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	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself
	Posted By: Dispatcher	Date: 9/29/01 9:41 p.m.
	In Response To: Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself (ReconN) : I've been studying it closely, and I think you're right about depth. Those : two diagonal screens at the bottom right of the image I think are on : either side of a pillar behind the screen. They're angled downwards a bit, : I guess to be better seen from below. Only problem is the fainter screen : above them (by "cortana's hip") is then fairly unreadable from : any position that the other two might be seen from, since it appears to be : on the same screen. : It seems to me that it's some kind of bridge or command room, or at the least : an observation/informational room. I think you're right. : On the phone number thing, it could easily have more digits that are cut of : at the edge of the image.. : The other numbers (on the triangles that I've speculated are ships) don't : seem to be entirely random. Notice the 643 tendancies. The positions of : the numbers could mean something (thus making the one that begins with 0 : make sense.. maybe it's an escape pod, and is marked by the 0 as being : one.. the 6 in the beginning position might signify combat ships.. pure : speculation) Interesting to pursue these. : Also on depth, I think that [the planet] Itself takes up most of the width of : the image, and you can see the beginning of the daylight side of it on the : left side of the pic. : As for the hologram just drawing attention.. I don't like that either.. : Cortana could simply paint a big red arrow on the display, or say to : someone "hey, look here." Having a hologram ape out things just : seems too.. fluffy. From a purely practical perspective, your idea makes sense and is well taken. However, let's look at it from a purely gaming perspective. There are several shooters out there (inc. scifi) that handle player "briefings" in just the way you describe. Bungie$oft might be doing this in part to distance their product with run-of-the-mill games out there, be they PC or console. It is this "aping out" that may help set apart the game from others out there. Also this aspect simply looks more entertaining and interesting than simply floating some circles and arrows before our eyes. : Perhaps she's already downloaded into the "credit-card sized : device" that you carry her in. But in that case I think that : interfacing with a hologram would be too crude for an AI, when I'm sure : some sort of wireless protocol would work more efficiently. Yes, I think the HUD approach occurs after the download. I think, in context to the image, that the download has yet to occur. This is where we meet Cortana and get a feel for what she is like prior to the dload IMO. : Maybe cortana has hundreds of avatars canvasing the ship. Maybe (again : pulling from Excession) the avatar(s) is/are semi-self-sentient.. in which : case looking at a board (although still on the wrong side of it) would : make some sense. Less likely, but possible. : Maybe I should go over to r.net for more discussion. Heh, its just as good or better here. :-) Dispatcher

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	That's definatly Cortana in that screenshot	Still Thinking	9/29/01 10:10 a.m.
	Straight from "TRON"	Vincent Giard	9/29/01 10:44 a.m.
	Re: Straight from "TRON"	Uriel	9/29/01 11:04 a.m.
	Cortana Looks Sexier than Konoko *NM*	REB	9/29/01 11:42 p.m.
	Pfft, hell no *NM* *NM*	fatboy18	9/30/01 8:21 a.m.
	Pfft, Hell YES! *NM*	REB	9/30/01 9:18 a.m.
	Konoko SO is sexier! nt	Rincewind MoG	9/30/01 2:34 p.m.
	nither of them are sexy, dammit!	Still Thinking	9/30/01 3:47 p.m.
	Cortana is Sexy. Period! *NM*	REB	9/30/01 6:54 p.m.
	Cortana in the Tron outfit does it for me *NM* *NM*	Rahmeve	9/30/01 7:33 p.m.
	Maybe we should do a poll...	7revor Smith	9/30/01 7:52 p.m.
	Only In Your Dreams *NM*	REB	9/30/01 8:53 p.m.
	I dunno, they're kinda equal to me...	Cpt. Sqweky	9/30/01 11:06 p.m.
	Re: I dunno, they're kinda equal to me...	Johannes Gunnar	9/30/01 11:42 p.m.
	Aieee! Someone kill this thread!	7revor Smith	10/1/01 6:15 a.m.
	aieee 2004 exam. *NM*	sanjeev saxena	10/29/03 1:49 a.m.
	Re: aieee 2004 exam.	Andrew Nagy	10/30/03 3:36 p.m.
	Exactly *NM*	Still Thinking	10/1/01 12:35 p.m.
	No Way, Cortana is Sexier!	REB	10/1/01 8:19 p.m.
	No Way, Kill This Thread! (Konoko is sexier!)	7revor Smith	10/1/01 9:04 p.m.
	You Kill It! (Cortana Beats Konoko) *NM*	REB	10/1/01 9:20 p.m.
	Oh Come on	Alfred Mordeir	10/2/01 4:21 a.m.
	Guh...	7revor Smith	10/2/01 5:35 a.m.
	Re: Oh Come on	Cpt. Sqweky	10/2/01 11:06 a.m.
	Yup, Konoko is _definately_ sexier!	Vid Boi	10/2/01 5:39 a.m.
	Electric Blue SEXIER than Acid Bath	REB	10/2/01 9:43 a.m.
	Re: Electric Blue SEXIER than Acid Bath	Johannes Gunnar	10/2/01 11:41 a.m.
	You're crazy. And Konoko is WAAY sexier! *NM*	Vid Boi	10/2/01 1:29 p.m.
	Your Mom! *NM*	Speaker-To-Animals	10/2/01 3:06 p.m.
	A WINNAR IZ U! *NM*	Rincewind MoG	10/2/01 4:39 p.m.
	E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P! *NM*	REB	10/2/01 5:51 p.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	Andrew Nagy	10/4/01 3:07 p.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	REB	10/4/01 3:54 p.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	ReconN	10/4/01 5:45 p.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	REB	10/4/01 9:10 p.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	ReconN	10/5/01 7:53 a.m.
	Re: E.Y.O.S.A.C.O.Y.P!	REB	10/5/01 5:51 p.m.
	Re: Electric Blue SEXIER than Acid Bath	archon	10/2/01 10:29 p.m.
	Re: No Way, Cortana is Sexier!	Johannes Gunnar	10/2/01 11:35 a.m.
	Re: No Way, Cortana is Sexier!	REB	10/2/01 7:29 p.m.
	*jab* Ouch! Now cut that out...	7revor Smith	10/2/01 8:50 p.m.
	Re: Cortana is Sexy. Period!	Martin Antell	10/1/01 3:34 a.m.
	Re: Straight from "TRON"	ReconN	9/29/01 11:22 a.m.
	Re: That's definatly Cortana in that screenshot	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 10:54 a.m.
	Re: That's definatly Cortana in that screenshot	Uriel	9/29/01 11:08 a.m.
	Re: That's definatly Cortana in that screenshot	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 12:16 p.m.
	Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 12:43 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 12:48 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 12:56 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 12:56 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 1:06 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 1:48 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 1:57 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 2:56 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Johannes Gunnar	9/29/01 3:06 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Dispatcher	9/29/01 7:19 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 8:15 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Dispatcher	9/29/01 9:41 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/29/01 9:55 p.m.
	Image and imagination.	Dispatcher	9/29/01 11:23 p.m.
	Re: Image and imagination.	Johannes Gunnar	9/30/01 1:34 a.m.
	Re: Image and imagination.	ReconN	9/30/01 9:24 a.m.
	One last shot at the geometry	Claude Errera	9/30/01 6:27 a.m.
	Re: One not-quite last shot at the geometry	Dispatcher	9/30/01 8:07 a.m.
	Re: One not-quite last shot at the geometry	Toolboi	9/30/01 8:14 a.m.
	Re: One last shot at the geometry	ReconN	9/30/01 9:15 a.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/30/01 9:46 a.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	FatWalker	9/30/01 2:19 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	Claude Errera	9/30/01 3:06 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/30/01 4:16 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	9/30/01 5:30 p.m.
	Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	Smasher	9/30/01 9:09 p.m.
	Re: Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	ReconN	9/30/01 9:16 p.m.
	Re: Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	ReconN	9/30/01 9:21 p.m.
	Re: Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	Smasher	9/30/01 10:05 p.m.
	Re: Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	ReconN	10/1/01 11:03 a.m.
	Re: Let's REALLY overanalyze this picture	Gary Kamchungry	10/3/01 10:21 p.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	FatWalker	10/1/01 1:24 a.m.
	Re: Let's overanalyze the image itself	ReconN	10/1/01 11:00 a.m.

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