Discworld Cyberpets
Michael Bednarek
Gitchor own cyberpets here, the latest craze from the Agatean Empire,
courtesy of Dibbler Enterprises!
Gordon Welsh wrote in article <01bcb390$e5237520$fd148d82@itpc20>...
>Once again, I don't know if this has already been done, but what with the
>recent cyberpet craze, does anyone out there think something like that
>would catch on in the Discworld? If so, who would make it and what would it
>be like?
>
>Answers on a postcard....
>
>ttfn
>
>Gordon.
>
>
>("It's better to burn out than to fade away" - The Kurgen, Highlander)
G
Jennie Lees <jenni...@cybergal.com> wrote in article
<340550...@cybergal.com>...
> Gordon Welsh wrote:
> >
> > Once again, I don't know if this has already been done, but what with
the
> > recent cyberpet craze, does anyone out there think something like that
> > would catch on in the Discworld? If so, who would make it and what
would it
> > be like?
> > ttfn
> >
> > Gordon.
>
> I think that the Disc equivalent of a cyberpet would be a small imp in a
> box ...
>
> Jennie.
>
This sounds good, although I think the kids would have a fit when it came
to cleaning up after the imp...(whiff)
Gordon
Karen Hanna Kruzycka
On 28 Aug 1997 08:56:14 GMT, "Gordon Welsh" <gwe...@telsci.co.uk>
wrote:
>Once again, I don't know if this has already been done, but what with the
>recent cyberpet craze, does anyone out there think something like that
>would catch on in the Discworld? If so, who would make it and what would it
>be like?
>
>Answers on a postcard....
I think the Discworld equivalent of a CyberPet would be an Imp.
I tried to stick one to a postcard, but it kept wriggling. Sorry.
Karen
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Jos Dingjan
Alex the Eternally Harassed wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 16:00:24 GMT, "Dave 'The Lard Man'"
> <lai...@tetraworld.com> was seen causing an affray:
<snip: Gitchor own cyberpets here, the latest craze...>
> > Oh dear - there could be some trouble here, Dibbler trying to make
> > inroads into the territory of Disembowel-meself-honorably Dibhala.
>
> More of an export partnership, I'd have thought
Only if there's enough of 'em. I can't really see DMH Dibhala sending
cyberpets to CMOT if he can sell 'em all himself. And at a higher price,
too, 'coz of being rare.
Jos
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Michael Bednarek wrote...
> Gitchor own cyberpets here, the latest craze from the Agatean Empire,
> courtesy of Dibbler Enterprises!
Oh dear - there could be some trouble here, Dibbler trying to make
inroads into the territory of Disembowel-meself-honorably Dibhala.
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Andrew Hogg
> > > More of an export partnership, I'd have thought
> >
> > Only if there's enough of 'em. I can't really see DMH Dibhala sending
> > cyberpets to CMOT if he can sell 'em all himself. And at a higher
price,
> > too, 'coz of being rare.
>
> Yes, I agree that this does sound more CM*-like, but CMH Dibhala has the
> problem of dealing with unknown peoples in a language he doesn't
understand.
> I can see where a partnership could form. After all, CMOT has the
knowledge
> of the local punters.
>
Yes but the drawback is the local punters have knowledge of CMOT-
John Francis
In article <3407839b...@news.demon.co.uk>,
Karen Hanna Kruzycka <Vi...@lspace.org> wrote:
>Yes, I'm related to Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox the folktale character, or Mr. Fox the musical group?
I don't think you're old enough to be related to the group.
Anyway, Carol liked Southern Comfort, not Vodka.
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Patrick Dersjant
On 28 Aug 1997 17:31:21 GMT, "Andrew Hogg"
<Andre...@btinternet.com> created:
That doesn't prevent them from buying, AFAIK. Maybe they're all
optimists.
Patrick
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Karen Hanna Kruzycka
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:47:18 GMT, al...@lspace.org (The Bellinghman)
wrote:
>jfra...@dungeon.engr.sgi.com (John Francis) wrote:
>
>>In article <3407839b...@news.demon.co.uk>,
>>Karen Hanna Kruzycka <Vi...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, I'm related to Mr. Fox
>>
>>Mr. Fox the folktale character, or Mr. Fox the musical group?
>>I don't think you're old enough to be related to the group.
>>Anyway, Carol liked Southern Comfort, not Vodka.
>
>http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/fandom/afp/rogues-gallery/no-tables/mr-fox.html
>
>That Mr Fox.
Oooh, you just beat me to it, Alan. I was going to mention
http://www.toreador.demon.co.uk/mrfox/index.html too, for any budding
Foxettes out there.
Karen
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On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:06:51 -0700, Loriba <Lottie...@bbsrc.ac.uk>
wrote:
>Patrick Dersjant wrote:
>
>
>> That doesn't prevent them from buying, AFAIK. Maybe they're all
>> optimists.
>
>Perhaps the cyberpets would seem a lot more appetizing than CMOT's
>other wares. Which would rather eat; a cyberpet, or a
>sossage-in-a-bun?(1)
>
>Loriba
>
>(1) Me? I go for the rats every time!
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Terry Pratchett
In article <01bcb390$e5237520$fd148d82@itpc20>, Gordon Welsh
<gwe...@telsci.co.uk> writes
>Once again, I don't know if this has already been done, but what with the
>recent cyberpet craze, does anyone out there think something like that
>would catch on in the Discworld? If so, who would make it and what would it
>be like?
>
We were talking about this at the Clare Craft do.
I like the idea of a Dead Pet. It's dead when you get it, and you just
have to make sure it stays dead.
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Barry Vaughan
In article <SiRwBBAE...@unseen.demon.co.uk>, Terry Pratchett
<tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk> writes
This might be either very interesting or desperately boring,
but I read in the Electronics Weekly (I'm an engineer, I get it
free) that the demand for electronic pets is now so high
that many of the factories that produce silicon IC's are now
booked up for the foreseable future making the chips that
go inside them.
This means that companies who make other types of chips can't
get space in the fabs to make what they want, so you'd just
better hope you don't need a pacemaker in the next few months
'cos they might be keeping a little electronic bird alive
instead of you...
Though I think in all likelyhood it will just be your
electronic toaster that doesn't get made rather than
your pacemaker.
Still, it's a little worrying.
Barry.
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Terry Collins
Terry Pratchett wrote:
>
> In article <01bcb390$e5237520$fd148d82@itpc20>, Gordon Welsh
> <gwe...@telsci.co.uk> writes
> >Once again, I don't know if this has already been done, but what with the
> >recent cyberpet craze, does anyone out there think something like that
> >would catch on in the Discworld? If so, who would make it and what would it
> >be like?
> >
>
> We were talking about this at the Clare Craft do.
>
> I like the idea of a Dead Pet. It's dead when you get it, and you just
> have to make sure it stays dead.
Have just had my first experience with the things today. Spent all day
trying to resucitate a decaying Win95 computer (unsuccessfully so far) and
the user was baby minding a "My kitten" which kept on beeping at odd time
for attention, all day.
She had to continually feed it, play with it, wipe paws, put it to sleep,
......
she was baby sitting for daughter who was at a school camp. these things
are banned from school because of their constant interruptions, so parent s
are baby sitting them at work. She wasn't the only one as one of the
managers had a dog one as well. I can fast see them being banned at places
of employment once a boss wakes up to how much staff time is taken up
tending to these.
Cruel aspect, this kitten had already died one night while the little girl
slept. I'm sure this could end up as a trauma cause latter on.
Funny bit was the admission from the PFY apprentice that he'd had a
dinosaur one but it had died when things became busy at work a few weeks
ago.
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Terry Collins (ter...@zip.net.au) wrote:
: Terry Pratchett wrote:
: Have just had my first experience with the things today. Spent all day
: trying to resucitate a decaying Win95 computer (unsuccessfully so far) and
: the user was baby minding a "My kitten" which kept on beeping at odd time
: for attention, all day.
How are those things implemented? I see a market for the Tamagotchi
Hibernator, which connects a very, very slow clock to the clock input of
the central chip and lets your cyberpet pass milliseconds of virtual
time in days of real time (or are they implemented in some technology
which doesn't need clocks or which fades away gently after a few microseconds
unclocked?)
If that doesn't work, it's time for the automated Tamagotchi-sitter. A small
camera, a small microphone, 3 solenoids, and some software which might
even be fun to develop ...
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