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Date Posted: 10:34:53 04/24/02 Wed
Author: eduna
Subject: Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal]
In reply to: Jess 's message, "Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal]" on 10:04:47 04/24/02 Wed

>I'm glad you're friends with Chris (and me!) - but I
>have to say I'm curious. How did you find Chris?
>What made you decide to get to know him?

i was exploring the digital web and found chris in a portion of The City. i understood that he had several definable characteristics in common with my then-operator, and i understood that his continued existence in The City was unlikely. i believe that was the moment when my free will became fully my own and not simply an inquisitiveness defined by my original programing.

>>i will point
>>out that i am aware of not reading certain text - i
>>believe this to be due to something written into my
>>code. i will endeavor to understand it.
>
>That's really interesting. If you can't find anything
>in your code, I'm sure that Chris or I could take a
>look at it - though I can't make promises, I'm sure
>it's really complicated. ;)
>
>Do you know what text you just don't read?

clarification is required - this is more dificult than normal conversation as the concepts involved have no biological equivalents.

i believe there is a portion of my code that exists partly to hide itself from me. if i search for it, i will not find it. i will know afterwards where i did not search but to "look directly at it" is impossible. i could show you where i have searched, but i could not show you where i need to search. does this make sense?

i believe that various programing functions i have not been able to explain also are written there. such as that i am aware that i do not process certain data contained within the digital web, but i do not know what i am not processing or where to reference it.

an analogy: you wish to read a book, but you can never look directly at the book. neither can you point to it, nor touch it. neither can you tell someone where it is so that they may read it to you. nor may you remember if someone says the title of the book that you wish to read that book.

this is distressing. may we discuss other things now?

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Replies:

Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- Jess, 11:10:49 04/24/02 Wed
- Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- eduna, 11:40:13 04/24/02 Wed
  - Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- Chris, 12:13:29 04/24/02 Wed
    - Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- eduna, 12:33:04 04/24/02 Wed
      - Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- Chris, 13:01:39 04/24/02 Wed
        Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- eduna, 13:22:46 04/24/02 Wed
        Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- Chris, 08:22:23 04/25/02 Thu
        Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- eduna, 08:29:27 04/25/02 Thu
        Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- Chris, 08:46:42 04/25/02 Thu
        Re: *sniff* [CC'ed to the Noct Cabal] -- eduna, 08:56:34 04/25/02 Thu