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Farcasting-hubs

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Sat, 2010-03-27 05:20

nielsk

Farcasting-hubs

The technology works by entangling two quantum-farcaster with each other. Therefore you would need a "direct link" between two destinations. Thus there must be some hubs were a lot of quantum-farcasters are stored for "channeling" traffic to different hubs. Those would be extremely important locations and therefore I would imagine that there could be some redundancy. But that would mean that most locations would have at least two farcasters. Then there is the factor that I imagine that there is only serial transmission, not a parallel one. Therefore you would need several farcasters for letting people travelling at the same time which would mean that there are even more farcasters necessary. Now is the question: Within the described habitats where do you imagine those hubs would be placed? And another question somehow related to this: What happens when the receiving quantum-farcaster gets destroyed while receiving? Is it copying (and deletion after successful transmission) or moving? Any darkcasting-location would have at least two quantum-farcasters as well I imagine. One for a legitimate farcast from one of the hubs and one for the darkcast. What do you think?

Sat, 2010-03-27 06:04

Decivre

Re: Farcasting-hubs

nielsk wrote:
The technology works by entangling two quantum-farcaster with each other. Therefore you would need a "direct link" between two destinations. Thus there must be some hubs were a lot of quantum-farcasters are stored for "channeling" traffic to different hubs. Those would be extremely important locations and therefore I would imagine that there could be some redundancy. But that would mean that most locations would have at least two farcasters. Then there is the factor that I imagine that there is only serial transmission, not a parallel one. Therefore you would need several farcasters for letting people travelling at the same time which would mean that there are even more farcasters necessary. Now is the question: Within the described habitats where do you imagine those hubs would be placed? And another question somehow related to this: What happens when the receiving quantum-farcaster gets destroyed while receiving? Is it copying (and deletion after successful transmission) or moving? Any darkcasting-location would have at least two quantum-farcasters as well I imagine. One for a legitimate farcast from one of the hubs and one for the darkcast. What do you think?

Quantum farcasters work by means of quantum key distribution, which means that a quantum farcaster actually encrypts data according to the random movements of a quantum entangled particle. The only way to know the encryption key is to be able to either observe the original particle, or it's entangled pair particle. However, remember that it is just a particle, and a farcaster can in theory have any number of other quantum particles within, which are entangled with any number of other particles. It is likely that many of the farcasters in the system have been paired together, ensuring that they can communicate with a number of other farcasters.

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Sat, 2010-03-27 06:06

nielsk

Re: Farcasting-hubs

Decivre wrote:
Remember how quantum entanglement works. It works by transmitting data through a quantum-entangled transmission medium, which is entangled with another medium far away. The one thing you are forgetting is that a farcaster is not limited to a single medium, and it is possible to have many entangled mediums on a single farcaster (each entangled to different medium, of course) . Thus, you can have a single quantum farcaster (or any quantum entangled communication device) transmit to any number of other farcasters, so long as the receiving farcaster is one of the many that are entangled with the transmitting farcaster.

But even then the most cost-efficient way would be to build hubs where you move data between farcasters. Because after Quantum-farcasters are entangled (and shipped) you cannot add any new locations, except by adding to those locations new farcasters. So you just add one to a hub and can then reach any other location that the hub supports (and where you might have some kind of transfer agreement…but that is "legal" stuff I'd definitely do not want to think about except it would be a nice part of a story).

Sat, 2010-03-27 06:18

Decivre

Re: Farcasting-hubs

nielsk wrote:
But even then the most cost-efficient way would be to build hubs where you move data between farcasters. Because after Quantum-farcasters are entangled (and shipped) you cannot add any new locations, except by adding to those locations new farcasters. So you just add one to a hub and can then reach any other location that the hub supports (and where you might have some kind of transfer agreement…but that is "legal" stuff I'd definitely do not want to think about except it would be a nice part of a story).

It's very likely that any specific group of quantum farcaster computers likely have been entangled with a huge multitude of other computers, many of which have yet to see service, and simply sit unused in a warehouse somewhere. This way they can add to the network whenever they so choose without the need to re-gather the whole series for another entangling. As another option, they can simply entangle the particles that are going to be used for communicating with the brand new quantum farcaster, and then integrate that new part into a pre-existing quantum farcaster system. Thus, quantum farcasters may actually be modular computer systems with interchangeable entangled components.

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Sat, 2010-03-27 06:49

nielsk

Re: Farcasting-hubs

Decivre wrote:
It's very likely that any specific group of quantum farcaster computers likely have been entangled with a huge multitude of other computers, many of which have yet to see service, and simply sit unused in a warehouse somewhere. This way they can add to the network whenever they so choose without the need to re-gather the whole series for another entangling.

Would lead to hubs again because all farcasters are usually entangled only with a subset of farcasters because there's probably not only one production site by one faction.

Decivre wrote:
As another option, they can simply entangle the particles that are going to be used for communicating with the brand new quantum farcaster, and then integrate that new part into a pre-existing quantum farcaster system. Thus, quantum farcasters may actually be modular computer systems with interchangeable entangled components.

Because of the argument mentioned above (not only one production site by one faction), you'd still would end up with hubs, only with cheaper ways regarding upgrading. An additional argument would be that you would have to ship those upgrades throughout the solar system which can take some time (and costs) if you are shipping physical stuff to the outer systems. Therefore hubs would again be the easier and cheaper solution. Anyway that all doesn't answer my questions. I take Arkham's razor and therefore hubs seem to be the most reasonable way for me. Thus back to my original questions: Within the described habitats where do you imagine those hubs would be placed? And another question somehow related to this: What happens when the receiving quantum-farcaster gets destroyed while receiving? Is it copying (and deletion after successful transmission) or moving? Any darkcasting-location would have at least two quantum-farcasters as well I imagine. One for a legitimate farcast from one of the hubs and one for the darkcast. What do you think?

Sat, 2010-03-27 07:13

Decivre

Re: Farcasting-hubs

nielsk wrote:
Would lead to hubs again because all farcasters are usually entangled only with a subset of farcasters because there's probably not only one production site by one faction.

Or it would lead to a number of farcasters attached to a single transmitter in a small box unit. I think you are under the impression that farcasters are big, when they are not. Farcasters are small. Very small. Think "could fit inside a necklace alongside a radio" small (miniature radio farcasters). Think "could fit inside an implant" small (emergency farcasters).

nielsk wrote:
Because of the argument mentioned above (not only one production site by one faction), you'd still would end up with hubs, only with cheaper ways regarding upgrading. An additional argument would be that you would have to ship those upgrades throughout the solar system which can take some time (and costs) if you are shipping physical stuff to the outer systems. Therefore hubs would again be the easier and cheaper solution. Anyway that all doesn't answer my questions. I take Arkham's razor and therefore hubs seem to be the most reasonable way for me. Thus back to my original questions: Within the described habitats where do you imagine those hubs would be placed? And another question somehow related to this: What happens when the receiving quantum-farcaster gets destroyed while receiving? Is it copying (and deletion after successful transmission) or moving? Any darkcasting-location would have at least two quantum-farcasters as well I imagine. One for a legitimate farcast from one of the hubs and one for the darkcast. What do you think?

Quantum farcasters don't actually receive or transmit... they encrypt. They have to be paired with another communication device for actual transmission (most commonly neutrino transmitters). If the farcaster is destroyed before transmission finishes, then the transmission is not fully decrypted. I doubt data is deleted until successful transmission is confirmed. But again, farcasters are not formed in hubs, because they simply don't need that much space. They are probably installed into a single computer (networked to a transmitter), which is capable of using any given farcaster to communicate with any other farcaster it is entangled. I'd imagine that a farcasting center is probably something akin to an airport mixed with the post office, where people line up and purchase tickets to be egocasted, or pay to send farcasted mail or whatnot. Also, they are likely connected to the body bank, so that you may store your morph as you cast out.

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