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Prediction
Jul. 15th, 2009 09:31 amCharles Stross's next book (described only by title and what it's not here) will concern a system (probably highly-automated with distributed human components (possibly a hijacked altruistic distributed-computing platform) for generating arbitrary, high-quality, realistic pornography featuring arbitrary persons.
Said pornography will then be used for some kind of financial shenanigan -- either a major stock manipulation (most likely of a large entertainment company, but possibly of an insurer/bank by causing them to pay out completion insurance on a major production) or, for the weirder but smaller payoff, a move in the royalty backed bond secondary market.
Said pornography will then be used for some kind of financial shenanigan -- either a major stock manipulation (most likely of a large entertainment company, but possibly of an insurer/bank by causing them to pay out completion insurance on a major production) or, for the weirder but smaller payoff, a move in the royalty backed bond secondary market.
I hope my comp will be able to handle it
Oct. 29th, 2008 11:04 pmStar Trek Online continues to look interesting. Romulans won't be in at launch, but will be a faction later, and Ferengi (apparently as members of the Federation) will be in at launch. If I decide to play, watch for me as a Ferengi Tactical or Security officer, or a Romulan Science officer or Engineer if I wait until they're in.
