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Cybernetics is the study of communication and control, typically involving regulatory feedback in living organisms, machines and organisations, as well as their combinations.

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trinsik says:

Android shows off people-lifting skills

this totally made my morning.. i love the fact that the android actually looks like a android!

posted Mar 29

thn says:

So - I don't actually hang out in Second Life that much - but I am involved in some art projects there - and I appreciate the Snow Crash / metaverse inspiration for it...

Here's a region I'll have to go check out tho...

And so there’s a region called Gibson, upon which there is a city called Nexus Prime. It’s a cyberpunk set, a city deep and wide and styled as the paleo-future of the 1980s. You start on a high city square, surrounded by the gleaming spires of zaibatsu skyscrapers. Descend, and you’ll find the wrecked streets, the Gothic churches and blood-bucket bars. Under the streets are tunnels, leading to illicit clinics and bombed-out labs.

-- from an article about a generation raised on Gibson and Stephenson in SL.

posted Mar 8

Comment replies (3)

trinsik says:

dude, i practically live there. haha lemme know if you want me to show you around! .. the tunnels below the city are def the highlight.

posted Mar 8

thn says:

oh - no kidding? That's cool - I'll definitely message you when I get some time to go explore...

posted Mar 8

trinsik says:

guided tours for all!! .. just let me know!

posted Mar 9

trinsik says:

so this group was a dupe of the other cyberpunk group.. i decided to flip this into something a little more unrelated to encourage separate conversations.

i am fascinated with robots and machines, human control of said robots and the inevitable marriage of silicon and flesh.

anyone else?

posted Jan 2

trinsik says:

okay, so I love everything William Gibson wrote. (including collabs with Bruce Sterling)

I've yet to find a comparable author.. Rudy Rucker, Neal Stephenson.. good stuff, just not what I was lookin for.

anyone?

posted Dec 29

Comment replies (4)

Melissa Malice says:

i liked snow crash. not comparable though, i didn't think so either. the other works by NS didn't really appeal to me either.

posted Dec 30

thn says:

Philip K Dick? I'll assume that one just went without mentioning...

posted Jan 23

Ray Frenden says:

P.K. Dick is tops.

posted Jan 30

bear says:

snow crash was the best match from NS, P.K. Dick is always top of the list IMO. Maybe some of Vinge's works but so far it's been a crap shoot for me also

posted Feb 21

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