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[fallenambitions]

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[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

Actually, in this case they do overlap. Nanocomputers are available to all levels of the Terran populace, and even infants have access to highly specialized, simplified kinds.

[Maybe that's kind of creepy to somebody else, but Robert certainly doesn't see anything odd about it.]

Simply put, the generalized definition for a nanocomputer is a compact electronic device; most models typically range from five to thirty centimetres across, depending on the power necessary and the tools required, but there are larger and smaller models for specialized purposes. They invariably have a means of data storage and communication amongst themselves with malleable port technology, and all nanocomputers are capable of connecting to both the Terran databases and the Internet 3.0, which is a network that encompasses the entire planet and had recently been extended to several natural and artificial satellites around Terra itself.

[Thoughtfully:] It is a shame that the Malnosso would not wish to distribute them here rather than the journals. They would be more effective, I would think... certainly more robust.

... But at any rate... is there anything else you would wish to know?

[Voice]

[fallenambitions]

...Quite a bit. [A network that encompasses the entire world? If only making a blastia network sounded as easy as this person was making it. It was a lot of information, with a lot of terms he was not familiar with so he'll carefully break it down.]

So nanocomputers are basically an artificially created source of energy in your world. At the same time, they are capable of storing a mass collection of information? And this internet, what sort of network is it?

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

Not quite... they need power sources of their own, but almost all nanocomputers have built-in chlorophyll-mimic solar panelling to provide the electricity they need. In some cases, though, they can be fitted with outside power sources, but this is generally only for extremely intensive jobs and would not be a necessity for a nanocomputer such as mine.

[Robert nods to himself at the next part.] Yes, all nanocomputers store information in quantum bit states - known as qubits. The capacity to store information varies between nanocomputers, with simpler ones generally having less. It depends moreso on what one wishes to employ the nanocomputer for.

As for the Internet itself... much of it is a wireless network capable of sending and receiving information of many forms; many of the major hubs for it are built into the cities of Terra. Linden - my own city - for example, has a prominent Internet hub in the city's commercial core. But there are smaller hubs scattered throughout the planet, wherever it is not inconvenient for the environment - not that the hub units are particularly large or destructive, and they have been being refined in recent years, but there is still much to be cautious about.

[voice]

[fallenambitions]

Solar...and electricity. Those are two sources of energy in your world? What is powering your electricity...?

So the internet is treated as a database and also a communication network. I see why you would want that to be implemented here. [Hell, what he would give to just have the journal's communication capabilities back home. Certainly a lot quicker than sending a messenger boy]

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[With the patience of a person explaining a basic concept to a person who doesn't seem to get it:] Electricity is an energy source in this case, but it is not powered by something else, per se. Rather, it exists in my multiverse as a set of phenomena governing certain interactions between subatomic particles. Devices that use electricity as power simply harness the effects of these phenomena.

Electricity is generally delivered as a current to a mechanism that requires it to function; in Luceti, you might be familiar with it existing as mains power, accessible via the electrical sockets in the walls. Terran electrical delivery systems are capable of delivering power wirelessly, but beyond that the principle is must the same. [Robert still isn't sure how the Malnosso distribute the electricity properly, though. He hasn't seen much in the way of cabling systems.]

In the case of solar power, it is a method of using light from a star - in this case, Sol, my planet's star - to produce electricity by means of mimicking photosynthesis artificially, or with photovoltaic materials - that is, materials that produce electrical currents when struck with photons from light. [The actual explanation for all of it isn't Robert's field, but he'll explain as much as he can if he's asked.]

Yes, more or less... There are separate planetary databases as well, that have many redundant backups so that their data will not be lost even in the event of multiple crashes and the like, and their data are accessible through the Internet - but much of the information in the Internet is in transit and not necessarily stored at any one location for very long.

The journal system seems, on some levels, similar to that of the Internet, though I am not certain how much of this similarity is only on the surface.

[Voice]

[fallenambitions]

I see. That explains a few things...

I asked, because my world is powered by one source of energy, but can be divided for multiple purposes. In the end, they all still come from the same source and can be easily exhausted, if we're not careful. That's why I was curious to know how energy is managed in other worlds.

The journal is already advanced from my perspective. I can only imagine how more efficient the internet is.

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

So your world's energy is independent of physical processes? [Colour Robert stunned.] Or is it something like thermodynamics, where vastly different processes are driven by similar phenomena - the conversion of energy forms - and use the same "energy source", so to speak?

[This is interesting to consider. Robert has seen people from many different time frames, and he already knows that the numbers alone aren't significant - the positioning of technology, sociology and other such areas seems to be largely independent of the actual time frame.]

Is your multiverse relatively devoid of the sort of technology that occurs here?

[He can't really imagine a world without this kind of technology, but that won't stop him from trying to, now.]

[Voice]

[fallenambitions]

It is dependent on formulas. Our primary source of energy is known as Aer, but we can't use it in its purest form. We use an ancient technology known as blastia to compress and control the aer. By placing a formula or a glyph onto the blastia, we are then able to assign it various tasks, such as powering our cities, create barriers against outside threats, and to even enhance our fighting capabilities.

Although the means to create the same affect is different for some of the technology here, it is not as foreign to me as say this journal.

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert listens to this with a curious expression, pressing a hand to his chin thoughtfully.]

So Aer is some sort of... omnipresent energy in your multiverse, and it must be accessed by using derivative methods of obtaining it...

... It seems to be that many worlds that have magic, or similar paranormal phenomena, have formulas or structures behind its usage... which leads me to think that it is some manifestation of a fundamental interaction, and some part of particle physics.