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I’m more imagining a collaborative effort much like amateur radio networks. Once you start talking you learn about the net and how to help add more nodes, etc.
by api 6y ago
I’m more imagining a collaborative effort much like amateur radio networks. Once you start talking you learn about the net and how to help add more nodes, etc. The node at Centauri might not be from there, but it might be from someone within a few hundred light years who has volunteered to maintain repeaters in their neighborhood.
If we came online we would have to generate a call sign (however that is done, instructions repeated along with the carrier) and then start saying hi to nearby HAMs.
There would probably be some forum etiquette. Might be a good idea to lurk a while before posting an intro thread. “Oh, look, another n00b asking about how to do net positive fusion power... read the FAQ on the wiki. Nearest mirror is at...”
- WJW 6y agoWith our luck the nearest mirror is 500 light years away and by that time we'd have figured it out ourselves. Oh well... :)
- sliken 6y agoSure, but the local CDN has a full copy of most of the common requests, including the full galaxy wide bootstrap. However you have to pay the bandwidth charges in a bitcoin like currency that requires a quantum computer with 2048 q-bits.
- m4rtink 6y agoCheck one of the Oort cloud repeaters, they should have a copy. Yeah, there is likeky one as the "other" HAM club has too much energy credits to spend and really likes to steal interesting QSLs this way...
- jimmcslim 6y agoSounds like a different take on David Brain’s Uplift series.