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[whoami]

[ At first it's just a view of Sam since he isn't saying anything. He hasn't said much since arriving, but it's hopefully safe enough to speak up, now, without the threat of "matchmaking" coming up. ]

Right, so. I'm actually looking for Adrian Clark? I haven't had a roommate since college, but I'm pretty sure I don't snore.

[ He's more than a little confused about the other bit. It didn't really seem like anything else he was hearing about over this MID nework. ]

Can somebody also tell me what "MID technician" means?

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[forwardmomentum]

[ you mean the adrian clark who hunted him down and threw him into a wall when he decided he didn't appreciate misdelivered mail and miles' attitude? he feels sorry for you, sam, he really does. ]

Adrian Clark? The Media Distribution Officer? Watch out for that one. He's... [ what is a diplomatic way to say this. ] a frigging sociopath. Got one hell of a temper.

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[whoami]

[ For a guy that's spent most of his adult life in hermitage, it looks like camping out in random places around the ship might be the better plan after all. ]

So I'm supposed to be bunking with a temperamental censor. Awesome.

[ Ca you be sarcastic in text? ]

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[forwardmomentum]

I figured you'd appreciate a heads up. I mean, he's fine if he hasn't decided you've pissed him off. Have you considered submitting a room change request?

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[whoami]

That of course begs the question: What did you do to piss him off?

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[forwardmomentum]

He got some of my mail by mistake once.

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[whoami]

[ Sam just looked at the text. He actually read it twice just to be sure he got it.

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Well it looked like camping out in random corners of the ship is go. Let's see how long it takes somebody to notice the new Space Hobo? Technically as long as he shows up for his chores nobody would be the wiser but his "roommate". ]

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[petridish]

That thing you're posting with is a MID. Being a technician for it means you're going to help me calibrate it and add new functions if you can come up with anything good (ie. not games). The library has books on the programming language it uses.

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[whoami]

[ Not exactly keen on the "helping me" bit since Sam generally prefers to go his own way, but he did ask what it meant. Maybe this Jane chick needed the help, too? ]

Keyboard is about as tiny as you can get. We're talking I'm using a q-tip just to type. If holographics are possible, theh increase the size of the board with that.

Common abbreviations is a thought, too. Things that people say a lot but it's a pain to type out.

[petridish]

Yeah, it does holographics. I've got a similar device from home that gives haptic feedback on the holo interfaces - haven't checked yet whether the MID can do it but it'd be good to have for a holo keyboard.

Any suggestions on a base set of words? I don't think everyone here speaks English.

Pretty good ideas. Want to take point on them as your first projects?

[Delegation!]

[whoami]

[ I see wut u did thar ]

If base language is other than the standard 26 letter english alphabet it will come down to a lot of personal input. Languages that have a pictographic root are going to have a hard time with 90% of the network anyway but I can try whip up a simple conversion key that turns letters to binary. Then it won't matter who speaks what, people have their own settings but it's all the same.

For abbreviations it's just simple stuff: Mister = Mr, Doctor = Dr

Etcetera = etc :)

[petridish]

I haven't heard any complaints about the network so far so I'm assuming there's a translator built in if people didn't already have one themselves. Conversion key would probably make the coding side easier on us though.

["go for it"]

That's a good start. Maybe some autocomplete on things like Moira and Ingress too.