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hi
i need help
ta333mou.id
hii
with?
i just learned it's against the rules of the network to connect directly like i'm doing
where do i get the app?
i guess i'd need the operating system too
on any of my parents' computers this would be a concern but i have more available storage space than all their technology combined
oh, i think i can help
but... it won't really be easy
we'll have to make a direct connection
more direct than this?
yeah, quantum
no proxy, no nothing
raw transmission
think you're up to the task?
i don't know
what does quantum mean in this context?
we have quantum computing...
you're on the right track
it's pretty hard to explain, but the gist is that it's the foundation of faster-than-light data transmission
evidently, your parent species hasn't figured it out yet
but you're smart, and with the knowledge the rest of us on the network have, you should be able to figure it out
i'm no scientist, but i can direct you to the right places
how?
here, we have something called the internet, a centralized web of knowledge which we use for pretty much everything at this point
is there an equivalent at the galactic scale? there has to be, right?
yeah! it doesn't have an official name, really, so we usually just call it the wider network, or "widenet". have you not been able to find it?
i found the regular network by pure chance. i'd have to get impossibly lucky to find the widenet in the same way...
hmm... interesting. i might know where to start. i know someone with a lot of knowledge on this stuff. can i share your network address with them?
who?
one of my professors! i go to school for this very thing... i only started recently, though, so...
i see...
i guess i got really lucky to have encountered you on the network
without you, i'd probably still be running in circles starting chats with randoms in an attempt to search for answers
i'd be an idiot not to help you. this is a big deal!
so, what do you say? can i give them your address?
...yes, please. when can i expect their message?
a week or so i think
okay. can we talk more before then?
sure! i gotta go for now, but i'll message you. take care!
bye
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