- Installed in the mid-90s to replace ACME Blue which had been in use since 1974
- Usually accessed from within the complex using web interfaces, but can also be accessed with old IBM 3270 dumb terminals if need be
- Utilizes proto-AI security software codenamed Protector
The Alexandria System
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Hey. I'm doing a formal write-up of ACME's supercomputer, named Alexandria. I already have a few points in mind for it:
Say... ah...... what's yer encryption rate? Justa... outta curiousity.
Sorry, but that information requires 25 reams of forms to be filled out.
Chip_Masters said: Sorry, but that information requires 25 reams of forms to be filled out.
In triplicate?
Now that's what I call an ACME puzzle! The bureaucracy kind o' crazy.
Vic-the-Slick said: Now that's what I call an ACME puzzle! The bureaucracy kind o' crazy.
Well, my football coach always used to say I had "that special kind of crazy"
First off, I like the name.
Since it was installed in the mid 90s, it should now be converted into something more accessible world-wide to synchronize ACME data. You could theoretically create a communications module outside of Alexandria whose sole job is to back up and sync data in a server cloud. So Alexandria doesn't have a single location, she'll exist everywhere, continuously updating.
It'll make it faster -- if ACME Moscow has a case that might link with ACME London, related files should appear when an agent accesses certain information automatically. No more "cross link" command unless we need specifics.
On a side note, I want a better GPS system for agents in East Asia. Criminals are virtually disappearing as soon as they reach Mumbai airport.
Since it was installed in the mid 90s, it should now be converted into something more accessible world-wide to synchronize ACME data. You could theoretically create a communications module outside of Alexandria whose sole job is to back up and sync data in a server cloud. So Alexandria doesn't have a single location, she'll exist everywhere, continuously updating.
It'll make it faster -- if ACME Moscow has a case that might link with ACME London, related files should appear when an agent accesses certain information automatically. No more "cross link" command unless we need specifics.
On a side note, I want a better GPS system for agents in East Asia. Criminals are virtually disappearing as soon as they reach Mumbai airport.
Sounds like yer creating a version of GlaDOS there, Posterboy....
I'm amazed you could sneak in a game of Portal between your heists and time spent in jail, Vic.
And Chase -- I've actually got someone working on a storage cluster in Norwich.
And Chase -- I've actually got someone working on a storage cluster in Norwich.
Chase said:
...On a side note, I want a better GPS system for agents in East Asia. Criminals are virtually disappearing as soon as they reach Mumbai airport.
...On a side note, I want a better GPS system for agents in East Asia. Criminals are virtually disappearing as soon as they reach Mumbai airport.
Big Brother much?
Can't you let people have a little privacy 
btw Chip ol' boy, I'm sure Alexandria has a search engine capability that makes google look like a child's toy right?
(Most of this post will be OOC and was written from a phone, so bare with me on any grammatical or style issues).
First off, I am overjoyed to see ACME is finally entering the digital warfare age. The ideas mentioned so far remind me vaguely of a paper I read (will link when I find it again) on network-centric warfare.
I would be overjoyed if this system provided some degree of command and control, intelligence/data processing, and autonomous decision making in the vein of the Electronic Video Agents utilized by the Global Defense Initiative. (An excellent example is provided in Peptuck's Tiberium Wars)
Lastly, since this is a supercomputer, would I be correct in assuming the hardware would physically reside in one large dedicated complex or data center? Or would it be multiple decentralized nodes?
First off, I am overjoyed to see ACME is finally entering the digital warfare age. The ideas mentioned so far remind me vaguely of a paper I read (will link when I find it again) on network-centric warfare.
I would be overjoyed if this system provided some degree of command and control, intelligence/data processing, and autonomous decision making in the vein of the Electronic Video Agents utilized by the Global Defense Initiative. (An excellent example is provided in Peptuck's Tiberium Wars)
Lastly, since this is a supercomputer, would I be correct in assuming the hardware would physically reside in one large dedicated complex or data center? Or would it be multiple decentralized nodes?
You said that post was mostly OOC? I can hardly tell which part of that was you and which part was Euge. Eh heh.
Unbelievable. You, Mr. Grovington (OOC or otherwise), must be the pride of ACME!
EarlJr said: Lastly, since this is a supercomputer, would I be correct in assuming the hardware would physically reside in one large dedicated complex or data center? Or would it be multiple decentralized nodes?
How secure, Mr. Masters, would this system be from, say... theft?
May I also ask: how will this affect the IT department of the Medical Center - physically and intangibly? Will all information about the ACME employees be managed by Alexandria from henceforth?
Oh, and just for fun, will Alexandria respond to voice commands?
Alexandria is moving towards decentralization. Plans are being made to move several CPU clusters to international locations.
As for the medical database, it's stored on a separate device from the normal employee payroll database.
As for the medical database, it's stored on a separate device from the normal employee payroll database.
Scarlet said:
Unbelievable. You, Mr. Grovington (OOC or otherwise), must be the pride of ACME!
No I will not participate in any more ACME Medical Enrichment Center activities. Quit pestering me about it.
Vic said:
You said that post was mostly OOC? I can hardly tell which part of that was you and which part was Euge. Eh heh.
There's a difference?
Unbelievable. You, Mr. Grovington (OOC or otherwise), must be the pride of ACME!
No I will not participate in any more ACME Medical Enrichment Center activities. Quit pestering me about it.
Vic said:
You said that post was mostly OOC? I can hardly tell which part of that was you and which part was Euge. Eh heh.
There's a difference?
Respond to voice commands? Sure... but not exactly the way Synic 'responds' right?
Euge, just be glad you get the choice, all detectives entering ACME between 1975-1995 had to go through the Medical "Enrichment Center" as a madatory procedure. I thought it wasn't bad, why they dumped the project in 1996, I'll never know.
(Posted in Hiatus, I think we're ready to blow stuff up.)
Euge, just be glad you get the choice, all detectives entering ACME between 1975-1995 had to go through the Medical "Enrichment Center" as a madatory procedure. I thought it wasn't bad, why they dumped the project in 1996, I'll never know.
(Posted in Hiatus, I think we're ready to blow stuff up.)
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