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       Space Gopher 2000
       July 05th, 2018
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       What if quantum entaglement and spooky action at a distance allow
       for us to create extremely long range connections, but with very
       low bandwidth. "Why would that be the case?" you might ask.
       Frankly, I have no idea. If you don't think about the details too
       much it seems like something you could gloss over in a story,
       though.
       
       I want to explore that idea in a short story as a vehicle to
       reintroduce gopher as the web of the space-future. No nonsense,
       text driven communication across vast spaces would make for an
       incredible aesthetic and a great reason to draw some attention
       back to port 70.
       
       I think of films like Alien and their use of text for
       communication and it makes sense to me. Local running AIs and
       super-powerful UI crap is neat, but for anything at a distance we
       fall back on the age-old safety of text. If you imagine a universe
       populated by ships launched and traveling at relativistic speeds,
       we quickly encounter vast distances in relative time, not only
       space. These time gaps are a bigger threat to communication than
       distance. We cannot innovate because it leaves behind all those
       that have gone out before. We cannot shift paradigms. We must
       speak to a common level.
       
       Isn't that a cool thought? I want to read stuff in that universe.
       I want gopher featured prominantly. I guess I should start working
       on it at some point.
       
       Do any of you have any ideas to pile on top? I don't have a story
       here at all, just setting, so I could use all the help I can get.
       Or, I guess if one of you is feeling the creative juices flowing,
       take it and run. I want to read it more than I want to write it.