Non-capsuleer implants

For many people, capsuleer implants are the first ones they get.

I got my first child-model implants in my teens, after proper clan rites. Memory augmentation, math routines, file storage and such basic school-help stuff.

A riddle

A riddle from my childhood:

More precious than gold,
lighter than thought.
Can be sold but not bought,
and broken but not mended.

Shot by Amarr, captured by Sansha

Following some of the recent Sansha attacks there was a discussion on the alliance channel whether it would be better for the Amarr to be shot by us or be captured by the Sansha.

And, after a while wheter we would prefer to be shot by Amarr or captured by Sansha.

I would prefer to be shot. Unpleasant things are better over quickly. Besides, I cannot dishonor my clan if I'm dead.

The Respectable Club

Yesterday I briefly considered founding The Respectable Club.

A peer support group for people who think being evil is not cool, and that trying to mimic the appearances and mannerisms of evil people in order to appear evil is not cool either.

Decoy Sansha attacks

Sansha have been attacking systems lately. I have difficulty taking the attacks at face value.

An organization famous for their advanced mind control and able to somehow affect wormholes announces their intentions and appears to co-ordinate the attacks on local channel?

Some suggest the Sansha are smacking. Others, that they are stupid.

It seems to me there might be something the Sansha want more than success of these operations.

IGS, about soul

Post to IGS:

My clan believes spirit or soul is our personal part of the spirit of our kin, stored in the unity of flesh and mind.

This unity is forever lost when one is emergency cloned or clone jumps. After that what remains is a copy with the belief it is the original.

The spiritual part of kinship cannot survive serialization to data. The physical part of the kinship is lost when one moves to borrowed flesh. And even if both persisted, separating one from another breaks the whole.

Does soullessness make somebody a monster? Not necessarily. Ethics and morals are also a concious choice. Being able to do evil does not make such deeds a necessity, just like being able to do good does not force one to goodness.

I have not been in the habit of posting to IGS before. I wonder if participating in such conversation was particularly smart.

Wanting enemies instead of friends

Many capsuleers and capsuleer organizations have a curious relationship with hate as an emotion. They seem to be looking for excuses to dislike people, corporations, organizations. To declare their antagonism, and act on it.

From the outside I am tempted to conclude they enjoy having enemies more than having friends and allies.

Talking stronger

Some people make communication an ego contest.

They seem to think using stronger and more antagonizing language makes them seem more clever or the listeners more likely to agree and understand.

In my opinion neither is true.

Procrastination

I find I quite enjoy organizing stuff and cleaning up hangars.

Especially when there are other things I maybe should be doing.