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[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07

22 posts · 2007-11-13 21:17:55 to 2007-11-16 00:50:29

#36300352698 11/13/2007 21:17:55 [8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07

 
Microchips manufactured by the Ouroboros Corporation are to be found in nearly every business and home in the city. Published government standards do not require a complete audit of every function printed on a typical electronic device's silicon wafers. As long as the feature-packed new toaster comes with a sufficiently low price tag and rate of starting fires, it is welcomed to market, and into thousands of homes.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
#36300352703 11/13/2007 21:34:26 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Looked like a nice informational event, I hope we get to see other businesses around Mega City.
#36300352705 11/13/2007 21:39:50 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
That woman irritates me insurmountably.

She certainly likes to yell.
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#36300352708 11/13/2007 21:53:02 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Tranque101 wrote:
That woman irritates me insurmountably.

She certainly likes to yell.
((Did she remind anyone else of Jan Hooks' character in Pee-Wee's big adventure: Tina the Alamo Tour Guide?))
#36300352710 11/13/2007 22:08:46 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
I just know, that if I was on vector, and she was flagged. I would use Code Nukes on the zombies...


*scorns tourwoman*
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#36300352722 11/13/2007 22:41:01 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07

Hee, that tour-guide certainly sounded like one of the many chirpy tour-guides I remember from the many day-trips I took with my folks as a kid.

And hmm... there's more going on in her little spiel than meets the ear...

#36300352747 11/14/2007 01:06:46 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Nice tourist group SMILEY


#36300352768 11/14/2007 02:39:30 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
MatrixRefugee wrote:

And hmm... there's more going on in her little spiel than meets the ear...

Hmmm.... I've been thinking along the same line but as of yet I cannot find anything hidden. She certainy mentioned the circular shape and meaning of Ouroboros, including the history and visual representation (The Snake and the Dragon eating their own tails) effectively meaning forever. It can be related to the cycle of the simulation before the truce was formed. Could this mean that the cycle has to continue and connot be broken regardless to what we have been led to believe? Are the machines working toward preparing something to manage an 'unbreakable cycle'?

Ouroboros depicts a 'self sustaining', perfect being.

((Ouroboros always reminds me of Red Dwarf as it was written on the side of Listers box!))

#36300352771 11/14/2007 03:23:17 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Vaporise all of Creston?  How very interesting...

#36300352772 11/14/2007 03:32:30 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Vinia wrote:

((Ouroboros always reminds me of Red Dwarf as it was written on the side of Listers box!))

((Indeed, 

Lister: Ouroboros... It wasn't 'Our Rob or Ross', it was Ouroboros..!
Cat: What was?
Lister: The message that was written on the side of my box!
Cat: You came in a box? That explains everything.))

#36300352774 11/14/2007 03:36:44 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Excitable sort, isn't she? Must be all the free coffee. And why on Earth did she have to scout for visitors all the way out in Mara? This had better not be another Wright Research scenario - I don't think I could stand another day as John Skeers.

Vinia wrote:

((Ouroboros always reminds me of Red Dwarf as it was written on the side of Listers box!))

(( Ha-hah! Same here. Our Rob or Ross, and Ouroboros batteries. SMILEY ))
#36300352777 11/14/2007 03:39:04 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Asa wrote:
Vaporise all of Creston?  How very interesting...


Indeed.. as a blupill that much power may be enough to Vaporise all of Creston, but what would it mean to the simulation? If unleashed... would it decompile Creston, cause untold damage to the simulation? Is it tied into Creston itself or could that power be focused to another area? Would the simulation allow that much power to be built up within itself? As Digger mentions, what power does a virtual lightbulb use? Are virtual power and real power exchangable? Last but by no means least, what would they need all that power for?

((BARMAID: Oh! They've written its name on the side, 'ere. 'Our Rob, or Ross'

CUSTOMER: Yeah, look at the way it's spelt - they must've been thicker than a ticket tout's wad. Couldn't even decide on a name.))

#36300352944 11/14/2007 09:59:21 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Asa wrote:
Vaporise all of Creston?  How very interesting...

((I must be going blind. Where is this stated?))
Starschwar
#36300352954 11/14/2007 10:09:15 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Here

This visual record shows the conversation regarding the power levels.

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#36300353079 11/14/2007 13:43:14 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Vinia wrote:
MatrixRefugee wrote:

And hmm... there's more going on in her little spiel than meets the ear...

Hmmm.... I've been thinking along the same line but as of yet I cannot find anything hidden. She certainy mentioned the circular shape and meaning of Ouroboros, including the history and visual representation (The Snake and the Dragon eating their own tails) effectively meaning forever. It can be related to the cycle of the simulation before the truce was formed. Could this mean that the cycle has to continue and connot be broken regardless to what we have been led to believe? Are the machines working toward preparing something to manage an 'unbreakable cycle'?

Ouroboros depicts a 'self sustaining', perfect being.

((Ouroboros always reminds me of Red Dwarf as it was written on the side of Listers box!))

I've been thinking of this unbreakable cycle for awhile. Who knows how far the control goes?

((Haven't read everything yet as their is a lot of dialogue, looked like a good event though.))
#36300353098 11/14/2007 14:29:02 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Vinia wrote:
MatrixRefugee wrote:

And hmm... there's more going on in her little spiel than meets the ear...

Hmmm.... I've been thinking along the same line but as of yet I cannot find anything hidden. She certainy mentioned the circular shape and meaning of Ouroboros, including the history and visual representation (The Snake and the Dragon eating their own tails) effectively meaning forever. It can be related to the cycle of the simulation before the truce was formed. Could this mean that the cycle has to continue and connot be broken regardless to what we have been led to believe? Are the machines working toward preparing something to manage an 'unbreakable cycle'?

Ouroboros depicts a 'self sustaining', perfect being.

((Ouroboros always reminds me of Red Dwarf as it was written on the side of Listers box!))

The Ouroboros puts me in mind of the eternal life-death-rebirth cycle... plus, it has personal significance for me, but it would take too long to go into detail.
#36300353101 11/14/2007 14:34:19 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
MatrixRefugee wrote:
The Ouroboros puts me in mind of the eternal life-death-rebirth cycle... plus, it has personal significance for me, but it would take too long to go into detail.
It can be argued that the eternal life-death-rebirth cycle is better depicted by the Phoenix as it dies and is reborn from the ashes, the Ouroboros snake or dragon is more about continual recreation rather than death then rebirth.
#36300353105 11/14/2007 14:40:38 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
The Pheonix is a positive image; birth of one from the death of another


The Ouroboros is negative; self-destroying power.
#36300353118 11/14/2007 14:49:40 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07

Ouroboros = time as a circle, repeating over and over with no progression forward.

Illyria

#36300353120 11/14/2007 14:50:02 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07
Chemuel wrote:
The Pheonix is a positive image; birth of one from the death of another


The Ouroboros is negative; self-destroying power.

Hmm... whilst I would agree that the Phoenix is a strong positive image... the Ouroboros is not just self destroying, it is self creating as well. It seems to me that it is neither positive or negative, it just is.


#36300354177 11/16/2007 00:50:29 Re:[8.3.5] "Here we can see some of the Ouroboros corporate offices!" - Vector - 11/12/07

I think we need more info, before coming to any conclusions...