I started with "My friend..." and decided the rest was probably fictional, so I jumped to "...fridge" and made myself a sandwich instead.
Regarding the deep and philosophical musings which may or may have appeared between these two points of the comment, I think it's probably best addressed by a forum poll.
I think the best thing to do, if you you soil your undies mid gunfight due to the concussive force of a grenade, would be to pour a bottle of Nanotide onto your crotch.
Yes Nanotide, the magic little nanobots that clean you clothes using the magic of microspcopic bubbles! And you'll never have to worry about spilling coffee or wine on yourself again with the new Nanotide personals! Availible at your closest retailer!
Yes Nanotide, the magic little nanobots that clean you clothes using the magic of microspcopic bubbles! And you'll never have to worry about spilling coffee or wine on yourself again with the new Nanotide personals! Availible at your closest retailer!
Warning: Do not pour nanites directly on to crotch. Man shown was a trained professional. Pouring nanites on your crothch can cause irritation, burning, blisters, gradual loss of skin and muscles tissue, and death.
I wasn't denigrating Dredd.
What do you mean by "Did Aristoi remind you of the Culture novels by Iain Banks at all? " ?
What do you mean by "Did Aristoi remind you of the Culture novels by Iain Banks at all? " ?
Errr...
No.
If I remember correctly, there is no sentient machines in Aristoi.
It is a society of classes. The posthuman rulers (Aristoi) have full control of their domains (planets) and their destiny. This ruling classe of Elite share the same feature : a divided mind (yes, they are schizo). Each personality is part of a whole and impersonate a part of the Aristo persona (agressivity and war, love and arts, calculation and reason ...). The aristoi communicate through a kind of neural network (with hardwired interface), but I do not remember AI or drones like those Banks entertain us with. The big big meta power of Aristoi is their control of nanos (notably Mataglap who destroyed Earth) with which they shape their domain.
In another Williams'novel , however, the main character is intimatly linked with an AI (Implied Spaces, 2009 ).
Where banks imagined an hedonistic anarchist society, Williams is painting a very rigid one, with much less commonly available tech.
No.
If I remember correctly, there is no sentient machines in Aristoi.
It is a society of classes. The posthuman rulers (Aristoi) have full control of their domains (planets) and their destiny. This ruling classe of Elite share the same feature : a divided mind (yes, they are schizo). Each personality is part of a whole and impersonate a part of the Aristo persona (agressivity and war, love and arts, calculation and reason ...). The aristoi communicate through a kind of neural network (with hardwired interface), but I do not remember AI or drones like those Banks entertain us with. The big big meta power of Aristoi is their control of nanos (notably Mataglap who destroyed Earth) with which they shape their domain.
In another Williams'novel , however, the main character is intimatly linked with an AI (Implied Spaces, 2009 ).
Where banks imagined an hedonistic anarchist society, Williams is painting a very rigid one, with much less commonly available tech.
Already met "Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints" from Banks' Surface Details ?
God, I love that ship.
God, I love that ship.