--- stevenav@att.net wrote:
> 
> > > Well, this is just my opinion on this, but it
> seems that bugs are generated 
> > > BY Yggdrasil, (but created because of problems
> in the system)
> > 
> > Interesting point. Are the bugs Skuld hits the
> problem itself (which would have to be the same
> dimensionality
> > as Yggdrasil) or the resulting manifestation of
> the problem? It's like a code bug in a program. Is 
> the bug
> > the error in coding or is it the strange behavior
> > generated by the error and reported by the user? 
> > 
> > I can see arguments for both sides, here. I need
> to go
> > back and re-read the bug chapters. I have to say,
> > though, that the idea of Skuld just going around
> > fixing symptoms without fixing the problem itself
> > doesn't appeal to me.
> >   
> 
> 
> Consider this then, let's examine my theory in a
> fully fleshed out manner. 

<SNIP> (having trouble posting with just my text at
the end)

> Regardless, the error is created and the system
> software responds, it catches 
> the error and ports the data regarding the
> information regarding the error 
> and the last set of actions being taken that
> resulted in the bug. Pages of 
> code regarding the error are processed to form a
> log, and suddenly 
>  
> 
> POP!!
> 
> The bug is created. The bug itself busily hops
> around, it's furr, placement 
> of eyes, # of whiskers, all contain information
> about where the error was 
> created and what processes were being run at the
> time of the error. 
>  
> Further, since Yggdrasil itself must (arguably) be
> artificially intelligent 
> (how else could it recognize a threat to something
> interfering in a wishes 
> fulfillment?) the bug is processed into a form with
> rudimentary intelligence 
> (animal level perhaps)

Oh, I see now. You're saying Yggdrasil creates the
bugs intentionally as a reaction to a problem in the
system. I won't deny that bugs possess some level of
intelligence, but there are a couple things which
indicate Yggdrasil does not purposefully generate
them. First, bugs try to avoid being hit by Skuld.
Second, Urd tries to "debug" them by just
blasting them. If they weren't in and of themselves
detrimental to the system, they wouldn't try to avoid
debugging and Urd wouldn't try to destroy them en
masse. 

Brian W.