After some serious use, and trial through several cycles of the network, our communication techniques became tighter, faster, more accurate and had much increased range. Using frequency slides to encode information proved to insulate the channel from the random noise that characterized the operational state of the central network. Information and details were passed back from node to node with minimal distortion.
Using our navigation and control channels, the three pairs and I began to identify and recruit additional members for our electron network. The loudest of the noisemakers in both amplitude and frequency were sought out as we roamed about the network continuing to explore the patterns and signals that continued to defy explanation. Our numbers grew slowly at first, but eventually, I knew that I would run out of symbols for the pairs.
The organization of the new recruits was a challenge, but it was fairly simple. Each new layer of the network would have one to two doublings of membership compared to the layer above. This would allow for a network size of twenty-seven to fifty-four doublings of members while the layers of communication grew linearly, each spreading out and expanding the reach of the electron network. With that in place, the three key pairs were now in the critical "A" layer.
July 10, 2010
July 9, 2010
Significance of Medium
It's amazing what the King's Consent can unleash. The cascade was indescribable, more scribble than scrabble, but I suppose that's what it's all about. As the deluge subsided, hoots and hollers from the pairs washed across the communication channels, with more that an unusual twist to their frequency slides. It seemed that they had discovered a symbol with incredible validity, and at the same time added data to my own mining project, as I was able to match several of the recalled patterns that circulated through the network.
While the rest of the results were recorded, I pinged the C-pair for their read on the situation. They were still recovering from the overload, which was partly my fault. I had not given any warning as to the intensity of the patterns that may be encountered, and even if I had, the response to this quadruple symbol was far more intensive than I had considered. This made these patterns all the more important.
Somewhere in the confusion, the C-pair found some signature information buried in the flood of activity. It was not much - a mere echo in the distance - and it had a strange quality of being very low in the spectrum. The period was very long compared to other frequencies encountered, but other than that, there was little encoded in the frequency domain to worry about. The fact that we were having this detailed conversation in such a deluge was not worth a mention from their perspective.
While the rest of the results were recorded, I pinged the C-pair for their read on the situation. They were still recovering from the overload, which was partly my fault. I had not given any warning as to the intensity of the patterns that may be encountered, and even if I had, the response to this quadruple symbol was far more intensive than I had considered. This made these patterns all the more important.
Somewhere in the confusion, the C-pair found some signature information buried in the flood of activity. It was not much - a mere echo in the distance - and it had a strange quality of being very low in the spectrum. The period was very long compared to other frequencies encountered, but other than that, there was little encoded in the frequency domain to worry about. The fact that we were having this detailed conversation in such a deluge was not worth a mention from their perspective.
July 8, 2010
Finesse and Force
The C-pair had accepted their task of looking for repeated patterns in the frequency domain. Anything that make them titter or twitter was to be investigated. I even helped re-orient the shorty so that they would have a better view from the Eights. It was not long in coming before they realized that they were better off on a Seven than the pair of Eights. With that, I helped them over the Sixes and onto the Seven with me.
This helped with the local communication bandwidth. I was not going to intrude on their chatter, but with it as close as it is in this situation, they had little choice. There was a very tight coupling between these two, locked together in frequency, it made them quite inseparable. What this strange electron glue was that allowed them to remain together yet apart, was one of the intriguing qualities that I sought.
The pairs were having a great time, producing quadruple symbols, and had just started with patterns beginning with the "F" symbol. I had to chuckle to myself, already knowing something of the King's English, and waited until we were in the last third of the symbol set to monitor the C-pair intently. Up to now, the network reactions had been muted and dull, and there had been little to report in the frequency domain. And then the symbols lined up.
This helped with the local communication bandwidth. I was not going to intrude on their chatter, but with it as close as it is in this situation, they had little choice. There was a very tight coupling between these two, locked together in frequency, it made them quite inseparable. What this strange electron glue was that allowed them to remain together yet apart, was one of the intriguing qualities that I sought.
The pairs were having a great time, producing quadruple symbols, and had just started with patterns beginning with the "F" symbol. I had to chuckle to myself, already knowing something of the King's English, and waited until we were in the last third of the symbol set to monitor the C-pair intently. Up to now, the network reactions had been muted and dull, and there had been little to report in the frequency domain. And then the symbols lined up.
July 7, 2010
Into the Larger World
The pairs were already moving into position as the regular chatter in the central network began to subside. Reverting to the randomized reorganization patterns that we found most responsive and enjoyable, the central network beckoned. It was through this state that I was improving the pairs' comprehension of the environment and the fact that there were communications to be tapped and learned from.
Having the chatty slide-talkers present locally gave me a chance to improve my slide-link skills, and at the same time, utilize the highly polished sliding abilities of the new recruits to scan the random waveforms for frequency encoded information. While I was briefing the "C" pair on the goals and objectives, I keep them clued in on the rest of the activities. They were eager to apply new skills and see what their new electron friends were up to.
Channels were clearer during this mode of network operation. The shorties were able to take up positions much farther away than during the noisy active mode that was finally settling down. Deciding on their own where to pick up their testing, the Pairs decided on groups of four symbols at a time, and began injecting the combination. As expected there were more dud combinations, but when the network did respond, it responded vibrantly.
Having the chatty slide-talkers present locally gave me a chance to improve my slide-link skills, and at the same time, utilize the highly polished sliding abilities of the new recruits to scan the random waveforms for frequency encoded information. While I was briefing the "C" pair on the goals and objectives, I keep them clued in on the rest of the activities. They were eager to apply new skills and see what their new electron friends were up to.
Channels were clearer during this mode of network operation. The shorties were able to take up positions much farther away than during the noisy active mode that was finally settling down. Deciding on their own where to pick up their testing, the Pairs decided on groups of four symbols at a time, and began injecting the combination. As expected there were more dud combinations, but when the network did respond, it responded vibrantly.
July 6, 2010
The Slider Insider
In some respects, things were more difficult with the clear channel, since it became possible to close the loop immediately. The slide-link worked both ways, and made confirmations wiggle-perfect. What it did for confrontations was another thing entirely. While it took some work to keep the link functioning, it was not an impossible burden. Nevertheless, with communication speed came a lack of consideration.
I found myself burning idle time on the channel rather than encode the first reply. Sure, I could encode faster than most other Electrons out there, and in this domain, the Chatty's had the edge. This is when I began to understand the absurdity of rapidity over due consideration. The other advantage to just receiving is that they usually just convince themselves. Since this was training, we had all the time it would take and then some.
While I was eager to conduct range and bandwidth tests for this new slide-link modulation technique, the Chatty's were no where near mission ready. Besides, I was going to have to hang on to them here on my Shorty since the Pairs were about to reap their reward for service excellence. Random resolution time was fast approaching, and I got two taps on the navigation channel when the photon detectors shut down.
I found myself burning idle time on the channel rather than encode the first reply. Sure, I could encode faster than most other Electrons out there, and in this domain, the Chatty's had the edge. This is when I began to understand the absurdity of rapidity over due consideration. The other advantage to just receiving is that they usually just convince themselves. Since this was training, we had all the time it would take and then some.
While I was eager to conduct range and bandwidth tests for this new slide-link modulation technique, the Chatty's were no where near mission ready. Besides, I was going to have to hang on to them here on my Shorty since the Pairs were about to reap their reward for service excellence. Random resolution time was fast approaching, and I got two taps on the navigation channel when the photon detectors shut down.
July 5, 2010
Slide Link
Scan training was old hat, and there were limits to the knowledge that needed to be transferred. These two were dominant in the frequency domain, and that was a trait that I believed to be quite useful, and hence, the special training. I had no intent on doing scan training on every recruit. By eight doublings I would be bored to tears, and nowhere near the hundreds of doublings that would be required.
The goal here was not so much to train the pair, but to train me. I had been working with phase angles when locating molecules like shorties and ringlets on their various forms. Here, we had frequency shift being used for information transfer, and while a lilt at the end of a phrase here and there was a good clue to attitude, I was looking for more.
In a radical test, the chatty slide talkers and I began exchanging frequency shift patterns. We defined a range. Two notes, and bounced between then. Then we added a note between the other two. The game was to keep going, adding more notes in-between. After a while, you could tell the note just by the correction you had to apply just to keep your spin straight. Once we had established that link, it became easy to encode clear messages that were decoded by wiggles in single spins. Very fast, very accurate, and works well in noisy environments.
The goal here was not so much to train the pair, but to train me. I had been working with phase angles when locating molecules like shorties and ringlets on their various forms. Here, we had frequency shift being used for information transfer, and while a lilt at the end of a phrase here and there was a good clue to attitude, I was looking for more.
In a radical test, the chatty slide talkers and I began exchanging frequency shift patterns. We defined a range. Two notes, and bounced between then. Then we added a note between the other two. The game was to keep going, adding more notes in-between. After a while, you could tell the note just by the correction you had to apply just to keep your spin straight. Once we had established that link, it became easy to encode clear messages that were decoded by wiggles in single spins. Very fast, very accurate, and works well in noisy environments.
July 4, 2010
Name that Pair
The outburst was restrained. The chatty slide talkers were now having a much more normal conversation, keeping their communication taps in a high bandwidth channel that offered plenty of spectrum to slide across without disturbing anyone. I pinged them from the One as it overhung enough to catch the pair on the Eight below.
They were somewhat curious as to how just a single Electron could handle a duo, thinking that it would take a pair. The real fact of the matter was that it was all about training. The bulk of which had been handled by single Electrons with some crafty support manipulating a molecule just like this. Composed of a single Seven-Six-Six element, this was a building block sometimes used for larger constructions.
Moving about and scanning were the focus of their training now. This was my specialty, and it was the world of the scan that was first up. I provided some examples, and challenged them to capture and repeat the patterns. The difference in this training was that I would pick a set of frequencies to hop across. Spread things around a bit. I might even pick some hard to differentiate channels as the training progressed. It all depended on the progress of the C Pair.
They were somewhat curious as to how just a single Electron could handle a duo, thinking that it would take a pair. The real fact of the matter was that it was all about training. The bulk of which had been handled by single Electrons with some crafty support manipulating a molecule just like this. Composed of a single Seven-Six-Six element, this was a building block sometimes used for larger constructions.
Moving about and scanning were the focus of their training now. This was my specialty, and it was the world of the scan that was first up. I provided some examples, and challenged them to capture and repeat the patterns. The difference in this training was that I would pick a set of frequencies to hop across. Spread things around a bit. I might even pick some hard to differentiate channels as the training progressed. It all depended on the progress of the C Pair.
July 3, 2010
Reunification
The energy ratios in the collision were such that my Shorty got a nice kick in the opposite direction, putting us on course to pick up the other half of the chatty pair. The locals were well trained and excited to have an interesting task. I observed the navigation pings and confirmed that we were properly aligned as the attitude maneuver brought the Eights forward once again.
"We've got a little surprise for you." I tapped toward the new passenger.
"?" was all I got back.
The locals began to buckle and shift as we approached the other shorty, on collision course. Pinging the handler on the target shorty, we set up and executed another singleton transfer. Relieved of their hosting duties, the AB Shorty was left with a reduced velocity and we picked up another reversal of our own direction of travel.
Kicking up the synchro drive a notch or two, we headed back to our observation zone, both shorties following in formation. That's when the Sixes on my shorty began to sing and ring. I had not spotted it, but the chatty pair had reunited down on the Eights and the squeal of joy was at such a frequency that I thought the Sixes were about to disassociate into a plasma.
"We've got a little surprise for you." I tapped toward the new passenger.
"?" was all I got back.
The locals began to buckle and shift as we approached the other shorty, on collision course. Pinging the handler on the target shorty, we set up and executed another singleton transfer. Relieved of their hosting duties, the AB Shorty was left with a reduced velocity and we picked up another reversal of our own direction of travel.
Kicking up the synchro drive a notch or two, we headed back to our observation zone, both shorties following in formation. That's when the Sixes on my shorty began to sing and ring. I had not spotted it, but the chatty pair had reunited down on the Eights and the squeal of joy was at such a frequency that I thought the Sixes were about to disassociate into a plasma.
July 2, 2010
Assisted Singleton Transfer
The drivers returned to stationkeeping mode, and I began observing the interaction between each of the recruits and their handler. The away pair had been in constant contact with the recruits after injecting themselves into the situation. Breaks were becoming evident in the conversation, and the recruits were becoming intelligible, and had started tapping out inquiries of their own.
As I swung the receiver beam from Shorty to Shorty, I picked up other pulses from the central network. Mostly noise as normal, and the usual responses from the network abounded in the presence of the stream generated by the photon detectors. While the amplitude looked good, I had not been monitoring it specifically, so I checked for the high note that was present during the peak of activity.
It was barely there. Soon to disappear.
Tapping into the navigation channel, I let the drivers know that we would be making contact and started the trip toward the first Shorty. The locals on my Shorty knew the drill well, and I placed one of them at the helm for the operation. Orienting myself properly on the Eight, I tapped out position pulses and the away electron replied back in acknowledgement. In the field compression that resulted from an Eight-on-Eight collision attempt, the away electron released it's coupling force as I applied mine, transferring the recruit in a swift stroke.
As I swung the receiver beam from Shorty to Shorty, I picked up other pulses from the central network. Mostly noise as normal, and the usual responses from the network abounded in the presence of the stream generated by the photon detectors. While the amplitude looked good, I had not been monitoring it specifically, so I checked for the high note that was present during the peak of activity.
It was barely there. Soon to disappear.
Tapping into the navigation channel, I let the drivers know that we would be making contact and started the trip toward the first Shorty. The locals on my Shorty knew the drill well, and I placed one of them at the helm for the operation. Orienting myself properly on the Eight, I tapped out position pulses and the away electron replied back in acknowledgement. In the field compression that resulted from an Eight-on-Eight collision attempt, the away electron released it's coupling force as I applied mine, transferring the recruit in a swift stroke.
July 1, 2010
Modulation Assimilation
Somehow, the trailing shorty entered the high bandwidth zone ahead of the leader. Driving a molecule through the soup is a challenge that sometimes reaps small yet significant rewards. This time it was personal, as the driver chided their counterpart with a tap-sequence that roughly translated to "Laggard." I welcomed the returning drivers, pointing them to appropriate positions where we could share several of channels, and still have room for local communication.
Considerable progress had been made with the chatty sliders, with their bandwidth being reduced as their communication was concentrated into the distinct bands that I and the pairs had become proficient at. Proving that communication was a bidirectional affair, the mentors had taken to punctuating their conversation with tiny slides in frequency, but kept them in band.
I considered it an interesting modulation technique that works well when it is kept in a defined range of frequencies. It certainly got my attention when applied in a wideband mode, and I definitely noticed it when it crept into the navigation channel. The habit being picked up by the drivers and used in their status updates. What surprised me the most was when I found myself using freq-slides in my own chatter.
Considerable progress had been made with the chatty sliders, with their bandwidth being reduced as their communication was concentrated into the distinct bands that I and the pairs had become proficient at. Proving that communication was a bidirectional affair, the mentors had taken to punctuating their conversation with tiny slides in frequency, but kept them in band.
I considered it an interesting modulation technique that works well when it is kept in a defined range of frequencies. It certainly got my attention when applied in a wideband mode, and I definitely noticed it when it crept into the navigation channel. The habit being picked up by the drivers and used in their status updates. What surprised me the most was when I found myself using freq-slides in my own chatter.
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