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Sybil virus: Clues and wild speculations

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« Reply #330 on: <01-26-14/0902:27> »
That is kinda what I meant by my statement. I don't see a 'Jack update anywhere in the near future.

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« Reply #331 on: <01-26-14/1042:41> »
RHat I'd wager FastJack gets a cameo or maybe something more in Stolen Souls.


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« Reply #332 on: <01-26-14/1301:34> »
<waiting for the return of Captain Chaos>
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« Reply #333 on: <01-26-14/1304:19> »
Who knows, he might.
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« Reply #334 on: <01-26-14/1510:36> »
...  If Sybil is an e-ghost thing, and Captain Chaos is an e-ghost after getting saved by JackBNimble...
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« Reply #335 on: <01-31-14/1306:35> »
...  If Sybil is an e-ghost thing, and Captain Chaos is an e-ghost after getting saved by JackBNimble...

...maybe FastJack is being possessed by Captain Chaos?
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« Reply #336 on: <01-31-14/1354:17> »
No, CC isn't involved with NeoNet but with the Draco Foundation.
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« Reply #337 on: <01-31-14/2152:02> »
Where's  Pax during all this?

It'd be ironic if she got the Sybil . . .

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« Reply #338 on: <02-10-14/2210:36> »
Where's  Pax during all this?

It'd be ironic if she got the Sybil . . .

What would be ironic is if it gave her a resonant alter ego  8)
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« Reply #339 on: <02-24-14/2223:32> »
Didn't the dragon E-ghost get the sybil?

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« Reply #340 on: <02-25-14/0230:44> »
People keep thinking / saying it's an actual virus.  It isn't.  It's closer to spirit inhabitation/possession by an electronic entity - which phrasing I use specifically, since it appears that while many or most of them are types of AI, they could theoretically also be E-Ghosts.  It also requires a very particular set of circumstances and implants - by which I mean the entities that make up the Sybil "virus" generally have a reason to go after a particular individual or set of individuals, and require a certain amount of built-in technological assistance to succeed.

Which means that in part the event is going to happen to specific individuals, remain relatively rare, and require very unique and special timing.  It also means that electronic entities cannot themselves 'come down with' or 'get' or 'acquire' or 'fall victim to' the Sybil "virus".  They might, however, be members of the Sybil community ...
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« Reply #341 on: <02-25-14/0247:32> »
People keep thinking / saying it's an actual virus.  It isn't.  It's closer to spirit inhabitation/possession by an electronic entity - which phrasing I use specifically, since it appears that while many or most of them are types of AI, they could theoretically also be E-Ghosts.  It also requires a very particular set of circumstances and implants - by which I mean the entities that make up the Sybil "virus" generally have a reason to go after a particular individual or set of individuals, and require a certain amount of built-in technological assistance to succeed.

Which means that in part the event is going to happen to specific individuals, remain relatively rare, and require very unique and special timing.  It also means that electronic entities cannot themselves 'come down with' or 'get' or 'acquire' or 'fall victim to' the Sybil "virus".  They might, however, be members of the Sybil community ...

Well, some of the Sybil personalities are supposedly known individuals with particular backstories...
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« Reply #342 on: <02-25-14/0408:22> »
I suspect NeoNET and Ares caused this over time. 

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« Reply #343 on: <02-25-14/0433:04> »
Why Ares?

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« Reply #344 on: <02-25-14/1118:31> »
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