From d532a2a8000df68af8517dde22368358efde2742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/betsy/qec.txt | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gopher/listing.gophermap | 1 + wiki/changelog.html | 3 ++ wiki/text-editors.html | 1 + 4 files changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gopher/betsy/qec.txt diff --git a/gopher/betsy/qec.txt b/gopher/betsy/qec.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d53aae --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/betsy/qec.txt @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +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! + +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. + +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 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. + +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? diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 8cdc7d7..c9ec705 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0betsy - About QEC /betsy/qec.txt 0Mehrereus - transmission /Mehrereus/transmission.txt 0orestes - Olive /orestes/202_olive.txt 0orestes - Return /orestes/202_return.txt diff --git a/wiki/changelog.html b/wiki/changelog.html index ca8e9fa..51e2bf6 100644 --- a/wiki/changelog.html +++ b/wiki/changelog.html @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 
 
+  Jun 09, 2021:
+    - 'aoeui' editor installed. dvorak users rejoice!
+
   Jun 03, 2021:
     - helix editor 'hx' installed
 
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+aoeui - learn more
 dav - learn more
 e3 - learn more
 ecce - learn more