Board 8 > I'm going to start referring to Wikipedia as Datalinks

(+) Yeah! (+)

Objections?

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Erm, why would you want to do that?

I'm reminded of the month where I played Alpha Centauri and listened to Artifact303 for ten hours a day.

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The internet is closer in concept to the datalinks, though the entirety of the wikimedia system might qualify as well.

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From: Phase | #004
The internet is closer in concept to the datalinks, though the entirety of the wikimedia system might qualify as well.

I dunno, the datalinks are presented as a somewhat authoritative source. A collection of knowledge, whereas the Internet as a whole is more of a collection of opinions and pornography <_<

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From: rychu_supadude | #002
Erm, why would you want to do that?

Because Alpha Centauri is probably the best Civ-style game ever, and a legit contender to the title of Best Game Ever. Why wouldn't you?

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So far, we've seen both the Datalinks AND the Human Genome Project actually come into fruition since Sid Meier predicted them. What's next!?

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I can't wait for stapling!

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From: SmartMuffin | #007
So far, we've seen both the Datalinks AND the Human Genome Project actually come into fruition since Sid Meier predicted them. What's next!?

Public policy benefiting a civilization?

one can only hope...

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SmartMuffin posted...
I dunno, the datalinks are presented as a somewhat authoritative source. A collection of knowledge, whereas the Internet as a whole is more of a collection of opinions and pornography <_<

Actually, the internet is mostly e-mails and advertising! Now, how much of that e-mail and advertising is FOR porn, I'm not quite sure (though if you don't count ones regarding viagra and such related products, I suspect surprisingly little).

And there are some quotes from random anonymous people on the datalinks as well.

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From: SmartMuffin | #007
So far, we've seen both the Datalinks AND the Human Genome Project actually come into fruition since Sid Meier predicted them. What's next!?

It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people.

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It is every citizen's final duty to beat Zarkhov to Secrets of the Human Brain by finding the two prerequisite techs on the ground!

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And there are some quotes from random anonymous people on the datalinks as well.

Aren't all of these in the context of like a news report though. Like I never really saw it as some random guy commenting on stuff, but rather a random guy being sought for comment on something, if you get what I'm saying?

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SmartMuffin posted...
Aren't all of these in the context of like a news report though. Like I never really saw it as some random guy commenting on stuff, but rather a random guy being sought for comment on something, if you get what I'm saying?

Yeah, I know what you're saying, but there's at least one obscure quote for some facility (I think it's hab complex or hab dome?) from some anonymous person obviously outside the context of an interview or technical report. (I call it the cubicle quote)

"I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld. When I die, they will put my body in a box and dispose of it in the cold ground. And in all the million ages to come, I will never breathe or laugh or twitch again. So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment."

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Yay, Alpha Centauri love! Really would like a sequel to that.

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"I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld. When I die, they will put my body in a box and dispose of it in the cold ground. And in all the million ages to come, I will never breathe or laugh or twitch again. So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment."

I would consider this more along the lines of "some random nobody's tweet gets re-tweeted by a celebrity and becomes fairly well known" or something.

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So far, we've seen both the Datalinks AND the Human Genome Project actually come into fruition since Sid Meier predicted them. What's next!?

Pirates!

Are there governors daughters in Somalia? Because my understanding is that at least 50% of piracy involves dancing with them.

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Oh right, I forgot that Alpha Centauri existed.

I swear, my memory is like a sieve sometimes...

we must dissent?

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