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#AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to
#AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to


'''The network''' can be seen as an extrapolation of the [http://about.bloomberg.com/professional/index.html Bloomberg terminal].
'''The network''' can be seen as an extrapolation of the [https://www.bloomberg.com/faq/ Bloomberg terminal].
:The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal.
:The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal.


'''The guy''' may have been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO CEO] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana in the splashscreen/logo)
'''The guy''' may have been the [[wp:CEO|CEO]] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana in the splashscreen/logo)


===Name origin===
===Name origin===
;From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar Wikipedia]
;From [[wp:Avatar|Wikipedia]]
:The Sanskrit word '''avat�?ra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes.
:The Sanskrit word '''avatāra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes.


;Sur le fil du rasoir
;Sur le fil du rasoir
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar HERE] :
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from the above article:
::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge."
::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge."
:Also echoes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner Blade Runner] a bit.
:Also echoes [[wp:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]] a bit.


===Avatars===
===Avatars===
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====Vehicles====
====Vehicles====
Here's the kind of car I'd drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [http://arabam.milliyet.com.tr/fuar/2004/paris/peugeot_907.jpg Peugeot 907].
Here's the kind of car I'd drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822124844/http://arabam.milliyet.com.tr/fuar/2004/paris/peugeot_907.jpg Peugeot 907].
:[http://www.channel4.com/4car/di/road+test/driving+impression/1008/2 HERE] is a review : "120mph travelling backwards..."
:A review says: "120mph travelling backwards..."


Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [http://www.moteurnature.com/actu/2004/peugeot_quark.php Peugeot Quark]
Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [http://www.moteurnature.com/actu/2004/peugeot_quark.php Peugeot Quark]
:(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...)
:(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...)
Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/2003_detroit+2004_dodge_tomahawk+front_right_view.jpg Dodge Tomahawk].
Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [[wp:Dodge_Tomahawk|Dodge Tomahawk]].


More cars (for completeness), streamlined ones:
More cars (for completeness), streamlined ones:
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