On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Stephen Hoy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephenhoy@yahoo.com">stephenhoy@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><font size="2">None of these possibilities gains much traction because we have almost no information about the nature of the Os. The most revealing info comes from a discussion of spying in Ch 2, "I can't imagine how a human being could spy on the Os." "Electronically."</font></div>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I can see three ways of reading that:</div><div><br></div><div>a) Spying has to be electronic because the Os are non-organic or robotic (Os as OS as operating system?)</div>
<div>b) The Os don't at all resemble humans and therefore no human spy could infiltrate an Os organization, so electronic reconnaissance is the only option.</div><div>c) The Os communicate non-verbally; perhaps there are telepathic communications that might be electronically intercepted?</div>
<div><br></div><div>a) would seem to presuppose another race behind the Os. None of these three options rule out the other two from also being true. </div><div><br></div><div>-Matt</div></div>