On Tuesday 16 August 2005 02:18 pm, Greg S wrote: > > > OOG: Is this being broadcasted to the /Blue Rain/? > > > >OOC: If the channel is covered, I don't see why it wouldn't be as I'd > >imagine > >the link would be duplex. ie think sat com today or even spread spectrum. > >I'm > >not sure in Eris's world because the lack of ICs would impact the price of > >com equipment not to mention the space constraints assuming encryption in > >the > >future is still modulus and rotation functions just done in tubes or > > widely spaced fets. If the latter is true, then encryption which could be > > contained > >in a starship would be easily broken by land based (non grav field) > >computational devices. Demodulation of spread spectrum info would also be > >exceptionally difficult because with power spread over the spectrum we end > >of > >with a need for discrete components needing an exceptional bandwidth or > > the Fourier expansion (ie 3rd 4th 5th 6th... harmonic) wont transmit. > > > >Eris ruling????? > > This was just idle chatter in the Walk, while Woof was waiting for the > rescue, and bemoaning the fact that he wasn't out there doing something > else. No broadcast anywhere. OOC: Either way the question degenerates to one of: Is the defacto opening of a com link = a duplex conference call and therefore an active mute is required for someone to be excluded from the link or is the defacto that if one is not actively included then they are excluded by default. The former is only possible if duplex com and encryption are available and the standard. -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
