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Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:41 am
by rwalton1129
Or for Spartan 117...aka the MC

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:52 pm
by thebruce
about the numeric counter - there are some frames where the value is lowered before rising again. When I saw that happen, I gave up considering it a counter. Ultimately it's counting up, but at any point it might increase or decrease in value.

Along the same lines as the waveform to the right likely being a decoration, I'm guessing the numbers may be as well. I hope I'm wrong, but it's hard to consider a viable alternative for a code...

edit: woops, cross-posted over to this thread

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:23 pm
by MC_
What if the flood managed to infect the computer chip in Captain Keys' brain, and became computer flood, and could then infect computers and A.I.s?

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:35 am
by spartan117
no, not possible. the most they can do is take the information on the chip and add it to their hive and add the intelligence and data to their own.

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:02 am
by Lurono
spartan117 wrote:no, not possible. the most they can do is take the information on the chip and add it to their hive and add the intelligence and data to their own.
Do we REALLY know that for sure, though? It is possible that a Flood could somehow "infect" a computer. It's possible that that's what has happened to Cortana (though highly unlikely). I dont really believe in it, but also dont think that we should completely disregard the possibility.

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:03 am
by NateTheNewt
Cortana is rampent. Not Flood controlled.

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:29 pm
by Maimbot 9000
Can you source that, Nate? I'm fairly certain all Bungie has said is that she's "in trouble." We do not, to my knowledge, have any idea if she is rampant or infected by Gravemind or just in a bad mood.

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:46 pm
by Admiral Whitcomb
NateTheNewt wrote:Cortana is rampent. Not Flood controlled.
cortana is "old" and reaching the end of her effective operational lifespan- not nessesarliy ramapancy

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:20 pm
by Lurono
NateTheNewt wrote:Cortana is rampent. Not Flood controlled.
As Maim said, we dont know that for sure... Like I said, never disregard something until it is proven wrong by Bungie ;) There's so many possibilitie with Cortana: She could be rampant, Flood infected, "old," or, something I haven't seen mentioned, she could be infected with some sort of Forerunner virus that she contracted while in the Halos computer system, or she could even be infected in some way by that other mysterious AI in High Charity. There's too many possibilities to choose one, and not enough evidence to disregard any either. I do highly doubt that we will have an answer before September 25, though ;)

Re: Waveform in server4 video.

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:45 am
by DHalo
It COULD be that she's going though a state akin to rampancy, and does not want to "die." So...the Gravemind gives her the opportunity to extend her life as long as she extends a favor to him. Just shooting out some Cortana theories. However, we're straying from the topic...