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====Humans and OS-tan magic==== | ====Humans and OS-tan magic==== | ||
It has been theorized that OS-tans often have wide ranges of magical skill. In addition to their self-defense ("security") powers and other forms of sorcery used in their day-to-day lives ("personal powers"), they have a certain sorcery abilities that they use in whatever job they're assigned to - spells related to business stuff, keeping track of information, collecting data from scientific experiments, etc. Unlike their more reflexive security and personal-use powers, these "work spells" can be easily invoked by human users and program-tans via commands. | It has been theorized that OS-tans often have wide ranges of magical skill. In addition to their self-defense ("security") powers and other forms of sorcery used in their day-to-day lives ("personal powers"), they have a certain sorcery abilities that they use in whatever job they're assigned to - spells related to business stuff, keeping track of information, collecting data from scientific experiments, etc. Unlike their more reflexive security and personal-use powers, these "work spells" can be easily invoked by human users and program-tans via commands.[http://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1539.msg131178.html#msg131178] | ||
These commands can take a variety of different forms. Some OS-tans - specifically, real-time, timesharing and interactive OS-tans - process these commands in real time, and need only for a user to request them to carry them out. Meanwhile, batch-processing OS-tans require the commands to be written down before they can process them, and the spellcasting process tends to be more ritualistic and prolonged than it is for interactive OS-tan spells. (Analogous to the spell scroll vs. regular casting process used in various RPGs.) | These commands can take a variety of different forms. Some OS-tans - specifically, real-time, timesharing and interactive OS-tans - process these commands in real time, and need only for a user to request them to carry them out. Meanwhile, batch-processing OS-tans require the commands to be written down before they can process them, and the spellcasting process tends to be more ritualistic and prolonged than it is for interactive OS-tan spells. (Analogous to the spell scroll vs. regular casting process used in various RPGs.) | ||
These ideas have implications | These ideas have implications for single-user and single-tasking vs. multiuser, multitasking and timesharing systems, since single-user OS-tans would presumably only be able to perform spell-casting for one person at a time, single-tasking OS-tans would only be able to perform single spells, while multitasking OS-tans could perform a variety in short succession and multiuser and timesharing OS-tans provide magical requests for large numbers of people. However, this subject has yet to be fully explored. | ||
A sub-theory suggests computer storage mediums, such as punch cards and paper-tape, are used as spellbooks by OS-tans and humans. | A sub-theory suggests computer storage mediums, such as punch cards and paper-tape, are used as spellbooks by OS-tans and humans. | ||
Another theory proposes that, with enough time and training, humans have the potential to master computer-tan "code magic". However, this is regarded as a very rare occurrence, due to the difficulties posed by learning the intricacies of computer magic, as well as the biologically- and psychologically-foreign nature of code magic. | Another theory proposes that, with enough time and training, humans have the potential to master computer-tan "code magic". However, this is regarded as a very rare occurrence, due to the difficulties posed by learning the intricacies of computer magic, as well as the biologically- and psychologically-foreign nature of code magic. | ||
====Humans and codespace==== | |||
User NejinOniwa's theories on human-codespace interaction. [http://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1539.msg131194.html#msg131194] | |||
==Theories about present and past factions== | ==Theories about present and past factions== | ||