(DAMN Yahell! So much for my long and rambling post... Quickie
edition to follow.)
I've actually spent a lot of time thinking about how one might go
about "creating" furries, so to speak. I've been working on a
little sci-fi thingy off and on for the last few years that happens
to involve furries. I originally tried making it into a novel of
sorts, but... My brain got fried from trying to figure out the
storyline, plus there's a lot more I've come up with outside of the
novel's plot that I might want to do with it... Maybe if I can team
up with a good artist and do a comic or something, who knows.
But basically, I could go on and on about this topic (as I've
envisioned it) if anyone were interested, but it would probably
result in lots and lots of incoherent rambling on my part.
And some other stuff, too, but I don't particularly feel like
retyping the whole damn thing.
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_y...> wrote:
> > malformed creatures as an end in it self
> > might be reguarded as evil, and hence viewed with
> > loathing, but is as nothing compaired to all the other
> > socially acceptable evils committed in the world and is >
> in any case another issue.
> Oh, man's insurpassable cruelty to man is amazing, let
> alone other species. But this isn't the forum to air this
> aspect in further detail... though they are issues that
> would have to be addressed as such 'experiments' develop.
>
> > Creating life forms whose
> > only existence is one of suffering isn't something to be
> > proud of. One would
> > hope that you'd be more cautious and not take the trial
> > and error route to begin with.
> Agree, but it is amazing the results that are achieved by
> accident. It is one of those grey areas, do we try
> something a little un-conventional to see what happens, or
> do we methodise each step to gain repeatability and
> regularly return failed results? Bit like the discovery of
> stainless steel - probably something someone rejects as
> being unsuitable will turn around at a later date and prove
> to have alternate applications. Who knows, but I'd like to
> be around to see the results, even if not caught up in the
> debates that will almost guaranteeably follow...
>
> > same time that
> > doesn't mean I think such a haphazard approach is a good
> > idea either.
> > Considering all the possible combinations, without some
> > very good
> > engineering you'd risk producing a whole lot of flawed
> > creations.
> There are many stories around that has this as a premise -
> The Island of Dr Moreau being one that immediately springs
> to mind!
>
> > No, I'm not saying it can't be done, just that it can't
> > be done with gene
> > therapy. If you wanted to do it then growing a new body
> > and doing a brain transplant would be far more feasible.
> To quote myself, "Anything is possible, probablility will
> vary." - Scrapper, Black Dragon. Along these lines an
> amalgamation of bodies, or machine and biological, may
> indeed be possible in time to come.
>
> > It's like flying to the moon. You can
> > get there, but not on a hang glider. Advances in
> > technology might make it
> > easier to get there, but you still can't do it on a hang
> > glider.
> Damn, there goes my plan for next weekend... ;-)
>
> > Sorry for sounding so unerringly negative...
> No, you're fine. We're discussing ideas, concepts and
> facts. For every wild idea, there has to be a method,
> justification or limitation. Unless we discuss and
> explore, we won't know possibilities or limitations.
>
> > perhaps a combination of biological and
> > cybernetic engineering
> > might. A cyborg furry might be the most readily available
> > approach.
> I like this idea. Terminator Vixen.... Give the option of
> real fur with a human programmed mind (as previously
> discussed). This gives many opportunities for different
> forms, looks and feels with a large degree of physical
> realism, while being able to atune themselves with their
> human 'masters'.
>
> Good idea with inductive recharging too - don't know why I
> didn't think of it! Can do data transfers via optical
> lasers that for lack of better locations would probably be
> located in the eye. Still probably have to ingest
> lubricants through the mouth...
>
> "Vix, dear, please remember to brush your teeth after
> eating. Pashing you after you've had your daily dose of
> hydraulic oil just isn't a good taste..."
>
> >Advances in VR related technology may also allow one to at
> > least experience such a thing. And reality is overrated
> > anyway, eh?
> Does reality always get these 'blue screens'? ;-)
>
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, almost inspired enough to want to
> go and play with some robotics. Though finishing the truck
> (STILL not complete!!!) would probably be a more usful
> immediate project...
>
> PS, fgdg54gff <gfdr56ty_at_e..., I received and tried
> to reply to your email on this topic, but the mail server
> returned an error about 'not liking recipient'. Who said
> machines don't have feelings? S,BD.
>
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Received on Mon Aug 11 2003 - 01:59:39 CDT