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: In case of the Network, they don't steal and sell jewelry, but prohibited technology.
: In case of the Network, they don't steal and sell jewelry, but prohibited technology.


: In order to allow secure communication among the groups, the Network built powerful servers all over the world. The TITAN servers provided very strong encryption. At same time, they were wired to the [[wp:Tor_(anonymity_network)|Tor network]] to keep things anonymous.
: In order to allow secure communication among the groups, the Network built powerful servers all over the world. The TITAN servers provided very strong encryption. At same time, they were wired to the [[wp:Tor (network)|Tor network]] to keep things anonymous.


: With increasing computing power, reverse engineering fit nicely into their business strategy.
: With increasing computing power, reverse engineering fit nicely into their business strategy.
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For instance, in many states, antibiotics are overused. It's against one's better judgment, but our greed for money makes it easy to ignore dangers that occur in a delayed manner.
For instance, in many states, antibiotics are overused. It's against one's better judgment, but our greed for money makes it easy to ignore dangers that occur in a delayed manner.


We use antibiotics too often, to keep ourselves and the livestock healthy. That puts bacteria under [[wp:Evolutionary pressure|evolutionary pressure]]. There are concerns that more ''[[wp:Super_bug_(bacteria)|super bugs]]'' will emerge. These multi-drug-resistant bacteria can't be easily killed. The media-popular MRSA strain residing in hospitals is one such danger.
We use antibiotics too often, to keep ourselves and the livestock healthy. That puts bacteria under [[wp:Evolutionary pressure|evolutionary pressure]]. There are concerns that more ''[[wp:Antimicrobial resistance|super bugs]]'' will emerge. These multi-drug-resistant bacteria can't be easily killed. The media-popular MRSA strain residing in hospitals is one such danger.


Scientists try to come up with methods to reuse old antibiotics, or find new ones. However, it can be assumed that the bacteria will also adapt to the new inventions. It's a never-ending arms race.
Scientists try to come up with methods to reuse old antibiotics, or find new ones. However, it can be assumed that the bacteria will also adapt to the new inventions. It's a never-ending arms race.
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Yorick's skirmish with the memhunter leads to a new form of Imago shield. After absorbing the Oni clusters and energy resources of his dead comrades he is able to compute a natural graphene shields that can undergo other phase transitions. He also uses the gained computing power to tactically cut off the memhunter from his resources and uses them instead. ("Jammer spears", and own "sand layer" that acts as energy parasite, etc.)
Yorick's skirmish with the memhunter leads to a new form of Imago shield. After absorbing the Oni clusters and energy resources of his dead comrades he is able to compute a natural graphene shields that can undergo other phase transitions. He also uses the gained computing power to tactically cut off the memhunter from his resources and uses them instead. ("Jammer spears", and own "sand layer" that acts as energy parasite, etc.)


Hypershield: When Yorick managed to add entanglement regeneration to his [[wp:Bose–Einstein_condensate|BEC]] vessels, his shield became capable of undergoing an even higher grade of phase transition.
Hypershield: When Yorick managed to add entanglement regeneration to his [[wp:Bose–Einstein condensate|BEC]] vessels, his shield became capable of undergoing an even higher grade of phase transition.




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* Omega Chimeras can make use of external memory storage for different Imago stages and also knowledge.
* Omega Chimeras can make use of external memory storage for different Imago stages and also knowledge.
* Long-range objective is to create a collective consciousness (via network) called [[wp:Daemon_(mythology)|Daimon]]. <!--(Its success will bring about the creation of superintelligences and avatars.)-->
* Long-range objective is to create a collective consciousness (via network) called [[wp:Daimon|Daimon]]. <!--(Its success will bring about the creation of superintelligences and avatars.)-->


===Versions===
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: '''From symbiosis to symbiogenesis.'''
: '''From symbiosis to symbiogenesis.'''


: So a virus makes the host its ''own body''; but there also exist symbiotic viruses. These have not taken over a host cell, but sorta vice versa: they became fully incorporated into the host's genome. Two examples: First, the [[wp:Polydnavirus|polydnavirus]] inside of ichneumonid (parasitic) wasps is only produced when the wasps lay eggs in a caterpillar. The virus helps the wasp eggs to survive inside the caterpillar by affecting the immune system and changing the metabolism to the advantage of the wasp eggs. The second example concerns us humans (and all animals with a placenta). The retrovirus [[wp:ERVWE1|ERVWE1]] in our genome merges placenta cells through its produced protein "syncytin" in order to create a protective layer. That way, the embryo stays untouched by the mother's immune system. Otherwise it could be recognized as a foreign body because of the father's genes. The retrovirus gives us an advantage compared to non-placental mammals.
: So a virus makes the host its ''own body''; but there also exist symbiotic viruses. These have not taken over a host cell, but sorta vice versa: they became fully incorporated into the host's genome. Two examples: First, the [[wp:Polydnavirus|polydnavirus]] inside of ichneumonid (parasitic) wasps is only produced when the wasps lay eggs in a caterpillar. The virus helps the wasp eggs to survive inside the caterpillar by affecting the immune system and changing the metabolism to the advantage of the wasp eggs. The second example concerns us humans (and all animals with a placenta). The retrovirus [[wp:Syncytin-1|ERVWE1]] in our genome merges placenta cells through its produced protein "syncytin" in order to create a protective layer. That way, the embryo stays untouched by the mother's immune system. Otherwise it could be recognized as a foreign body because of the father's genes. The retrovirus gives us an advantage compared to non-placental mammals.


: The polydnavirus is still reproduced, but the second virus completely gave up its independence. They, the host and the virus, are rather one new organism instead of two. This process of merging organisms is called [[wp:Symbiogenesis|symbiogenesis]].
: The polydnavirus is still reproduced, but the second virus completely gave up its independence. They, the host and the virus, are rather one new organism instead of two. This process of merging organisms is called [[wp:Symbiogenesis|symbiogenesis]].
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(hypothetical)
(hypothetical)
*laser-induced plasma beam in tempests [https://web.archive.org/web/20130205205915/http://www.g-o.de/wissen-aktuell-8091-2008-04-15.html (src)]
*laser-induced plasma beam in tempests [https://web.archive.org/web/20130205205915/http://www.g-o.de/wissen-aktuell-8091-2008-04-15.html (src)]
*[[wp:Bose-Einstein_condensate|BEC]] + pyroelectric fusion <!-- problem: temperature difference, solution: see term "emergence" -->
*[[wp:Bose–Einstein condensate|BEC]] + pyroelectric fusion <!-- problem: temperature difference, solution: see term "emergence" -->
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