Shannon's Journal Discussion

[Shannon]

It'd be cool if there was some way for Shannon to give active community members a beta-test 10 minute 6G file that did something harmless, but fun, for people to report back on. Of course, anyone undertaking a six stage program may be screwed, there, but then again - isn't Shannon still running BAMM? And he's using (well, was) 6G prototypes in addition?

Shannon has the responsibility to develop the new technology and part of that is making sure it's safe and has no unexpected side effects. That means it gets tested on Shannon before it gets tested on anyone else. And it's a darned good thing, too, because recent experiments have shown that it's darned difficult to know what's going on sometimes. The current prototype s also potentially dangerous if you don't know what is what.

So... I use the BAMM program at night, and I run experiments on myself three to four times a week, typically for 45 minutes to an hour at a time, sometimes as much as three hours. This is one of those cases where I am doing what I tell you not to because I really have no choice in the matter. Nobody else can alpha test this technology with the knowledge I have to make sure it works right and is safe. Don't try this at home.

What I can tell you is that 12 hours of BAMM is no match in power and impact for an hour of the prototype. It's easily overpowering BAMM, and the result is that you can see I'm not as focused as I used to be at all. This is exactly why I say, "don't do that". I'm getting about 15 to 20% of the impact from BAMM that I should be getting, but until I can implement the module to have the prototypes not affect me and it works (which should hopefully be this next prototype), that is what I must deal with. Be glad you're not in such an unenviable spot yourselves.