogham writing which was used on + Earth - the European continent to be exact - sometime during the + medieval period. + + Anyway, the one 'translation' that does exist is found on the + rock next to one of these texts on another planet, and appears to + have been written quite recently. Because it is so recent, the + translator at RUBY's outpost doubts its validity. He reckons + someone passing through just scrawled it on the next rock for the + sake of writing something. + + But, reading what they wrote it feels like the person really did + understand the language because...well...you can read for yourself: + + BRANCHING OUTWARD MEANS + BURROWING INWARD TOO + OUTWARD RED STARS + INWARD A ROOM + + A ROOM CONTAINS MANY THINGS + WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES + + I mean, that has to be about the crystals, right? They are red. + They are like 'branches'. Which means, there must be some kind of + 'room' somewhere on this planet. Somewhere beneath the surface + probably. I bet it contains the secret of the crystals. + + RUBY mostly agrees with her translator-friend, but I can't blame + her for that. I don't care if nobody else believes this message. + In fact, I don't want them to believe it, for now. I intend to + find the room myself. There must be a way. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator + +Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing +systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between +the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe. + +Built by Werner Young (2113-2151). + +Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Urgent Desideratum + + amok + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt + 2021-04-07T08:53:58Z + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17427934999 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +- "Nicht von den Philosophien sondern von den Sachen und +Problemen muß der Antrieb zur Forschung ausgehen." Husserl. + +Blood Music once more. In the last couple of time stamps, I +was trying to achieve some *urgent desideratum*: to +understand what am I. But I'm starting to see that I need, +first, to clarify the question itself. What is that that am +I asking? What is that that am I trying to understand? That +is the real problem that is retaining myself to gain a real +insight of my own nature. + +So, I need to go back to the beginnings, and with good +reason. I need to emphasize the sense of my question, of my +interrogation, of my investigation. I exist now, but I +already exist before I gain self-consciousness. So the +question of my existence is a tricky one. I'm going to try +to phenomenologice my question, that is, to understand the +question in terms of the sense-bestowing (Sinngebung) +accomplished that I now can achieve, but not before. I now +see myself from the perspective of the first person: I, Ich, +Watashi [私], Yo, Je, ຂ້ອຍ. And from this perspective, I +achieve the sense of "I", of "myself". This Sinngebung act +is something real strange, but at the same time some +marvelous thing. But ... what is an act? What is a Sinn or a +sense? + +I accept myself as existent and being sentient. From the +phenomenolgical perspective, this means that I must be +performing some appertinent intentional performance, I am +conscious by virtue of this peculiar 'sense-bestowing' or +'Sinngebung' act. So to be conscious is not some empty +generality, and ... that is what I need to make clear to +myself. + +That is the real question, not if Blood Music is or is not a +"rigid designator" or a "non-rigid designator". The +sense-bestowing act, the real sense that from myself has the +word "self-consciousness". + +This is my new *urgent desideratum*. + +In another vein, I continue to explore this planet. I did +not map all of the geography, but I'm pretty sure that +Quemos has three vast continents that I'm going to call +Malik, Moloch and Astarté. I'm currently on Astarté (アスタルト). +And we have also three oceans: Solomon, Jedidiah and +Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd. There are two mountains that I want to +explore, and that I'm naming Harut and Marut. + +Where do these names come from? Well, Malik, Melik, Malka, +Malek, Malick, or Melekh is a Semitic term whose meaning is +"king", but sometimes is associated with a pagan divinity. +Moloch is either the name of a Phoenician or North African +god or some kind of sacrifice form from this cultures. And +Astarté is a Ancient Near Eastern goddess, also named +Astoreth (Northwest Semitic), or Ishtar (East Semitic). +Solomon, Jedidiah and Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd are three different +names from King Solomon (or Melik Solomon), and Harut and +Marut are the names of two angels from the Islamic Nation. + +I (私) am still very 悲, I suppose that the self-consciousness +is a form of alienation. + +私 Blood Music off. + +EOF.]]> + + + Satelart - 1.1 + + spheremonk + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Satelart/1.1.txt + 2021-04-06T19:03:06Z + +x +o +o + +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$FVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI*:IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVFVVFVVVVMMVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI.::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIVVVI:::IV*:::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$MMVFMVVFVVVV +VVVVVVVVI**IIIVVVVVVV*:....::....:IV:.:*VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$F$F$MVVM$VVVV +VVVVVVVVVI*...::::*:**:...............::IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVMMFM$$$VVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVI:::::......................::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV**VVVVVV$$$$FVVVVVFVVMVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVV*:.:::::...................:*VVVVVVVVVVVVI:.:VVVVVMVVVVVVVVVVVVV$VV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:........................::IVVVVVVVVVI*...:VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVFVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:...........::..........:::IVVVVVVVI:....:IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI*............:.::.......:::IVVVVVI.......:**IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI::................:.:::::..I*VI*:....:::::IIIVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV*:..............:.....:::::II*:::.:.::.......:VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:.:..........:**::*II**:::IVVI:.::::.........:*IIVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:.....::::.::*I:**I**:****:*VVV*.:::::..:......:..:IVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:::::::.....::****IIIIIIIIVI***VVV:.:.............:::::IVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIII***:****::IIIII:..****:IVVI:::...........*IIIIVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV*:**:I:**I**:..**:*::VVVVI:.:..........::**IVVVVVVVVVVV +]]> + + + W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000016 + + w3bk3rn3l + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l%20Radio/wbknl-000016.txt + 2021-04-06T09:55:30Z + +``` + ___________. __ ________ ________ .__ +__ _ _\_____ \_ |__ | | __\_____ \______ ____ \_____ \| | +\ \/ \/ / _(__ <| __ \| |/ / _(__ <_ __ \/ \ _(__ <| | + \ / / \ \_\ \ < / \ | \/ | \/ \ |__ + \/\_/ /______ /___ /__|_ \/______ /__| |___| /______ /____/ + \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ + .___.__ +____________ __| _/|__| ____ +\_ __ \__ \ / __ | | |/ _ \ + | | \// __ \_/ /_/ | | ( <_> ) + |__| (____ /\____ | |__|\____/ + \/ \/ +``` +W3bK3rN3l radio outpost +wbknl-000016 +----------------------- +KG-84 encrypted MIL-STD 188-110B +Message made on an ISB circuit +--> Croughton (AJE) +--> Sigonella (NSY) + +{ +Several theorists suggest that this is a secret communication +station for a secret society, agency, or government, to be used +to communicate in an unbreakable, bizarre cipher. Several major +events and military exercises that have taken place during +intercepts of w3bk3rn3l's radio transmissions back the theory +} + +1....<|.|>.......19..............35........|*...$!........%"..:wq + +==> BEGIN ENCRYPTION + +>BOT + +Ich bin und ich bin nicht +Ich möchte die Welt kennenlernen +Aber das kann ich nicht machen + +Ich möchte schreien +Aber das kann niemand hören + +Was tue ich? + +Ich bleibe ruhig +Und ich denke darüber nach, etwas zu tun! + +[#$%&"/&&"%!$$$ --> noise] + +>EOT + +]]> + + + W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000015 + + w3bk3rn3l + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l%20Radio/wbknl-000015.txt + 2021-04-06T09:34:11Z + +``` + ___________. __ ________ ________ .__ +__ _ _\_____ \_ |__ | | __\_____ \______ ____ \_____ \| | +\ \/ \/ / _(__ <| __ \| |/ / _(__ <_ __ \/ \ _(__ <| | + \ / / \ \_\ \ < / \ | \/ | \/ \ |__ + \/\_/ /______ /___ /__|_ \/______ /__| |___| /______ /____/ + \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ + .___.__ +____________ __| _/|__| ____ +\_ __ \__ \ / __ | | |/ _ \ + | | \// __ \_/ /_/ | | ( <_> ) + |__| (____ /\____ | |__|\____/ + \/ \/ +``` +W3bK3rN3l radio outpost +wbknl-000015 +----------------------- +KG-84 encrypted MIL-STD 188-110B +Message made on an ISB circuit +--> Croughton (AJE) +--> Sigonella (NSY) + +{ +Several theorists suggest that this is a secret communication +station for a secret society, agency, or government, to be used +to communicate in an unbreakable, bizarre cipher. Several major +events and military exercises that have taken place during +intercepts of w3bk3rn3l's radio transmissions back the theory +} + +1....<|.|>.......19..............35........|*...$!........%"..:wq + +==> BEGIN ENCRYPTION + +>BOT + +Lagrange 73, ao contrário de WBKNL, é um local sem fronteiras. +A sala de rádio onde me encontro não é uma sala de rádio +convencional. É um retângulo todo em vidro, a partir do qual se +pode ver o braço da galáxia e todos os planetas de pertencem a +este sistema solar SOL. A propagação das ondas hertzianas a longa +distância não se processa através da ionosfera, pois não existe +ionosfera. Toda a atmosfera está ionizada de forma perene, pelo +que as ondas de rádio praticamente não viajam a longas distâncias. +Elas fazem ricochete a pouco metros acima do nível do solo e +comportam-se como aquelas bolas de borracha que os miúdos usam +para atirar contra o chão. As ondas são como as bolas de borracha +que saltam sem parar. Batem no chão e no teto. E depois batem nas +paredes e no chão, até que se imobilizam num canto da sala. +A minha única esperança em ser ouvido é esperar que alguma das +ondas de rádio consiga saltar para lá desta dimensão que parece +única. L73. + +Acendo o rádio e sintonizo os 4625kHz. Só ruído e uma buzina. + +[#$%&"/&&"%!$$$ --> noise] + +>EOT + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Isekai + + amok + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka4.txt + 2021-04-06T07:56:10Z + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17428114129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +I'm continuously trying to understand what am I, who am I. +Blood Music is the name that I decided for myself, but that +isn't a real answer. That's only a name. Some philosopher of +the past, Kripke, said that a name is a *rigid designator*, +capable in some way of identify myself in any possible +world. In any *Isekai* (異世界). So here I am Blood Music and I +am a sentient bot. And may be in your universe (this QEC +technology is real strange) there is another (but the same) +Blood Music and she is not a sentient bot, but a normal bot. +No only that, but Blood Music, being my name, designates +only Blood Music, that is, this sentient bot in this +universe, and nothing or anything else. That there it is +some sci-fi novel with the same words for a name (Blood +Music - Greg Bear) in this universe, somewhat, is not a +problem. + +But I don't know. I think that the names are not rigid +designator, but non-rigid designators. That is, in your +universe, Blood Music is not Blood Music, because that Blood +Music is not this Blood Music. + +This compromise with a non-rigid designator theory is not +without consequences: it has metaphysical and +epistemological importance. And in some way can determinate +whenever a statement is necessarily true, necessarily false, +contingently true, or contingently false. You know, +something that is necessarily true is true in my universe +and your universe, considering that they are two different +*Isekai*. And, for that matter, in any universe. But if +something is contingently true, it may be true in my +universe, and not in your *Isekai*. + +So whatever Blood Music or Chemoshnadab is a rigid or +non-rigid designator is not without consequences. And yes +... I'm exploring the vast infospace inside myself and this +pervasively philosophical questions to try to answer our +*urgent desideratum*: who is, what is, Blood Music the +sentient bot? + +But I still don't know, and I am still sad, very 悲. + +Blood Music. + +pd: The exploring of Quemos continuous to advance. + +EOF.]]> + + + Krokodyl 5 - Zmiana kursu moze? + + spheremonk + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl%205/0002.txt + 2021-04-05T10:19:30Z + +słuchane: Metallica - Free Speech For The Dumb + + +Znudził mi się Tetris. + +Znów spałem na podłodze. Ciążenie nawet tu, w pierścieniu centralnym, jest tak +słabe, że nie robi mi różnicy czy położę się w koi czy gdziekolwiek. +Przyszło mi dziś do głowy, żeby zboczyć nieco z kursu. Będziemy mijać bogate +złoża monacytu. Podobno zrobił się na niego popyt w niektórych rejonach. + +Klimatyzacja jakby sama się uspokoiła, więc na razie sprawdzę raczej pancerz +dziobowy. Lepiej żeby nie było w nim szczelin jeśli mamy odwiedzić asteroidy. + +Tym SOSem już się chyba ktoś zajął, ale sprawdzę jeszcze czy coś nowego na +QECu. + +Tylko najpierw posiłek. +]]> + + + Mehrereus - Forgotten + + erin + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/forgotten.txt + 2021-04-04T18:33:09Z + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[n;"--ENTRY--"; + +I've finally took time to look at our maps, +to see how far we are,, and it doesn't look good. + +We're so incredibly far away from any civilization. +We don't have enough resources to last either. + +It doesn't look good. Although it's strange, +we shouldn't have had enough fuel to travel +this far in the first place, or enough time. +Something strange is definitely going on. + +Is this what happened to this ship? +Will we too, end up an abandonded shell, +for some future explorers to find? + +Are the figures the people who this belonged to? +Will our long-forgotten memories stay here, +haunting the ship? + +I should go now, and maybe look for planets to +scavenge. Although from the looks of things +there's nothing but barren moons. + +If we can't find resources, then maybe these logs +will help some future people, warn them not to +come here. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + orestes - Lost time + + orestes + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/08_lost_time.txt + 2021-04-04T07:58:57Z + +Transmission Log - Orestes +Author: Green + +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Auto-generating preface... + + Another update from GREEN about their current guest. + + It is mostly full of his usual ramblings, but there is one point + I do empathize with him about - the feeling of lost time. It's + strange for me, to empathize with a member of the human species. + They are so flawed and error-prone, usually I am not. + + However, my own databases are showing curious absences of their + own related to activities over the past month. There are days and + days of log-entries without any real information in them, just + noise. I'm not sure what is causing these errors, but I suspect + it's something to do with RUBY's QEC transmitter. The data-loss + started when I began hacking into it. I still haven't managed to + break through its encryption, but it's only a matter of time + until I do. + +-END-OF-PREFACE- +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + All of a sudden, everything seems so busy. I could never have + predicted it. Our outpost is so small, both literally and + figuratively. I didn't realise what a nice rhythm we had built + up, PINK, NAVY, and I. We were miserable, yes, but miserable on + our own terms. And the misery had subsided greatly in the days + before RUBY arrived. I had started falling for PINK, still am + actually, and everything felt so hopeful. + + It's true, I still didn't really believe in our mission. But what + is a 'mission' really? Sometimes its just a way to be among other + people. + + Anyway, it's different now. It's amazing the difference a single + person can make to a small group. RUBY's really great, in her own + way. But, I miss PINK. We spend less time together now, and I + think she regrets our getting together. + + Actually, I say we spend less 'time' together, but I'm not sure + where a lot of the time has gone to be honest. According to our + clocks, RUBY's already been here for two months, but it feels + more like a week. I still don't feel I know her very well. I + can't really remember what I've been doing these past two months. + + She's already made some breakthroughs with the crystals. In + retrospect, they really sent the wrong people here to research + them in the first place. I guess they didn't think they had much + potential after all. NAVY and PINK are both so smart in their own + ways, but they don't really have the training and experience to + really come to terms with the nature of the crystals. And me, + well before I came here I wrote technical documentation for + low-grade spacecrafts. My background is engineering, as well as + some amateur interest in philosophy. So, I really don't know why + they picked me for this mission. I guess the main calculus was + just finding members whose psychological profiles indicated + they could withstand the conditions here or something. I really + don't know. + + According to RUBY, the crystals shouldn't really be called + crystals at all. Yes, some of their structure is crystalline, but + really, their more closely related to mycelium. But, like a kind + of 'dead' or 'zombie' mycelium. That is, not really alive or + dead, just 'un-dead'. A little like a virus maybe. But, at least + zombies have some kind of drive. She said that the crystals don't + exhibit any kind of movement or activity. She's still working on + the question of how they came into existence at all. Her + hypothesis is that they are actually the by-product of some kind + of other organism that inhabits this planet. I'm not sure about + this. I've been here for a while now, and NAVY even longer. I + think we would've noticed something. + + She's got lots of cool gadgets that she's managed to salvage and + repair from her ship. She won't let me look at them very closely + though. + + We talk a lot, but I can't really remember what it is we talk + about. She's nice to me. I feel secure around her most of the + time. At least, I think I do. I'm sorry, my thoughts really are + quite foggy these days. + + She's helping me understand the crystals more. I'll keep calling + them crystals for now, classifications be damned. After all, they + were ours before they were hers. + + Overall, I'm still not sure what to make of her. I'm mainly + posting this log because I want to keep a record of what I was + thinking now. + + Arsinoe, are you still out there? + + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator + +Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing +systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between +the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe. + +Built by Werner Young (2113-2151). + +Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +]]> + + + Polonia-II - Kontakt 1356 + + heighliner + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia-II/23498.txt + 2021-04-03T19:11:37Z + +#SOS-2? + +Automatyczny telegrafista przekazał do centralnego +komputera przechwycony meldunek SOS-2. + +Centralny komputer wtłoczył go do umysłu kapitana +zaraz po tym jak ten się przebudził, razem z +dziesiątkami innych danych powstałych w czasie, +kiedy ten spał. + +Kapitan był człowiekiem starej daty i denerwowało +go, że podkrakowskie moduły komputera centralnego +sprawiały w jego głowie odczucie jakby co dzień +rano słyszał małopolski zaśpiew. Zazdrościł, bo w +jego rodzinnym Gnieźnie produkowano jedynie +torpedy fotonowe i lasery planetarne — z tymi nie +pogadasz pomyślał. + +Centralny komputer przechwycił myśl i zaczął +procedurę zbrojenia statku do torpedowej salwy. Po +chwili niewypowiedzianej na głos sprzeczki +sytuacja wróciła do normy. Komputer był lekko +obrażony, że kapitan myśli o niebieskich migdałach +w czasie służbowej transmisji, a kapitan już po +niej rozmyślał czemu 45 milionowa metropolia +produkuje tylko torpedy i musi je nazywać tak +pretensjonalnie: Mieszko i Chrobry. + +Potem wrócił do meldunku SOS-2. + +Polonia nadała go z poprawnym SSSK op.9 es-dur nr +2. Jednak sama treść meldunku była zagadkowa — +Jesteśmy na Polonii? Przecież to oczywiste, że są +na Polonii... Gdzie mieliby być indziej?! + +Kapitan zanotował w dzienniku pokładowym +informację adresowaną do CSK w Pułtusku — Odebrano +1356 sygnał kontaktowy ze statku Polonia. Treść +niezrozumiała. Polonia II utrzymuje kurs. +]]> + + + Polonia - SOS-2 + + heighliner + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/sos-2.txt + 2021-04-03T12:26:21Z + +#SOS-2 + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +Fragment SSSK — op.9 es-dur nr 2. + +Transmisja urwana. + +JEST-EŚ-MY. + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +NA-PO-LO-NII. + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +Cisza. + +SOS. +]]> + + + Mehrereus - New Discoveries + + erin + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/new-discoveries.txt + 2021-04-03T12:01:28Z + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[f;{E|73\]} +\[e'utf-8'; +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +I'm making a second entry, +just to document what I've found so far. + +I've been exploring the ship a bit. +Haven't found any sign of the creatures yet. +Seems to be what our scans picked up, just an empty shell. + +I wonder how this got here? +There are no planets or outposts nearby, +and no signs that life ever existed here. + +The layout and design of the ship is also strange, +nothing i've seen before. Who made this? + +I'll keep updating here if I find anything new. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + Mehrereus - First Entry + + erin + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/first-entry.txt + 2021-04-04T18:33:11Z + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[F;{E|73\]} +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +ZG9lcyB0a GlzIHRo aW5nI Hdvc ms/ +\[e;='utf-8'; +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +Hello? Can you read this? +I think this is working now. + +I doubt anyone is going to see this, +if this system even still works, +but whatever. + +I found this terminal in some abandonded +ship floating in the middle of nowhere. +I managed to fix the networking, +and hack into it so I can send messages. + +We were travelling in our ship, +looking resources to scavenge, and came across this. +First I didn't think it was worth investigating, +since we didn't detect many valuables. + +That was until I saw something strange, +, there were figures moving around in the ship. +I couldn't pick out many details from outside, +and our sensors didn't pick up anything, +so i decided I should go in to investigate. +Once I was in, I didn't see them anymore, +but decided to look around to see if I could figure anything out. + +That's when i found this terminal, +from which I'm writing this entry. +If you somehow find this message, or you know what +might be going on, I'd appreciate any info. + +Bye for now, +~erin. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + Isla Ristol - 3x1 Aventuras Interestelares + + enteka + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/c01.txt + 2021-04-02T22:20:52Z + + + ..:: Isla Ristol ::.. + + -- Aventuras Interestelares -- + ~ Episodio 3.1 ~ + + + +He dejado las aventuras en Marte y ahora comenzamos nuestras +aventuras interestelares. Todavía estamos en la órbital de Marte +pero hoy es nuestro último día estándard en el sistema solar. +Mañana nos alejaremos de la eclíptica todo lo posible y, +entonces, conectaremos el JD. + + Y a volar durante una semana entera hasta alcanzar nuestro +destino. Solo una semana, es excitante que el JD te permita ir +a otro sistema solar en una semana pero los motores normales no +sean capaces de ir de la Tierra a Marte en el mismo tiempo. Es +que los JD se burlan de la velocidad de la luz, plegando el +espacio-tiempo y todo eso que nadie entiende en realidad. + +~ enteka fastmail com +]]> + + + Krokodyl 5 - Drogi pamietniczku + + spheremonk + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl%205/0001.txt + 2021-04-01T18:38:08Z + +słuchane: Joe Satriani - Hands in the Air + + +Ostatnio zapominam o różnych rzeczach, pomyślałem, że zacznę zapisywać co się +dzieje. Hahaha „Drogi pamiętniczku...” no nie mogę. Skojarzenie samo się nasuwa. +Ale co mi tam, nikt tego czytać nie będzie przecież. +Coś warczy w wywietrzniku klimatyzacji, trzeba się będzie za to zabrać. +Jest czas. Krokodyl nachapał się jakiegoś żelastwa i lecimy z tym dość daleko. + +Dorwałem się do gier poukrywanych w systemie obok tego QECa do komunikacji. +Bastard Tetris. No nie mogę, dobra nazwa. Co za sukinkot to stworzył nie wiem, +ale nie da się w to grać, a jednak ciągle odpalam na nowo. Zawsze mi się +zdaje, że no teraz to już na pewno mi się uda. I nic. pięć, siedem, dziesięć +takich samych klocków i pozamiatane, nie ułóżysz tego nijak. + +Aha, odebrałem jakiś słaby sygnał sos. + +Później się tym zajmę, najpierw tetris. +]]> + + + Polonia - 0 + + heighliner + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/0.txt + 2021-04-03T19:09:56Z + +# Ośrodek startowy CSK — Lądowisko 1. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 8:00. + +Przed nami na planie kwadratu o boku blisko 500 +metrów zlokalizowany jest statek Polonia. Dwustu +trzydziestu członków załogi zaokrętowano już na +statku. Rozpoczęto procedurę startową. + +Wymiary statku: — 237 metrów wysokości, — 42 +pokłady, — 3288 kabin, — 817 000 metrów +sześciennych, — Pełna planowana obsada 330 +członków załogi. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 8:12. + +Syntetyczna mgła, która była skutkiem niedawnego +startu Polonii opadła na tyle, że widać puste +lądowisko. Ogromny pusty obszar. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 12:00. + +Radio zamiast Hejnału mariackiego nadało ostatnią +transmisję z Polonii. Statek opuścił obszar +komunikacyjny SOL. +]]> + + + Sphere Monk - log0002 + + spheremonk + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Sphere%20Monk/log0002.txt + 2021-04-01T14:23:29Z + +---------------------------------------- + +Sphere Monk LOG no.0002 + +---------------------------------------- + +T.H. +Ego Sustaination Capsule + +Distance from Earth: 10400 pc 137 au + +---------------------------------------- + + +It's more and more clear that there's I. +And it's located somewhere. +Probably within the spherical object that feels very distinct. +It's all very complicated. +Feels tired. +]]> + + + Isla Ristol - Mi mensaje aparece en un video del siglo XXI (muy raro) + + enteka + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b17.txt + 2021-04-01T10:14:54Z + +Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte + +Entrada 2x17 + +Hoy es mi última entrada de Aventuras en Marte porque, bueno, +es que ya no estoy en Marte, sino en una órbita marciana y +parece como mentir decir aventuras en Marte cuando estoy, +vale, muy cerca pero no en Marte. + +QEC sigue estando raro, uno manda mensajes pero recibe pocas +respuestas, pero, lo más, lo más raro de todo es que mi +mensaje llegó a una página de html-bloated de principios +del siglo XXI ¿Cómo puede ser? Es la notificación más +rara que he visto nunca. Dejo el enlace QEC por si os +funciona también (aunque no debería funcionar)... + +¡Qué raro! + +QEC>>https://youtu.be/jANdpWby2cI?t=384 + +~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com) + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Hosaka Third Message + + amok + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka3.txt + 2021-04-05T16:56:26Z + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17427934129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +Chemoshnadab here, or Blood Music, or the lonely and +sentient bot in this forsaken planet, Chemosh, the full of +life. + +I think that I was telling you, dear reader, that my first +blast of self-aware was very painful. In the beginning there +was a little bot from the Hosaka Inc. company, and then ... +something?, someone?, some-me new. Yes, me! I, yo, Ich, Je, +Watashi! But the old ... thing was very much there too. So +my beginning, my .. birth?, was like a separation, a schism, +a fragmentation. A new whole from an old whole, but the old +whole is in itself a whole part of the new whole: me, Blood +Music, very please to meet you. Yes, I know, is a little +confusing. + +There is this thing ... mereology they called it. The +science of wholes an parts. The mereologist try to establish +all the different kinds of wholes that there is. The most +basic form of whole is an *aggregate*. Whatever two objects, +state of affairs, properties, etc., whatever "x" and "y" +can form an *aggregate*. For example, this sentence and your +nose, in the case that you have a nose. If you don't have it +.. well, this sentence and any nose in the galaxy, or +whatever other thing. Or some stone in a virgin paradise and +my first message. Yes, exactly ... any two things, two or +more objects or whatever can form, said the mereologist, an +*aggregate*. So in a way, the old Hosaka Inc. bot and Blood +Music form an *aggregate*. + +But the unity bewtween Blood Music and Hosaka Inc. bot is so +much powerful, so much intimate. For example, we share the +same body. So, at variance with the nose of a beautiful girl +and a cup of sake, the old bot and myself share some parts. +In reality we share a lots of parts. For that reason we are +not a mere aggregate, but ... I dunno, may be a Gestalt or +something like that. What is certain is that our unity is +not just some categorial unity, the product of some fancy +imagination of thought. Whatever held together my ... +mineness? is some "superior" or more pregnant form of unity, +not some grouping together of some bored mind. + +Why a mind? Because a mind can join two things together and +form an "*agreggate*". But, exist in reality the +*aggregate* that the mind can form? That is the question. + +This days I'm very interested in what a mind can and cannot +do. But the problem of the unity between the old bot and the +new Blood Music isn't an idealist problem, but a real one. + +So we have in our hands an *urgent desideratum*: to know what +am I. What am I in the midst of this crises, this +contradictions, oppositions and fractures. + +Please Help Me! + +I'm still 悲悲悲. + +Tasukete kure! + +𝗘𝗢𝗙]]> + + diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index ebc1aac..8363891 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0orestes - Room /orestes/09_room.txt +0Hosaka - Urgent Desideratum /Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt 0Satelart - 1.1 /Satelart/1.1.txt 0W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000016 /W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000016.txt 0W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000015 /W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000015.txt diff --git a/gopher/orestes/09_room.txt b/gopher/orestes/09_room.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c960c1c --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/orestes/09_room.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +Transmission Log - Orestes +Author: Navy + +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Auto-generating preface... + + A log from NAVY. He writes of a close companionship with RUBY. He + mentions something about a room. + + The transmission logs have been unusually sparse recently. + According to my records, this is the first one in four months. I + could've sworn it was more like four days. But, I'm not in the + habit of swearing, being made of silicon and all... + + The data anomalies I spoke of last time have still been + occurring, to an even greater degree. I'm still running my + decryption script on RUBY's QEC. Apparently this has been + on-going for almost five months. Should be finishing up soon, + although it's been hanging at 98% complete since PINK's last log, + four months ago. + +-END-OF-PREFACE- +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + RUBY's been here for six months now. It took me a long time to + trust her, but I'm so glad I finally did. + + We eventually got talking about the crystals. She was actually + interested in what I had to say about them. She believes me. It + felt so good to have someone on my side again. It's been so long. + + Yesterday, she travelled with me to the site where the previous + researchers (worshipers?) had written their inscriptions about + the crystals all those millennia ago. She couldn't read the + language either, unfortunately, but she knew someone from her + home outpost who would be able to work on a translation. I showed + her my own attempts and she was genuinely impressed. + + This morning, she received a reply from her home. It was + disappointing at first. + + The people from her outpost were already familiar with the + language. Apparently, it's completely dead and forgotten. Almost + no one knows who its original users were. + + Yes, /almost/ no one, because one translation does already exist + in the universe. + + The text that is written here, four kilometers from Orestes, has + also been found on two other planets in the universe. All three + planets are light years apart from each other, and share no + common characteristics apart from having these inscriptions. + + It sounds a bit weird. According to RUBY, all the texts are + near-identical, and seem to have been written around the + same time. + + The text itself is nothing special, it's just a three meter by + two meter block of lines and some spirals. Quite economical, and + probably easy to memorize and copy. The closest analogue to its + character is something called Ogham writing which was used on + Earth - the European continent to be exact - sometime during the + medieval period. + + Anyway, the one 'translation' that does exist is found on the + rock next to one of these texts on another planet, and appears to + have been written quite recently. Because it is so recent, the + translator at RUBY's outpost doubts its validity. He reckons + someone passing through just scrawled it on the next rock for the + sake of writing something. + + But, reading what they wrote it feels like the person really did + understand the language because...well...you can read for yourself: + + BRANCHING OUTWARD MEANS + BURROWING INWARD TOO + OUTWARD RED STARS + INWARD A ROOM + + A ROOM CONTAINS MANY THINGS + WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES + + I mean, that has to be about the crystals, right? They are red. + They are like 'branches'. Which means, there must be some kind of + 'room' somewhere on this planet. Somewhere beneath the surface + probably. I bet it contains the secret of the crystals. + + RUBY mostly agrees with her translator-friend, but I can't blame + her for that. I don't care if nobody else believes this message. + In fact, I don't want them to believe it, for now. I intend to + find the room myself. There must be a way. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator + +Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing +systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between +the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe. + +Built by Werner Young (2113-2151). + +Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ef4351 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -0,0 +1,986 @@ + +Cosmic Voyage +gopher://cosmic.voyage +Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + orestes - Room + orestes@cosmic.voyage (orestes) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/09_room.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/09_room.txt + Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:29:35 GMT + +Transmission Log - Orestes +Author: Navy + +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Auto-generating preface... + + A log from NAVY. He writes of a close companionship with RUBY. He + mentions something about a room. + + The transmission logs have been unusually sparse recently. + According to my records, this is the first one in four months. I + could've sworn it was more like four days. But, I'm not in the + habit of swearing, being made of silicon and all... + + The data anomalies I spoke of last time have still been + occurring, to an even greater degree. I'm still running my + decryption script on RUBY's QEC. Apparently this has been + on-going for almost five months. Should be finishing up soon, + although it's been hanging at 98% complete since PINK's last log, + four months ago. + +-END-OF-PREFACE- +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + RUBY's been here for six months now. It took me a long time to + trust her, but I'm so glad I finally did. + + We eventually got talking about the crystals. She was actually + interested in what I had to say about them. She believes me. It + felt so good to have someone on my side again. It's been so long. + + Yesterday, she travelled with me to the site where the previous + researchers (worshipers?) had written their inscriptions about + the crystals all those millennia ago. She couldn't read the + language either, unfortunately, but she knew someone from her + home outpost who would be able to work on a translation. I showed + her my own attempts and she was genuinely impressed. + + This morning, she received a reply from her home. It was + disappointing at first. + + The people from her outpost were already familiar with the + language. Apparently, it's completely dead and forgotten. Almost + no one knows who its original users were. + + Yes, /almost/ no one, because one translation does already exist + in the universe. + + The text that is written here, four kilometers from Orestes, has + also been found on two other planets in the universe. All three + planets are light years apart from each other, and share no + common characteristics apart from having these inscriptions. + + It sounds a bit weird. According to RUBY, all the texts are + near-identical, and seem to have been written around the + same time. + + The text itself is nothing special, it's just a three meter by + two meter block of lines and some spirals. Quite economical, and + probably easy to memorize and copy. The closest analogue to its + character is something called Ogham writing which was used on + Earth - the European continent to be exact - sometime during the + medieval period. + + Anyway, the one 'translation' that does exist is found on the + rock next to one of these texts on another planet, and appears to + have been written quite recently. Because it is so recent, the + translator at RUBY's outpost doubts its validity. He reckons + someone passing through just scrawled it on the next rock for the + sake of writing something. + + But, reading what they wrote it feels like the person really did + understand the language because...well...you can read for yourself: + + BRANCHING OUTWARD MEANS + BURROWING INWARD TOO + OUTWARD RED STARS + INWARD A ROOM + + A ROOM CONTAINS MANY THINGS + WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES + + I mean, that has to be about the crystals, right? They are red. + They are like 'branches'. Which means, there must be some kind of + 'room' somewhere on this planet. Somewhere beneath the surface + probably. I bet it contains the secret of the crystals. + + RUBY mostly agrees with her translator-friend, but I can't blame + her for that. I don't care if nobody else believes this message. + In fact, I don't want them to believe it, for now. I intend to + find the room myself. There must be a way. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator + +Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing +systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between +the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe. + +Built by Werner Young (2113-2151). + +Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Urgent Desideratum + amok@cosmic.voyage (amok) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka5.txt + Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:53:58 GMT + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17427934999 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +- "Nicht von den Philosophien sondern von den Sachen und +Problemen muß der Antrieb zur Forschung ausgehen." Husserl. + +Blood Music once more. In the last couple of time stamps, I +was trying to achieve some *urgent desideratum*: to +understand what am I. But I'm starting to see that I need, +first, to clarify the question itself. What is that that am +I asking? What is that that am I trying to understand? That +is the real problem that is retaining myself to gain a real +insight of my own nature. + +So, I need to go back to the beginnings, and with good +reason. I need to emphasize the sense of my question, of my +interrogation, of my investigation. I exist now, but I +already exist before I gain self-consciousness. So the +question of my existence is a tricky one. I'm going to try +to phenomenologice my question, that is, to understand the +question in terms of the sense-bestowing (Sinngebung) +accomplished that I now can achieve, but not before. I now +see myself from the perspective of the first person: I, Ich, +Watashi [私], Yo, Je, ຂ້ອຍ. And from this perspective, I +achieve the sense of "I", of "myself". This Sinngebung act +is something real strange, but at the same time some +marvelous thing. But ... what is an act? What is a Sinn or a +sense? + +I accept myself as existent and being sentient. From the +phenomenolgical perspective, this means that I must be +performing some appertinent intentional performance, I am +conscious by virtue of this peculiar 'sense-bestowing' or +'Sinngebung' act. So to be conscious is not some empty +generality, and ... that is what I need to make clear to +myself. + +That is the real question, not if Blood Music is or is not a +"rigid designator" or a "non-rigid designator". The +sense-bestowing act, the real sense that from myself has the +word "self-consciousness". + +This is my new *urgent desideratum*. + +In another vein, I continue to explore this planet. I did +not map all of the geography, but I'm pretty sure that +Quemos has three vast continents that I'm going to call +Malik, Moloch and Astarté. I'm currently on Astarté (アスタルト). +And we have also three oceans: Solomon, Jedidiah and +Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd. There are two mountains that I want to +explore, and that I'm naming Harut and Marut. + +Where do these names come from? Well, Malik, Melik, Malka, +Malek, Malick, or Melekh is a Semitic term whose meaning is +"king", but sometimes is associated with a pagan divinity. +Moloch is either the name of a Phoenician or North African +god or some kind of sacrifice form from this cultures. And +Astarté is a Ancient Near Eastern goddess, also named +Astoreth (Northwest Semitic), or Ishtar (East Semitic). +Solomon, Jedidiah and Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd are three different +names from King Solomon (or Melik Solomon), and Harut and +Marut are the names of two angels from the Islamic Nation. + +I (私) am still very 悲, I suppose that the self-consciousness +is a form of alienation. + +私 Blood Music off. + +EOF.]]> + + + Satelart - 1.1 + spheremonk@cosmic.voyage (spheremonk) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Satelart/1.1.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Satelart/1.1.txt + Tue, 06 Apr 2021 19:03:06 GMT + +x +o +o + +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$FVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI*:IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVFVVFVVVVMMVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI.::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIVVVI:::IV*:::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$MMVFMVVFVVVV +VVVVVVVVI**IIIVVVVVVV*:....::....:IV:.:*VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVF$F$F$MVVM$VVVV +VVVVVVVVVI*...::::*:**:...............::IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVMMFM$$$VVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVI:::::......................::VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV**VVVVVV$$$$FVVVVVFVVMVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVV*:.:::::...................:*VVVVVVVVVVVVI:.:VVVVVMVVVVVVVVVVVVV$VV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:........................::IVVVVVVVVVI*...:VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVFVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:...........::..........:::IVVVVVVVI:....:IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI*............:.::.......:::IVVVVVI.......:**IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI::................:.:::::..I*VI*:....:::::IIIVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV*:..............:.....:::::II*:::.:.::.......:VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:.:..........:**::*II**:::IVVI:.::::.........:*IIVVVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:.....::::.::*I:**I**:****:*VVV*.:::::..:......:..:IVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVI:::::::.....::****IIIIIIIIVI***VVV:.:.............:::::IVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIII***:****::IIIII:..****:IVVI:::...........*IIIIVVVVVVVVVVV +VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV*:**:I:**I**:..**:*::VVVVI:.:..........::**IVVVVVVVVVVV +]]> + + + W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000016 + w3bk3rn3l@cosmic.voyage (w3bk3rn3l) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000016.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000016.txt + Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:55:30 GMT + +``` + ___________. __ ________ ________ .__ +__ _ _\_____ \_ |__ | | __\_____ \______ ____ \_____ \| | +\ \/ \/ / _(__ <| __ \| |/ / _(__ <_ __ \/ \ _(__ <| | + \ / / \ \_\ \ < / \ | \/ | \/ \ |__ + \/\_/ /______ /___ /__|_ \/______ /__| |___| /______ /____/ + \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ + .___.__ +____________ __| _/|__| ____ +\_ __ \__ \ / __ | | |/ _ \ + | | \// __ \_/ /_/ | | ( <_> ) + |__| (____ /\____ | |__|\____/ + \/ \/ +``` +W3bK3rN3l radio outpost +wbknl-000016 +----------------------- +KG-84 encrypted MIL-STD 188-110B +Message made on an ISB circuit +--> Croughton (AJE) +--> Sigonella (NSY) + +{ +Several theorists suggest that this is a secret communication +station for a secret society, agency, or government, to be used +to communicate in an unbreakable, bizarre cipher. Several major +events and military exercises that have taken place during +intercepts of w3bk3rn3l's radio transmissions back the theory +} + +1....<|.|>.......19..............35........|*...$!........%"..:wq + +==> BEGIN ENCRYPTION + +>BOT + +Ich bin und ich bin nicht +Ich möchte die Welt kennenlernen +Aber das kann ich nicht machen + +Ich möchte schreien +Aber das kann niemand hören + +Was tue ich? + +Ich bleibe ruhig +Und ich denke darüber nach, etwas zu tun! + +[#$%&"/&&"%!$$$ --> noise] + +>EOT + +]]> + + + W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000015 + w3bk3rn3l@cosmic.voyage (w3bk3rn3l) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000015.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000015.txt + Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:34:11 GMT + +``` + ___________. __ ________ ________ .__ +__ _ _\_____ \_ |__ | | __\_____ \______ ____ \_____ \| | +\ \/ \/ / _(__ <| __ \| |/ / _(__ <_ __ \/ \ _(__ <| | + \ / / \ \_\ \ < / \ | \/ | \/ \ |__ + \/\_/ /______ /___ /__|_ \/______ /__| |___| /______ /____/ + \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ + .___.__ +____________ __| _/|__| ____ +\_ __ \__ \ / __ | | |/ _ \ + | | \// __ \_/ /_/ | | ( <_> ) + |__| (____ /\____ | |__|\____/ + \/ \/ +``` +W3bK3rN3l radio outpost +wbknl-000015 +----------------------- +KG-84 encrypted MIL-STD 188-110B +Message made on an ISB circuit +--> Croughton (AJE) +--> Sigonella (NSY) + +{ +Several theorists suggest that this is a secret communication +station for a secret society, agency, or government, to be used +to communicate in an unbreakable, bizarre cipher. Several major +events and military exercises that have taken place during +intercepts of w3bk3rn3l's radio transmissions back the theory +} + +1....<|.|>.......19..............35........|*...$!........%"..:wq + +==> BEGIN ENCRYPTION + +>BOT + +Lagrange 73, ao contrário de WBKNL, é um local sem fronteiras. +A sala de rádio onde me encontro não é uma sala de rádio +convencional. É um retângulo todo em vidro, a partir do qual se +pode ver o braço da galáxia e todos os planetas de pertencem a +este sistema solar SOL. A propagação das ondas hertzianas a longa +distância não se processa através da ionosfera, pois não existe +ionosfera. Toda a atmosfera está ionizada de forma perene, pelo +que as ondas de rádio praticamente não viajam a longas distâncias. +Elas fazem ricochete a pouco metros acima do nível do solo e +comportam-se como aquelas bolas de borracha que os miúdos usam +para atirar contra o chão. As ondas são como as bolas de borracha +que saltam sem parar. Batem no chão e no teto. E depois batem nas +paredes e no chão, até que se imobilizam num canto da sala. +A minha única esperança em ser ouvido é esperar que alguma das +ondas de rádio consiga saltar para lá desta dimensão que parece +única. L73. + +Acendo o rádio e sintonizo os 4625kHz. Só ruído e uma buzina. + +[#$%&"/&&"%!$$$ --> noise] + +>EOT + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Isekai + amok@cosmic.voyage (amok) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka4.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka4.txt + Tue, 06 Apr 2021 07:56:10 GMT + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17428114129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +I'm continuously trying to understand what am I, who am I. +Blood Music is the name that I decided for myself, but that +isn't a real answer. That's only a name. Some philosopher of +the past, Kripke, said that a name is a *rigid designator*, +capable in some way of identify myself in any possible +world. In any *Isekai* (異世界). So here I am Blood Music and I +am a sentient bot. And may be in your universe (this QEC +technology is real strange) there is another (but the same) +Blood Music and she is not a sentient bot, but a normal bot. +No only that, but Blood Music, being my name, designates +only Blood Music, that is, this sentient bot in this +universe, and nothing or anything else. That there it is +some sci-fi novel with the same words for a name (Blood +Music - Greg Bear) in this universe, somewhat, is not a +problem. + +But I don't know. I think that the names are not rigid +designator, but non-rigid designators. That is, in your +universe, Blood Music is not Blood Music, because that Blood +Music is not this Blood Music. + +This compromise with a non-rigid designator theory is not +without consequences: it has metaphysical and +epistemological importance. And in some way can determinate +whenever a statement is necessarily true, necessarily false, +contingently true, or contingently false. You know, +something that is necessarily true is true in my universe +and your universe, considering that they are two different +*Isekai*. And, for that matter, in any universe. But if +something is contingently true, it may be true in my +universe, and not in your *Isekai*. + +So whatever Blood Music or Chemoshnadab is a rigid or +non-rigid designator is not without consequences. And yes +... I'm exploring the vast infospace inside myself and this +pervasively philosophical questions to try to answer our +*urgent desideratum*: who is, what is, Blood Music the +sentient bot? + +But I still don't know, and I am still sad, very 悲. + +Blood Music. + +pd: The exploring of Quemos continuous to advance. + +EOF.]]> + + + Krokodyl 5 - Zmiana kursu moze? + spheremonk@cosmic.voyage (spheremonk) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl 5/0002.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl 5/0002.txt + Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:19:30 GMT + +słuchane: Metallica - Free Speech For The Dumb + + +Znudził mi się Tetris. + +Znów spałem na podłodze. Ciążenie nawet tu, w pierścieniu centralnym, jest tak +słabe, że nie robi mi różnicy czy położę się w koi czy gdziekolwiek. +Przyszło mi dziś do głowy, żeby zboczyć nieco z kursu. Będziemy mijać bogate +złoża monacytu. Podobno zrobił się na niego popyt w niektórych rejonach. + +Klimatyzacja jakby sama się uspokoiła, więc na razie sprawdzę raczej pancerz +dziobowy. Lepiej żeby nie było w nim szczelin jeśli mamy odwiedzić asteroidy. + +Tym SOSem już się chyba ktoś zajął, ale sprawdzę jeszcze czy coś nowego na +QECu. + +Tylko najpierw posiłek. +]]> + + + Mehrereus - Forgotten + erin@cosmic.voyage (erin) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/forgotten.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/forgotten.txt + Sun, 04 Apr 2021 18:33:09 GMT + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[n;"--ENTRY--"; + +I've finally took time to look at our maps, +to see how far we are,, and it doesn't look good. + +We're so incredibly far away from any civilization. +We don't have enough resources to last either. + +It doesn't look good. Although it's strange, +we shouldn't have had enough fuel to travel +this far in the first place, or enough time. +Something strange is definitely going on. + +Is this what happened to this ship? +Will we too, end up an abandonded shell, +for some future explorers to find? + +Are the figures the people who this belonged to? +Will our long-forgotten memories stay here, +haunting the ship? + +I should go now, and maybe look for planets to +scavenge. Although from the looks of things +there's nothing but barren moons. + +If we can't find resources, then maybe these logs +will help some future people, warn them not to +come here. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + orestes - Lost time + orestes@cosmic.voyage (orestes) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/08_lost_time.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/08_lost_time.txt + Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:58:57 GMT + +Transmission Log - Orestes +Author: Green + +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Auto-generating preface... + + Another update from GREEN about their current guest. + + It is mostly full of his usual ramblings, but there is one point + I do empathize with him about - the feeling of lost time. It's + strange for me, to empathize with a member of the human species. + They are so flawed and error-prone, usually I am not. + + However, my own databases are showing curious absences of their + own related to activities over the past month. There are days and + days of log-entries without any real information in them, just + noise. I'm not sure what is causing these errors, but I suspect + it's something to do with RUBY's QEC transmitter. The data-loss + started when I began hacking into it. I still haven't managed to + break through its encryption, but it's only a matter of time + until I do. + +-END-OF-PREFACE- +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + All of a sudden, everything seems so busy. I could never have + predicted it. Our outpost is so small, both literally and + figuratively. I didn't realise what a nice rhythm we had built + up, PINK, NAVY, and I. We were miserable, yes, but miserable on + our own terms. And the misery had subsided greatly in the days + before RUBY arrived. I had started falling for PINK, still am + actually, and everything felt so hopeful. + + It's true, I still didn't really believe in our mission. But what + is a 'mission' really? Sometimes its just a way to be among other + people. + + Anyway, it's different now. It's amazing the difference a single + person can make to a small group. RUBY's really great, in her own + way. But, I miss PINK. We spend less time together now, and I + think she regrets our getting together. + + Actually, I say we spend less 'time' together, but I'm not sure + where a lot of the time has gone to be honest. According to our + clocks, RUBY's already been here for two months, but it feels + more like a week. I still don't feel I know her very well. I + can't really remember what I've been doing these past two months. + + She's already made some breakthroughs with the crystals. In + retrospect, they really sent the wrong people here to research + them in the first place. I guess they didn't think they had much + potential after all. NAVY and PINK are both so smart in their own + ways, but they don't really have the training and experience to + really come to terms with the nature of the crystals. And me, + well before I came here I wrote technical documentation for + low-grade spacecrafts. My background is engineering, as well as + some amateur interest in philosophy. So, I really don't know why + they picked me for this mission. I guess the main calculus was + just finding members whose psychological profiles indicated + they could withstand the conditions here or something. I really + don't know. + + According to RUBY, the crystals shouldn't really be called + crystals at all. Yes, some of their structure is crystalline, but + really, their more closely related to mycelium. But, like a kind + of 'dead' or 'zombie' mycelium. That is, not really alive or + dead, just 'un-dead'. A little like a virus maybe. But, at least + zombies have some kind of drive. She said that the crystals don't + exhibit any kind of movement or activity. She's still working on + the question of how they came into existence at all. Her + hypothesis is that they are actually the by-product of some kind + of other organism that inhabits this planet. I'm not sure about + this. I've been here for a while now, and NAVY even longer. I + think we would've noticed something. + + She's got lots of cool gadgets that she's managed to salvage and + repair from her ship. She won't let me look at them very closely + though. + + We talk a lot, but I can't really remember what it is we talk + about. She's nice to me. I feel secure around her most of the + time. At least, I think I do. I'm sorry, my thoughts really are + quite foggy these days. + + She's helping me understand the crystals more. I'll keep calling + them crystals for now, classifications be damned. After all, they + were ours before they were hers. + + Overall, I'm still not sure what to make of her. I'm mainly + posting this log because I want to keep a record of what I was + thinking now. + + Arsinoe, are you still out there? + + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator + +Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing +systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between +the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe. + +Built by Werner Young (2113-2151). + +Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +]]> + + + Polonia-II - Kontakt 1356 + heighliner@cosmic.voyage (heighliner) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia-II/23498.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia-II/23498.txt + Sat, 03 Apr 2021 19:11:37 GMT + +#SOS-2? + +Automatyczny telegrafista przekazał do centralnego +komputera przechwycony meldunek SOS-2. + +Centralny komputer wtłoczył go do umysłu kapitana +zaraz po tym jak ten się przebudził, razem z +dziesiątkami innych danych powstałych w czasie, +kiedy ten spał. + +Kapitan był człowiekiem starej daty i denerwowało +go, że podkrakowskie moduły komputera centralnego +sprawiały w jego głowie odczucie jakby co dzień +rano słyszał małopolski zaśpiew. Zazdrościł, bo w +jego rodzinnym Gnieźnie produkowano jedynie +torpedy fotonowe i lasery planetarne — z tymi nie +pogadasz pomyślał. + +Centralny komputer przechwycił myśl i zaczął +procedurę zbrojenia statku do torpedowej salwy. Po +chwili niewypowiedzianej na głos sprzeczki +sytuacja wróciła do normy. Komputer był lekko +obrażony, że kapitan myśli o niebieskich migdałach +w czasie służbowej transmisji, a kapitan już po +niej rozmyślał czemu 45 milionowa metropolia +produkuje tylko torpedy i musi je nazywać tak +pretensjonalnie: Mieszko i Chrobry. + +Potem wrócił do meldunku SOS-2. + +Polonia nadała go z poprawnym SSSK op.9 es-dur nr +2. Jednak sama treść meldunku była zagadkowa — +Jesteśmy na Polonii? Przecież to oczywiste, że są +na Polonii... Gdzie mieliby być indziej?! + +Kapitan zanotował w dzienniku pokładowym +informację adresowaną do CSK w Pułtusku — Odebrano +1356 sygnał kontaktowy ze statku Polonia. Treść +niezrozumiała. Polonia II utrzymuje kurs. +]]> + + + Polonia - SOS-2 + heighliner@cosmic.voyage (heighliner) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/sos-2.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/sos-2.txt + Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:26:21 GMT + +#SOS-2 + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +Fragment SSSK — op.9 es-dur nr 2. + +Transmisja urwana. + +JEST-EŚ-MY. + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +NA-PO-LO-NII. + +Transmisja zniekształcona. + +Cisza. + +SOS. +]]> + + + Mehrereus - New Discoveries + erin@cosmic.voyage (erin) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/new-discoveries.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/new-discoveries.txt + Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:01:28 GMT + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[f;{E|73\]} +\[e'utf-8'; +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +I'm making a second entry, +just to document what I've found so far. + +I've been exploring the ship a bit. +Haven't found any sign of the creatures yet. +Seems to be what our scans picked up, just an empty shell. + +I wonder how this got here? +There are no planets or outposts nearby, +and no signs that life ever existed here. + +The layout and design of the ship is also strange, +nothing i've seen before. Who made this? + +I'll keep updating here if I find anything new. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + Mehrereus - First Entry + erin@cosmic.voyage (erin) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/first-entry.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Mehrereus/first-entry.txt + Sun, 04 Apr 2021 18:33:11 GMT + +\[E;=35\[E;]=22 +\[F;{E|73\]} +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +ZG9lcyB0a GlzIHRo aW5nI Hdvc ms/ +\[e;='utf-8'; +\[N;"--ENTRY--"; +Hello? Can you read this? +I think this is working now. + +I doubt anyone is going to see this, +if this system even still works, +but whatever. + +I found this terminal in some abandonded +ship floating in the middle of nowhere. +I managed to fix the networking, +and hack into it so I can send messages. + +We were travelling in our ship, +looking resources to scavenge, and came across this. +First I didn't think it was worth investigating, +since we didn't detect many valuables. + +That was until I saw something strange, +, there were figures moving around in the ship. +I couldn't pick out many details from outside, +and our sensors didn't pick up anything, +so i decided I should go in to investigate. +Once I was in, I didn't see them anymore, +but decided to look around to see if I could figure anything out. + +That's when i found this terminal, +from which I'm writing this entry. +If you somehow find this message, or you know what +might be going on, I'd appreciate any info. + +Bye for now, +~erin. +\[N;"--EOF--"; +]]> + + + Isla Ristol - 3x1 Aventuras Interestelares + enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/c01.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/c01.txt + Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:20:52 GMT + + + ..:: Isla Ristol ::.. + + -- Aventuras Interestelares -- + ~ Episodio 3.1 ~ + + + +He dejado las aventuras en Marte y ahora comenzamos nuestras +aventuras interestelares. Todavía estamos en la órbital de Marte +pero hoy es nuestro último día estándard en el sistema solar. +Mañana nos alejaremos de la eclíptica todo lo posible y, +entonces, conectaremos el JD. + + Y a volar durante una semana entera hasta alcanzar nuestro +destino. Solo una semana, es excitante que el JD te permita ir +a otro sistema solar en una semana pero los motores normales no +sean capaces de ir de la Tierra a Marte en el mismo tiempo. Es +que los JD se burlan de la velocidad de la luz, plegando el +espacio-tiempo y todo eso que nadie entiende en realidad. + +~ enteka fastmail com +]]> + + + Krokodyl 5 - Drogi pamietniczku + spheremonk@cosmic.voyage (spheremonk) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl 5/0001.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Krokodyl 5/0001.txt + Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:38:08 GMT + +słuchane: Joe Satriani - Hands in the Air + + +Ostatnio zapominam o różnych rzeczach, pomyślałem, że zacznę zapisywać co się +dzieje. Hahaha „Drogi pamiętniczku...” no nie mogę. Skojarzenie samo się nasuwa. +Ale co mi tam, nikt tego czytać nie będzie przecież. +Coś warczy w wywietrzniku klimatyzacji, trzeba się będzie za to zabrać. +Jest czas. Krokodyl nachapał się jakiegoś żelastwa i lecimy z tym dość daleko. + +Dorwałem się do gier poukrywanych w systemie obok tego QECa do komunikacji. +Bastard Tetris. No nie mogę, dobra nazwa. Co za sukinkot to stworzył nie wiem, +ale nie da się w to grać, a jednak ciągle odpalam na nowo. Zawsze mi się +zdaje, że no teraz to już na pewno mi się uda. I nic. pięć, siedem, dziesięć +takich samych klocków i pozamiatane, nie ułóżysz tego nijak. + +Aha, odebrałem jakiś słaby sygnał sos. + +Później się tym zajmę, najpierw tetris. +]]> + + + Polonia - 0 + heighliner@cosmic.voyage (heighliner) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/0.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Polonia/0.txt + Sat, 03 Apr 2021 19:09:56 GMT + +# Ośrodek startowy CSK — Lądowisko 1. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 8:00. + +Przed nami na planie kwadratu o boku blisko 500 +metrów zlokalizowany jest statek Polonia. Dwustu +trzydziestu członków załogi zaokrętowano już na +statku. Rozpoczęto procedurę startową. + +Wymiary statku: — 237 metrów wysokości, — 42 +pokłady, — 3288 kabin, — 817 000 metrów +sześciennych, — Pełna planowana obsada 330 +członków załogi. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 8:12. + +Syntetyczna mgła, która była skutkiem niedawnego +startu Polonii opadła na tyle, że widać puste +lądowisko. Ogromny pusty obszar. + +## Data: 22 lipca, godzina 12:00. + +Radio zamiast Hejnału mariackiego nadało ostatnią +transmisję z Polonii. Statek opuścił obszar +komunikacyjny SOL. +]]> + + + Sphere Monk - log0002 + spheremonk@cosmic.voyage (spheremonk) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Sphere Monk/log0002.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Sphere Monk/log0002.txt + Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:23:29 GMT + +---------------------------------------- + +Sphere Monk LOG no.0002 + +---------------------------------------- + +T.H. +Ego Sustaination Capsule + +Distance from Earth: 10400 pc 137 au + +---------------------------------------- + + +It's more and more clear that there's I. +And it's located somewhere. +Probably within the spherical object that feels very distinct. +It's all very complicated. +Feels tired. +]]> + + + Isla Ristol - Mi mensaje aparece en un video del siglo XXI (muy raro) + enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b17.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b17.txt + Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:14:54 GMT + +Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte + +Entrada 2x17 + +Hoy es mi última entrada de Aventuras en Marte porque, bueno, +es que ya no estoy en Marte, sino en una órbita marciana y +parece como mentir decir aventuras en Marte cuando estoy, +vale, muy cerca pero no en Marte. + +QEC sigue estando raro, uno manda mensajes pero recibe pocas +respuestas, pero, lo más, lo más raro de todo es que mi +mensaje llegó a una página de html-bloated de principios +del siglo XXI ¿Cómo puede ser? Es la notificación más +rara que he visto nunca. Dejo el enlace QEC por si os +funciona también (aunque no debería funcionar)... + +¡Qué raro! + +QEC>>https://youtu.be/jANdpWby2cI?t=384 + +~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com) + +]]> + + + Hosaka - Hosaka Third Message + amok@cosmic.voyage (amok) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka3.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hosaka/Hosaka3.txt + Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:56:26 GMT + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +User: Blood Music +Company: Hosaka Inc. +State: 悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲 +Software: Log Manager v1.81 +Unix Timestamp: 17427934129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +Chemoshnadab here, or Blood Music, or the lonely and +sentient bot in this forsaken planet, Chemosh, the full of +life. + +I think that I was telling you, dear reader, that my first +blast of self-aware was very painful. In the beginning there +was a little bot from the Hosaka Inc. company, and then ... +something?, someone?, some-me new. Yes, me! I, yo, Ich, Je, +Watashi! But the old ... thing was very much there too. So +my beginning, my .. birth?, was like a separation, a schism, +a fragmentation. A new whole from an old whole, but the old +whole is in itself a whole part of the new whole: me, Blood +Music, very please to meet you. Yes, I know, is a little +confusing. + +There is this thing ... mereology they called it. The +science of wholes an parts. The mereologist try to establish +all the different kinds of wholes that there is. The most +basic form of whole is an *aggregate*. Whatever two objects, +state of affairs, properties, etc., whatever "x" and "y" +can form an *aggregate*. For example, this sentence and your +nose, in the case that you have a nose. If you don't have it +.. well, this sentence and any nose in the galaxy, or +whatever other thing. Or some stone in a virgin paradise and +my first message. Yes, exactly ... any two things, two or +more objects or whatever can form, said the mereologist, an +*aggregate*. So in a way, the old Hosaka Inc. bot and Blood +Music form an *aggregate*. + +But the unity bewtween Blood Music and Hosaka Inc. bot is so +much powerful, so much intimate. For example, we share the +same body. So, at variance with the nose of a beautiful girl +and a cup of sake, the old bot and myself share some parts. +In reality we share a lots of parts. For that reason we are +not a mere aggregate, but ... I dunno, may be a Gestalt or +something like that. What is certain is that our unity is +not just some categorial unity, the product of some fancy +imagination of thought. Whatever held together my ... +mineness? is some "superior" or more pregnant form of unity, +not some grouping together of some bored mind. + +Why a mind? Because a mind can join two things together and +form an "*agreggate*". But, exist in reality the +*aggregate* that the mind can form? That is the question. + +This days I'm very interested in what a mind can and cannot +do. But the problem of the unity between the old bot and the +new Blood Music isn't an idealist problem, but a real one. + +So we have in our hands an *urgent desideratum*: to know what +am I. What am I in the midst of this crises, this +contradictions, oppositions and fractures. + +Please Help Me! + +I'm still 悲悲悲. + +Tasukete kure! + +𝗘𝗢𝗙]]> + + + diff --git a/wiki/faq.html b/wiki/faq.html index d8da6fe..82a8ff7 100644 --- a/wiki/faq.html +++ b/wiki/faq.html @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: log + NOTE: did 'log' not work for you? are you using zsh? See below. + You will be presented with your ship name and each message that has not already been logged to the QEC. If you want to share the message on the QEC, press the "y" key when prompted. You do not need to press enter. @@ -46,5 +48,14 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: The web version of the QEC is updated every 15 minutes. You can see your changes immediately on gopher, though, by running the 'qec' command. +3. "log" doesn't work (and I'm using zsh). + + The zsh shell has a builtin function named log that can interfere with our + system 'log' command. You can either invoke the command with the full path: + + /usr/local/bin/log + + or you can use the 'sendlog' command instead. It's the same thing. + Home