Terradyne - Page 5

tshiggins · 08-21-2013, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by combatmedic

I'd say THS is not a 'fairly hard sci fi' setting. It's more like 'radical' SF.

YMMV

Your opinions of THS are a matter of record, on these fora. :)

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 08-22-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Not that Terradyne is actually retrotech. It's just not transhumanist.

Correct. It's not proper to use terms like "retro-tech" or "alternate history" about stories told about the future that have turned out to fail at prediction. Sorry.

A different word is needed. Right now I can't think of a good one.

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 08-22-2013, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Keiko

Wouldn't this be somewhat subjective anyway?

It's not an exact escience, sure.

David Johnston2 · 08-22-2013, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

Correct. It's not proper to use terms like "retro-tech" or "alternate history" about stories told about the future that have turned out to fail at prediction. Sorry.

A different word is needed. Right now I can't think of a good one.

I wasn't even going there. I was saying that Terradyne isn't retrotech...because it isn't retrotech. I just went through the tech section and everything in it is still solidly science fictional except for one thing that could be described as "retro"...the business model of the Terradyne web.

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 08-22-2013, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

I wasn't even going there. I was saying that Terradyne isn't retrotech...because it isn't retrotech. I just went through the tech section and everything in it is still solidly science fictional except for one thing that could be described as "retro"...the business model of the Terradyne web.

But their computers are crappier than the ones we have, even though (AFAIK) Terradyne takes place later than the year 2013. That is likely to generate a retro-tech'ish "feel".

David Johnston2 · 08-22-2013, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

But their computers are crappier than the ones we have,.

No. They aren't. Admittedly I'd increase their by the book complexity by one to make them compatible with 4th edition Ultratech, but they aren't _worse_ than modern computers.

vicky_molokh · 08-22-2013, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

one thing that could be described as "retro"...the business model of the Terradyne web.

What about it? It's been a long, long time.

David Johnston2 · 08-22-2013, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

What about it? It's been a long, long time.

They basically charge you for everything you look at.

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 08-22-2013, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

No. They aren't. Admittedly I'd increase their by the book complexity by one to make them compatible with 4th edition Ultratech, but they aren't _worse_ than modern computers.

Okay, then I've misunderstood some of the earlier posts in this thread.

Mike Wightman · 08-22-2013, 09:36 AM

Re-write a bit of the future history, move it forward in time by 50 to 100 years for a start.

Upate the computer rules.

I have used Terradyne as a pre-cursor to Blue Planet and also as a lead up to Traveller 2300.

08-22-2013, 09:36 AM	#50
Mike Wightman Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Terradyne Re-write a bit of the future history, move it forward in time by 50 to 100 years for a start. Upate the computer rules. I have used Terradyne as a pre-cursor to Blue Planet and also as a lead up to Traveller 2300.