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Capsuleers and Corporate Research Don't Mix
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Sorjat
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2013-10-02 18:21:21 UTC
Pilot Scherezad said:

This was done at the Federal Naval Academy? I shudder to think of such an experiment, much less imagine it carried out within the heart of the Federation. What in the Maker's work would compel a research team to do this sort of thing?

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To be clear the incident was in my pre-academy days. The university covered up the incident by claiming that a group of students experimented with mind altering substances and unauthorized use of neural links in some kind of 'back to nature' political movement that went horribly wrong. (A group of them formed a pack in a large city park and had to be rounded up via animal control officers...).

As a witness to the incident the university wanted to expel me and the other unaffected student on the grounds of "Academic Fraud"... for having a memory implant! (ie: the one that saved my life! Memory implants are strictly forbidden at most universities on the grounds that they give unfair advantage... its a form of cheating.) I of course retorted that my implant did not only give me perfect recall it also had a playback feature...

So after showing the administrators a playback of a real-time 3D clip of the incident that turned into a kind of horror show far worse than even the cheapest Gallente holo-reel horror movie... they struck a deal. I got a glowing recommendation from them that got me into the Federal Naval Academy and the Capsuleer program... in exchange for not releasing it publicly. The rest is history as they say....

My point in relating this story is that I don't buy into any of that holier-than-though Gallente nonsense. It has left me quite cynical and more independent than ever. I also wanted to point out that the same thing doesn't happen in Minmatar space. If researchers there showed a similar level of contempt for their volunteers well you might want to ensure you have an up-to-date life insurance policy... Tribal code can be harsh but it can also be more civilizing in the long run.

As for "why"?? Who knows for sure? Well I'm certain someone does and they aren't talking. I can speculate though... Gallente universities routinely take money from corporate donors and they in turn do research projects for the Federal Navy. Having experienced it personally I can see the potential for 'wolf packs' planted in society or other forms of social control. In other words, it could easily been a government funded psi-operation.

Insanity is not hubris, not pride; it is inflation of the ego to its ultimate - confusion between him who worships and that which is worshipped. Man has not eaten God; God has eaten man.

-- PKD
Xindi Kraid
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#22 - 2013-10-02 22:59:19 UTC

Constantin Baracca wrote:
You know Fred, I've heard of these things before. I asked a friend of mine to provide a synopsis of it. After receiving his synopsis, I asked him to try to translate it from technical jargon into something a bit easier to understand. The essence I have received is that although the capsule is necessary to run the transmitter and to operate the ship, you can actually use the brain scanner from some distance from the capsule. It simply needs to be jacked into your head and you need to be wired to the capsule.

Cloning is not unique to capsuleers. What makes a capsuleer special is the ability to become a ship without the I/O causing neurological and psychological damage that turns you into a vegetable. THe first pods didn't even have neural scanners for cloning. It's just that since the pod is able to be a controlled environment even during the worst events, capsuleers have the unique ability to be recovered from the most dangerous of situations and disasters. Since the scanner requires your head to be in a specific space it's not good for any job where you have to move around, and while I have heard of some super high end vehicles for very dangerous jobs having scanners in their cabs, the failure rate on those safety systems is much higher.

As such most non-capsuleer cloning is of the medical variety: you have been gravely injured so you swap to a good body. I have heard of some top execs utilizing jump clones as well.
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Still using capsuleers in person is a bit of a waste of a comparably rare resource. The Human brain is capable of phenomenal parallel processing and pattern matching that it otherwise takes powerful supercomputers to carry out, and the same traits that allow capsuleers to process the massive amounts of data of an active ship, also allows us to be interfaced with laboratory mainframes and databases to process research data once the proper protocols are loaded into our implants and we have learned the relevant knowledge.

I do admit, though, I do occasionally like to actually think about a problem rather than having it processed on a subconscious level while the data spiders pick my brain for the results.

Scherezad wrote:
I take offense, Mr Sorjat. Lai Dai has been a marvelous employer, and I could make no recommendation stronger than to apply to Lai Dai Research, if the original poster is looking for work. Professionalism and precision are our watchwords.

Indeed, despite being a former member of Ishukone, and still being loyal to them; I do a fair amount of research with Lai Dai, and have always had good dealings with them.

Sorjat wrote:
in exchange for not releasing it publicly.

Granted the details are nonspecific, but I do believe this counts as the public
Arkady Vachon
The Gold Angels
Sixth Empire
#23 - 2013-10-03 00:21:18 UTC
Scherezad wrote:
Arkady Vachon wrote:



I've had good business dealings with Ms Scherezad and Lai Dai Research, and its nice to be able to see what she looks like in person instead of an outline.

We're always happy for visitors, please feel free to come by whenever you like :)



Sure thing.

Like the new look, by the way.

Nothing Personal - Just Business...

Chaos Creates Content
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#24 - 2013-10-07 01:13:15 UTC
I have a question about physics that has become somewhat pertinent as of late. Simply speaking, I understand the nature of the warp drive is to cross distances which, at the cosmic speed limit of light, would take hours or days, even sometimes longer. I also understand the basic principle is to deplete the surrounding area of space of its particles, thus you can attain faster than light speeds.

As scientists, some of you might know whether you are literally traveling faster than light, or whether time is being altered so that your speed makes sense to the universe, or if even you are simply altering the distance? I'm not much of a scientist, simply a cleric, so this sort of thing was a bit outside of the range of my education. How precisely does this work?

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Arnulf Ogunkoya
Clan Ogunkoya
Electus Matari
#25 - 2013-10-07 02:27:34 UTC
Sorjat wrote:
Pilot Scherezad said:

This was done at the Federal Naval Academy? I shudder to think of such an experiment, much less imagine it carried out within the heart of the Federation. What in the Maker's work would compel a research team to do this sort of thing?

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So after showing the administrators a playback of a real-time 3D clip of the incident that turned into a kind of horror show far worse than even the cheapest Gallente holo-reel horror movie... they struck a deal. I got a glowing recommendation from them that got me into the Federal Naval Academy and the Capsuleer program... in exchange for not releasing it publicly. The rest is history as they say....
-=# snip #=-


So, in essence, you are telling us that you gave your word, and have now broken it.

Is this entirely wise amongst people that place so much importance on trust?

Regards, Arnulf Ogunkoya.
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#26 - 2013-10-07 10:58:42 UTC
Arnulf Ogunkoya wrote:
Sorjat wrote:
Pilot Scherezad said:

This was done at the Federal Naval Academy? I shudder to think of such an experiment, much less imagine it carried out within the heart of the Federation. What in the Maker's work would compel a research team to do this sort of thing?

++++

-=# snip #=-
So after showing the administrators a playback of a real-time 3D clip of the incident that turned into a kind of horror show far worse than even the cheapest Gallente holo-reel horror movie... they struck a deal. I got a glowing recommendation from them that got me into the Federal Naval Academy and the Capsuleer program... in exchange for not releasing it publicly. The rest is history as they say....
-=# snip #=-


So, in essence, you are telling us that you gave your word, and have now broken it.

Is this entirely wise amongst people that place so much importance on trust?

I see you have met a gallentean.

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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