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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1 Apr, 17:57, "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >>  wrote:   
   >> > On 1 Apr, 15:42, "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> > The entire plot   
   >> > strand is predicated on a misunderstanding of how downloading works   
   >>   
   >> Yes...because you are trying to apply your knowledge of ones and zeros to   
   >> something more complex.   
   >>   
   >> > that seems inconceivable in an age where everyone downloads things all   
   >> > the time. And no, don't compound the error with "it's analogue, so   
   >> > can't be copied" - if that were anything other than gibberish it   
   >> > wouldn't be possible to mass produce cars or analogue watches.   
   >>   
   >> Cars come right off the assembly line with varying horsepower, defects,   
   >> etc...   
   >   
   >But not inherently unable to function if they aren't exact replicas of   
   >the prototype car.   
      
   Cars come right off the assembly line without an inherent ability to   
   function.  they aren't 'exact replicas' becaseu no two are truly, 'exactly',   
   the same.   
      
   >The problem lies not with the suggestion that   
   >analogue copies vary among each other, but with the suggestion that   
   >they are inherently uncopiable - I doubt Graystone would have cared   
   >much if different Centurions had different personalities if he could   
   >produce them in the appropriate numbers.   
      
   Your line of reasoning suggests that you have not even considered the   
   possibility that fleshy-Zoe's 'soul' found its way into avatar-Zoe (the   
   'analog' component).   
      
   Or, if you want to discount 'God' as being a factor in any of this, you are   
   still entirely discounting any/all time that avatar-Zoe spent   
   learning/changing through her experiences with fleshy-Zoe.  That process has   
   not been repeated (or even attempted) by the lab techs in any way.  The   
   closest thing to that style of learning was the 'let the robot out of the   
   lab' bit that ended rather prematurely.   
      
   Additionally, there is nothing to suggest that the attempts to replicate   
   more Cylons have gone further than adding the software 'program' (which is   
   not something that inherently includes the Zoe database) to a hardware   
   platform (additional chips made by Graystone) which may not actually be   
   'identical' to the defective chip that was originally stolen and is in use   
   by avatar-Zoe.   
      
   >> In any case, I have said earlier that people are misinterpretting the   
   >> word   
   >> 'analog'. I think the wording was more to suggest 'fuzzy logic' /   
   >> inexactness / something other than simply ones and zeros.   
   >   
   >Analogue was used in opposition to digital - i.e. in the same context   
   >as an analogue watch.   
      
   It was interpretted that way by the bulk of the audience posting here.  That   
   does not make it true.   
      
   >Yes, something other than 1s and 0s, but there's   
   >no special property of binary coding that makes it copiable in a way   
   >that analogue data isn't.   
      
   What 'copy' has spent time with fleshy-Zoe?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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