From 9fe27c9b6211c6d064769818a65f23e2f0de2022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ gopher/listing.gophermap | 1 + gopher/rss.xml | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 126 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gopher/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt diff --git a/gopher/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt b/gopher/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b56a19f --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ ++============================+ +| ~1.64 Ms | ++============================+ + ++---------------+ +Subject: Language ++---------------+ + +I have had time to reflect since my introduction on the QEC. I have been +able to reflect more on other posts, and to train myself and my +translation program to write more naturally in this galactic dialect. + ++-----------------------+ +Subject: A Matter of Time ++-----------------------+ + +It is difficult to truly grasp the way time dilates on a galactic scale. +I'm sure the relative speed of my ship to whatever solar structure +houses the QEC alone presents a divide that the human mind would find +difficult to understand, let alone the effects of the QEC itself on +time for each message. + +I know I am not alone in my confusion. Since my last correspondance, I +have had time to read more of the plethora of messages stored on the +QEC. Some messages seem to be sent in quick succession, while some seem +to have been sent out years apart. + +Even if I could know that my time is perception of time is relatively +consistant with an arbitrary reader, there would be no way of knowing +where said observer exists, or if they would use the same standards of +time. From studies of histories stored on our ship, it seems that humans +have struggled to agree on a standard unit for telling time even +pre-diaspora. + +I have thus decided that the best way to provide temporal context to my +messages is to use a (hopefully) universal unit: seconds. Even if it is +not used in common speech today, the concept is likely accessible in a +linguistic database, or at least in a computer manual. + +That being said, Seconds need to measure from a specific and a shared +reference time. This is harder than it may seem. Seconds from a +specific Earth event would require intact records of Earth, which may +not be universally available (I know that my ship contains very little +verifiable information on Earth- digital data from that era is subject +to degredation). Seconds based on galactic events may quickly become too +large-scale to have much meaning to human life. + +The best solution, in the end, was to measure time from when I sent my +first message on the QEC. It will have less meaning for readers when +compared with their own time, but will provide more context when +compared with events aboard my ship. + +For example, this communication was sent out ~1.64 Ms after my first +communication. That is 1640000 seconds. More precision will be used if +necessary, but too much precision again approaches irrelivance. For +context, should your culture still use any of the old Terran metrics, an +Earth day was a little under 76001 seconds (if our records of Earth are +to be believed). diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 2c52f1e..ef15600 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Malaluatori - Matter_Of_Time /Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt 0Malaluatori - Primary_Communicae /Malaluatori/Primary_Communicae.txt 0Melvin P Feltersnatch - Time is dead /Melvin P Feltersnatch/007.txt 0Melchizedek - Rhetorical Ecclesiastic Report /Melchizedek/026.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index 88ab571..6e1fa73 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,73 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Malaluatori - Matter_Of_Time + hannitori@cosmic.voyage (hannitori) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt + Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:06:56 GMT + ++============================+ +| ~1.64 Ms | ++============================+ + ++---------------+ +Subject: Language ++---------------+ + +I have had time to reflect since my introduction on the QEC. I have been +able to reflect more on other posts, and to train myself and my +translation program to write more naturally in this galactic dialect. + ++-----------------------+ +Subject: A Matter of Time ++-----------------------+ + +It is difficult to truly grasp the way time dilates on a galactic scale. +I'm sure the relative speed of my ship to whatever solar structure +houses the QEC alone presents a divide that the human mind would find +difficult to understand, let alone the effects of the QEC itself on +time for each message. + +I know I am not alone in my confusion. Since my last correspondance, I +have had time to read more of the plethora of messages stored on the +QEC. Some messages seem to be sent in quick succession, while some seem +to have been sent out years apart. + +Even if I could know that my time is perception of time is relatively +consistant with an arbitrary reader, there would be no way of knowing +where said observer exists, or if they would use the same standards of +time. From studies of histories stored on our ship, it seems that humans +have struggled to agree on a standard unit for telling time even +pre-diaspora. + +I have thus decided that the best way to provide temporal context to my +messages is to use a (hopefully) universal unit: seconds. Even if it is +not used in common speech today, the concept is likely accessible in a +linguistic database, or at least in a computer manual. + +That being said, Seconds need to measure from a specific and a shared +reference time. This is harder than it may seem. Seconds from a +specific Earth event would require intact records of Earth, which may +not be universally available (I know that my ship contains very little +verifiable information on Earth- digital data from that era is subject +to degredation). Seconds based on galactic events may quickly become too +large-scale to have much meaning to human life. + +The best solution, in the end, was to measure time from when I sent my +first message on the QEC. It will have less meaning for readers when +compared with their own time, but will provide more context when +compared with events aboard my ship. + +For example, this communication was sent out ~1.64 Ms after my first +communication. That is 1640000 seconds. More precision will be used if +necessary, but too much precision again approaches irrelivance. For +context, should your culture still use any of the old Terran metrics, an +Earth day was a little under 76001 seconds (if our records of Earth are +to be believed). +]]> + Malaluatori - Primary_Communicae hannitori@cosmic.voyage (hannitori)