I'm wondering if we might also have an interlude that will introduce us, at least as speaking shadows, to the villains of the piece.
IF?!?
Welp, now we know what really happened to Yelling Bird...He got upgraded to a robotic cloaca. Cloacae, however, have no voice box, so Yelling Bird could no longer yell. Disappointed, he decided to write his life story, titled "I Have No Mouth and I Must Yell."
"I Have No Mouth and I Must Fart."
And this is why Internet Protocol over Avian Carrier is incompatible with windows.
NOH. THE MAJESTIC DRYBIRD. IT FLEW OUT THE WINDOW.
NOH. THE MAJESTIC DRYBIRD. IT FLEW OUT THE WINDOW.
Very pretty, but what's its air speed compared to that of an unladen swallow?
Doesn't matter; it could be that we now have an uncontrolled vector for the spread of the infecting nanomachines. How will Alice manage to deal with that?
I recall when a test of IP Over Avian Carrier in South Africa proved to have greater bandwith, speed and reliability than ADSL. Of course that says more about the service from RSA's telecommunications monopoly than anything.And this is why Internet Protocol over Avian Carrier is incompatible with windows.
For those few who are unaware, here are the Internet standards that this refers to: Original (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149), QoS update (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549), IPv6 update (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214).
Yes, we're going to find out real quick now whether or not the power is viral.
As for the limits of the power itself... Gavia says nanobots need a guiding intelligence, but they're obviously capable of interpreting directives like hand motions or possibly the thought of their user; she makes fireballs, lights, and slices up her apple without any obvious commands. Ardent may be carrying a strain that interprets his desire to be helpful and uses his mental image of what the target object should do to guide their modifications.
Basically, it only works when he's drawing a blank, mentally.
- The NanoPhoenix is just one gulp to the Nightwalker, but will break out of its digestive track - Alien style.
And this is why Internet Protocol over Avian Carrier is incompatible with windows.
For those few who are unaware, here are the Internet standards that this refers to: Original (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149), QoS update (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549), IPv6 update (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214).
Script started on Sat Apr 28 11:24:09 2001
vegard@gyversalen:~$ /sbin/ifconfig tun0
tun0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.0.3.2 P-t-P:10.0.3.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:150 Metric:1
RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:88 (88.0 b) TX bytes:168 (168.0 b)
vegard@gyversalen:~$ ping -i 900 10.0.3.1
PING 10.0.3.1 (10.0.3.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=6165731.1 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=3211900.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=5124922.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=6388671.9 ms
--- 10.0.3.1 ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 55% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3211900.8/5222806.6/6388671.9 ms
vegard@gyversalen:~$ exit
Script done on Sat Apr 28 14:14:28 2001
Isn't he, though?A smurf is 3 apples hi ... not to be confused with macintosh
"With great power comes great responsibility."
-- Ben Parker
-- Spider-Man
Yeah, Gavia's right about Ardent's impulse control. However, I do wonder if the test will come when one of the locals is in trouble and the only way Ardent has to help her (because you know it will be a damsel in distress) will be to Upgrade something and then try to control it.