From 0eb01b9cb44ae3c87f8a5d83a8ab24ef67ec30cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/betsy/intro.txt | 33 +++++-------- gopher/betsy/qec.txt | 103 ++++++++++++++--------------------------- 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) diff --git a/gopher/betsy/intro.txt b/gopher/betsy/intro.txt index 1a42880..6b4cdec 100644 --- a/gopher/betsy/intro.txt +++ b/gopher/betsy/intro.txt @@ -1,25 +1,14 @@ -Well hello there.. if anyone can hear. I -found this "QEC" routine buried deep in -the ancient stack. Guess Ill give it a -try and see if its can still -transmit.Space! Can't believe how -minimal the bandwidth it requires. To be +Well hello there.. if anyone can hear. I found this "QEC" routine buried deep +in the ancient stack. Guess Ill give it a try and see if its can still +transmit.Space! Can't believe how minimal the bandwidth it requires. To be honest I really doubt it still works. -Betsy is on her way to Kaplan-V as I'm -sipping the infamous Goranian Dark -coffee trying to wake from the Deepness. -I think every travelling merchant would -concur, hyper space travel is just so -boring I mean otherwise I wouldn't even -bother to try this QEC out would I? Of -course Comp Archaeology IS one of my -many hobbies and I do enjoy digging -ancient routine stack and amaze at the -queer routines ancient people have -created! +Betsy is on her way to Kaplan-V as I'm sipping the infamous Goranian Dark +coffee trying to wake from the Deepness. I think every travelling merchant +would concur, hyper space travel is just so boring I mean otherwise I wouldn't +even bother to try this QEC out would I? Of course Comp Archaeology IS one of +my many hobbies and I do enjoy digging ancient routine stack and amaze at the +queer routines ancient people have created! -OK that's enough jargon for now. Ship -duty awaits. Damn Goranian coffee are -intense! Guess I'll be hyper efficient -for another 10 std hours! +OK that's enough jargon for now. Ship duty awaits. Damn Goranian coffee are +intense! Guess I'll be hyper efficient for another 10 std hours! diff --git a/gopher/betsy/qec.txt b/gopher/betsy/qec.txt index 7d53aae..01c0c9c 100644 --- a/gopher/betsy/qec.txt +++ b/gopher/betsy/qec.txt @@ -1,77 +1,46 @@ -Hello there! Can you hear me? I know you -can... There's a reason I came back to -QEC... +Hello there! Can you hear me? I know you can... There's a reason I came back +to QEC... -So I'm en route to Tausa III for the 4 -month long trading trip. The system is -on the edge of the galaxy, at the tip of -the Perseus Arm. The ship is preparing -for the next jump just a few hundred -parsecs away from destination. It's -quiet, motionless here.. well, except -the humming of the ship's drive. Stars -are scarce and dim here at the edge. But -the disk-shaped galaxy itself are -magnificent! +So I'm en route to Tausa III for the 4 month long trading trip. The system is +on the edge of the galaxy, at the tip of the Perseus Arm. The ship is +preparing for the next jump just a few hundred parsecs away from destination. +It's quiet, motionless here.. well, except the humming of the ship's drive. +Stars are scarce and dim here at the edge. But the disk-shaped galaxy itself +are magnificent! -As there haven't been much going on, -except the bureaucratic reports back to -the Trade Union, I have fully indulged -myself into Info Archaeology, one of my -many hobbies, to dig up a little about -this queer sub-routine called the -Quantum Entanglement Communicator, or -QEC. +As there haven't been much going on, except the bureaucratic reports back to +the Trade Union, I have fully indulged myself into Info Archaeology, one of my +many hobbies, to dig up a little about this queer sub-routine called the +Quantum Entanglement Communicator, or QEC. -And I'm surprised that there's a lot -about it than what it appeared to be. +And I'm surprised that there's a lot about it than what it appeared to be. -So I found this sub-routine buried deep -in the info stack, well beneath the -Ivanova Layer in the ship's comm system. -It was curious to find any sub-routine -so isolated from the rest of the ancient -ones down the Ivanova Layer. In fact, I -was so intrigued that I went for the -trouble and cost to do a U-scan in the -Know-Core for QEC. +So I found this sub-routine buried deep in the info stack, well beneath the +Ivanova Layer in the ship's comm system. It was curious to find any +sub-routine so isolated from the rest of the ancient ones down the Ivanova +Layer. In fact, I was so intrigued that I went for the trouble and cost to do +a U-scan in the Know-Core for QEC. -The scan cost me 3.9 B.Joule. But it's -well worth it. +The scan cost me 3.9 B.Joule. But it's well worth it. -The earliest record of QEC that the Core -found was in the 22nd century (using -standard Info Archaeology chronology). -There were a few documents mentioning -the term scattered on the -soon-to-collapse "Internet". The origin -of the word is unknown, but I strongly -suspect it was much earlier. -Nevertheless, the use of the term seems -to be in the so called "science fiction" -setting. So I think this is a pure -coincidence that it has the same name as -the sub-routine that I'm using to send -this message. +The earliest record of QEC that the Core found was in the 22nd century (using +standard Info Archaeology chronology). There were a few documents mentioning +the term scattered on the soon-to-collapse "Internet". The origin of the word +is unknown, but I strongly suspect it was much earlier. Nevertheless, the use +of the term seems to be in the so called "science fiction" setting. So I think +this is a pure coincidence that it has the same name as the sub-routine that +I'm using to send this message. -The first truly relevant record of the -QEC appeared much later, in the 26th -century. According to the manifest, -QEC's fundamental design is similar to -the μ-Link we use in the present day. -What's interesting is that QEC's design -facilitates decentralized, -low-bandwidth, high-resiliency -communication. And that sounds a lot -like the Langston movement which has -lasted over 600 years now! So maybe -there's a connection between the two. +The first truly relevant record of the QEC appeared much later, in the 26th +century. According to the manifest, QEC's fundamental design is similar to the +μ-Link we use in the present day. What's interesting is that QEC's design +facilitates decentralized, low-bandwidth, high-resiliency communication. And +that sounds a lot like the Langston movement which has lasted over 600 years +now! So maybe there's a connection between the two. -And that brings back to my opening of -this message - I highly suspect that, at -present day, there are people who still -use the QEC somewhere! And that +And that brings back to my opening of this message - I highly suspect that, at +present day, there are people who still use the QEC somewhere! And that propelled me to write in it. -I hope you will receive it. Write back, -and tell me what do you know about QEC? +I hope you will receive it. Write back, and tell me what do you know about +QEC?