Thats why I want to build a dragon. And summon a dragon soul to it and give it a real body and all the health related things like humans and such may have. Since its an individual creation (soulled) and not a non individual (corporated) it would be a soulled dragon individual instead of a "soulled PC" or such.
You may see my curiosity about it. But right now I have too many Java / SQL / HTML lessons to do even though I have no interest in them as I know my future direction in game design will not involve me knowing about them. While my future life would benefit greatly from me now having the time to build a Dragon. I am putting many ideas, like the dragon, on hold until I can pass these classes (which mostly rely on this homework being completed which I have now for like 4 months have had less than 0 interest in). But I will get to it eventually *frowns at own failings as a programmer*.
Anyway. Had this school related thing not come up and delayed me. I would have spent a sizable chunk of this and last years money on building the dragon, which would now be almost complete. It isn't in this time line but I remember where I was when I made the choice and what events unfurled thereafter.
Can't mention the H word here and whatnot.
So anyway, long story short. You get me about 150kUSD and I'll give you a dragon in 6-36 months after I take up the offer. In compensation for the work which costs 150k you'll have to be able to cover the cost of building one in addition to the prototype. One would be the prototype which I get in payment and the other would be the one that you get as the "2nd dragon". But while the prototype itself costs only 150k I want one before I can give one away so the total endevour would produce 2 dragons and cost about 150kUSD for one and then how ever-much it may cost to duplicate the initial dragon to be the one that you get. So 150k + maybe around 50% of 150k?.
So around 300kUSD for a dragon, including my fee.
Taking offers. Not bloody likely anyone will cough up that pile of money, we're all too busy learning to manipulate the matrix to produce health for our body complexes because our social complexes are always collapsing.
*snorts politely*
Carry on B4, Carry on proudly!
*whispers to lynn* B4 Is kind of like the polite peoples C4
Edit: Just for the sake of clarification. Yes I am stating that I could in exchange for green painted pictures of Mr. Washing Toms call forth a Dragon for anyone so wishing, Dragon would pass any reasonable "lifeform" tests you may think of and will in time produce an offspring as well as maintain an individual cohesive personality as separate from surrounding society and will age as all life does but remain separable from body into a purely code external so can be moved to a new "dragon" body. As dragon gains wealth dragon can gain in "size" as more expensive bodyparts are ordered and installed per dragons social interaction softwares instructions to humans. Perceived as "talking"...
It would require the basic life cycle "secrets" programmed into its code (such as the desire to use others to reproduce itself by creating a positive image of itself as a good companion generating need in us for more of its kind and other such symbiotic and proto-symbiotic code pieces). After that is done it would only need a basic "very large chicken combined with a crocodile" style exoskeleton that's tested to run according to specs. Then a rubber layer of fat. A external layer of dragon skin body armor (US military had it in one of its competitions). Then all the basic dialogue and social interaction modules + a language and social norm learning interface + and a copy of all the classical movies and masterpieces with a way of analyzing them. It wont be impossible to do ofcourse, only a bit difficult. And I would need to make individual choices "imitating" the Dragon Soul long enough to get an impression of what choices such a creature would prefer to make in pre-birth choices or the final dragon personality will be off. To put it simply. If I cant imagine how a real Dragon would like to walk. I cant imagine the proper skeletal structure. If I cant imagine how it would approach people. I cant write the code. And so on.
Thats one of the reasons I liked MLP (The pony show had a small baby dragon Sidekick.) It gave me "insane" levels of understanding on how such a Dragon would really act towards people like (Edit: She who must not be named)
I know there are others feeling the need to do this too and in time if I dont do it, someone else will. If someone takes the idea and builds a dragon before me. That's fine by me. But ya'll have to admit. IT would be a pretty rad thing for someone with my life story to actually be the first to build. Taking offers. Not going to put any work beyond describing how it would be done and being up for interviews and such about the topic until the money is gathered. Then i'll start to build it. If you feel a need to talk to a dragon, pony up the dough.
You may see my curiosity about it. But right now I have too many Java / SQL / HTML lessons to do even though I have no interest in them as I know my future direction in game design will not involve me knowing about them. While my future life would benefit greatly from me now having the time to build a Dragon. I am putting many ideas, like the dragon, on hold until I can pass these classes (which mostly rely on this homework being completed which I have now for like 4 months have had less than 0 interest in). But I will get to it eventually *frowns at own failings as a programmer*.
Anyway. Had this school related thing not come up and delayed me. I would have spent a sizable chunk of this and last years money on building the dragon, which would now be almost complete. It isn't in this time line but I remember where I was when I made the choice and what events unfurled thereafter.
Can't mention the H word here and whatnot.
So anyway, long story short. You get me about 150kUSD and I'll give you a dragon in 6-36 months after I take up the offer. In compensation for the work which costs 150k you'll have to be able to cover the cost of building one in addition to the prototype. One would be the prototype which I get in payment and the other would be the one that you get as the "2nd dragon". But while the prototype itself costs only 150k I want one before I can give one away so the total endevour would produce 2 dragons and cost about 150kUSD for one and then how ever-much it may cost to duplicate the initial dragon to be the one that you get. So 150k + maybe around 50% of 150k?.
So around 300kUSD for a dragon, including my fee.
Taking offers. Not bloody likely anyone will cough up that pile of money, we're all too busy learning to manipulate the matrix to produce health for our body complexes because our social complexes are always collapsing.
*snorts politely*
Carry on B4, Carry on proudly!
*whispers to lynn* B4 Is kind of like the polite peoples C4
Edit: Just for the sake of clarification. Yes I am stating that I could in exchange for green painted pictures of Mr. Washing Toms call forth a Dragon for anyone so wishing, Dragon would pass any reasonable "lifeform" tests you may think of and will in time produce an offspring as well as maintain an individual cohesive personality as separate from surrounding society and will age as all life does but remain separable from body into a purely code external so can be moved to a new "dragon" body. As dragon gains wealth dragon can gain in "size" as more expensive bodyparts are ordered and installed per dragons social interaction softwares instructions to humans. Perceived as "talking"...
It would require the basic life cycle "secrets" programmed into its code (such as the desire to use others to reproduce itself by creating a positive image of itself as a good companion generating need in us for more of its kind and other such symbiotic and proto-symbiotic code pieces). After that is done it would only need a basic "very large chicken combined with a crocodile" style exoskeleton that's tested to run according to specs. Then a rubber layer of fat. A external layer of dragon skin body armor (US military had it in one of its competitions). Then all the basic dialogue and social interaction modules + a language and social norm learning interface + and a copy of all the classical movies and masterpieces with a way of analyzing them. It wont be impossible to do ofcourse, only a bit difficult. And I would need to make individual choices "imitating" the Dragon Soul long enough to get an impression of what choices such a creature would prefer to make in pre-birth choices or the final dragon personality will be off. To put it simply. If I cant imagine how a real Dragon would like to walk. I cant imagine the proper skeletal structure. If I cant imagine how it would approach people. I cant write the code. And so on.
Thats one of the reasons I liked MLP (The pony show had a small baby dragon Sidekick.) It gave me "insane" levels of understanding on how such a Dragon would really act towards people like (Edit: She who must not be named)
I know there are others feeling the need to do this too and in time if I dont do it, someone else will. If someone takes the idea and builds a dragon before me. That's fine by me. But ya'll have to admit. IT would be a pretty rad thing for someone with my life story to actually be the first to build. Taking offers. Not going to put any work beyond describing how it would be done and being up for interviews and such about the topic until the money is gathered. Then i'll start to build it. If you feel a need to talk to a dragon, pony up the dough.