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Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and you
Posted By: Steve CampbellDate: 10/25/05 2:31 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and you (Steve Levinson)

: What Steve is saying, I think, is that Thoth may have been programmed to
: respond to Jjaro technology. It's not clear whether Thoth was built by the
: Jjaro themselves or by the S'Pht'Kr, but he undoubtedly is based on Jjaro
: tech. I think that Steve is also proposing that Thoth's purpose was to
: keep the fighting among the various S'Pht clans balanced - to keep any one
: clan from becoming dominant. Now it is also widely accepted that the
: player is cybernetic and that he likely has implants of Jjaro origin. We
: are never told this explicitly in the Marathon story, but there is
: evidence all over the place that this is likely so, just as it is likely
: that the breakthrough that Bernard Strauss made in AI development also had
: Jjaro origins. In any case, it has always been a puzzle why Thoth responds
: to the player in the M2 level We're Everywhere, well before we actually
: start to activate him. What I think Steve is suggesting is that maybe what
: we see is a pre-recorded message that is triggered by our Jjaro implants -
: in other words, Thoth recognizes us as being of Jjaro origin and responds
: with a basic 'hello, I'm ready to be activated'.

You know..."might have been" and "might be saying" and "likely so". The whole thing goes back to Pathways, the Jjaro was connected to that and then it all was to hook in. I am sorry, but I think many spend way too much time making something out of nothing. The story was laid out very well and I think for those that sit on the boards and use to ask the Bungie guys these same questions, the answers were pretty straigh forward. By the way, I lost interest in Halo after it was told that all of our Marathon finds in the game were placed there just for those of us that had been in the community since 94, 95.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to see what people come up with on here, it really is.

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Thoth, the Jjaro, and youPeter Larson 10/22/05 8:49 a.m.
     Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youMr. Bill 10/22/05 4:27 p.m.
     Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youMr. Bill 10/22/05 4:36 p.m.
     Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youSteve Campbell 10/24/05 9:35 a.m.
           Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youSteve Levinson 10/24/05 3:35 p.m.
                 Oops!Steve Levinson 10/24/05 3:38 p.m.
                 And on top of that . . .Steve Levinson 10/24/05 3:48 p.m.
                       Re: And on top of that . . .Mr. Bill 10/24/05 5:46 p.m.
                       Re: And on top of that . . .Ender 10/25/05 5:51 a.m.
                             Re: And on top of that . . .Mr. Bill 10/25/05 6:53 a.m.
                       Re: And on top of that . . .Andrew Nagy 10/25/05 6:24 p.m.
                 Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youSteve Campbell 10/25/05 2:31 p.m.
                       Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youMr. Bill 10/25/05 5:48 p.m.
                             Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youDave 10/26/05 4:57 a.m.
                             Re: Thoth, the Jjaro, and youSteve Campbell 10/26/05 8:32 a.m.
                             bahMrHen 10/28/05 4:40 p.m.

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