I know this is pretty much a dead horse but I couldn't help but flog it a
little bit. I was reading THE TWO FACES OF TOMORROW by James P. Hogan.
This would be a good reference, IMHO for those of you looking for Vampire
Habitats.
The most important aspect in the book is that electronic life doesn't
have to ANY values that we can relate with. What we might consider as
hate the elcetronic life form might just see as a need for more surface
area for power collection...
The most chilling part of electronic life forms would be their speed of
action relative to us oganics. Consider, computer clock speeds keep
increasing. The upper limit of this is probably the speed of light with
exotic 'light switches' functioning as circuits. By TL 15 Mr. Computer
while not quite self aware is fast enough to run very convincing
simulations of real intelligence. I assume that the virus must be even
faster than Mr. Computer. A poor analogy of how fast the Virus must be
is that the Virus is as fast to organics as we are to plants....
Consequences:
1) If we are "plants" than we must grow thorns...
2) Maybe Suiciders suicide because they get bored
3) Maybe Vampires suicide because they feel guilty for all of the
dammage and suffering
4) Maybe the Vampires on the edge of the black curtain are rebuilding
the core of the Imperium as a form of 'community service'
Just a few thoughts,
Steven Gott
Seattle Washington