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Xenomorph Psychology

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Karea Riscinda
Odysseus Enterprises
#1 - 2012-10-08 18:31:17 UTC
Being the grammar police I am, I just thought I'd share a bit about this skill.

Xenomorph can be broken down into two parts, "Xeno", and "Morph".

"Xeno", in original Greek, means "Something strange, different or foreign."
"Morph" means "To transform, change, or alter".
"Psychology" is defined as the "Mental characteristics or attitude of a person."

So technically speaking, Xenomorph Psychology would be defined as a "Strange change of a persons mental characteristics or attitude."

Doesn't really having much to do with Jump Clones.

Perhaps a more appropriate definition would be "Transtatim Animus."

"Trans" meaning "Travel or transverse", and "Statim" meaning "Instant, momentary, or at once."

"Animus" is Latin for "Thought, consciousness, intellect, memory, or character."

Ultimately translating to "Instant travel of the consciousness."

Anyways, just thought I'd share. This is what happens when I'm bored out of my Animus ice mining.
Jim Era
#2 - 2012-10-08 18:32:42 UTC
that is dumb

Wat™
Roll Sizzle Beef
Space Mutiny
#3 - 2012-10-08 18:35:48 UTC
It's Infomorph.

The term was first described in Charles Platt's 1991 novel The Silicon Man, where it refers to a single biological consciousness transferred into a computer through a process of mind transfer.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2012-10-08 18:37:15 UTC
I try not to think about things like this for fear of blood shooting out of my nose.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Karea Riscinda
Odysseus Enterprises
#5 - 2012-10-08 18:37:33 UTC
Argh! You're right. I just looked at it. This makes my entire post null and void.Cry
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#6 - 2012-10-08 18:37:59 UTC
I do believe it is Infomorph psychology. Pretty sure of it actually, which would break it down to Information change, or translation. Taking data from a sentient mind and translating it to a datastream, then buffering it, translating it back and uploading it into the soon to be sentient mind of a matching clone.

Pattern > Data > Pattern
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Crispin McTarmac
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-10-08 18:39:08 UTC
There is no skill called "xenomorph psychology". Maybe you're thinking of infomorph psychology?
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#8 - 2012-10-08 18:41:32 UTC
Xenomorph is what they call the aliens in the movie Aliens. Do an image search on Google and you'll see...

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#9 - 2012-10-08 18:46:06 UTC
Roll Sizzle Beef wrote:
It's Infomorph.

The term was first described in Charles Platt's 1991 novel The Silicon Man, where it refers to a single biological consciousness transferred into a computer through a process of mind transfer.


This poster has won the thread.

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Cristl
#10 - 2012-10-08 19:05:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Cristl
Also, "morph" means form or shape, so xenomorph means "alien form".

Edit: pwned by Gogela Sad
Xenuria
#11 - 2012-10-08 20:08:09 UTC
Karea Riscinda wrote:
Being the grammar police I am, I just thought I'd share a bit about this skill.

Xenomorph can be broken down into two parts, "Xeno", and "Morph".

"Xeno", in original Greek, means "Something strange, different or foreign."
"Morph" means "To transform, change, or alter".
"Psychology" is defined as the "Mental characteristics or attitude of a person."

So technically speaking, Xenomorph Psychology would be defined as a "Strange change of a persons mental characteristics or attitude."

Doesn't really having much to do with Jump Clones.

Perhaps a more appropriate definition would be "Transtatim Animus."

"Trans" meaning "Travel or transverse", and "Statim" meaning "Instant, momentary, or at once."

"Animus" is Latin for "Thought, consciousness, intellect, memory, or character."

Ultimately translating to "Instant travel of the consciousness."

Anyways, just thought I'd share. This is what happens when I'm bored out of my Animus ice mining.


Intrepid crossing strikes again!

CSM 12 Candidate
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#12 - 2012-10-08 20:13:23 UTC
Karea Riscinda wrote:
Argh! You're right. I just looked at it. This makes my entire post null and void.Cry



It was a good try.

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ISD Suvetar
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#13 - 2012-10-08 20:28:28 UTC
Hi,

I think this has been covered successfully now Pirate

Thread locked as the OP has been answered.

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