We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Reference

This is a compilation of references for the book We Are Legion (We Are Bob).

Caution Spoilers

Author: Dennis E. Taylor

Narrator: Ray Porter

Books

• Book 1: We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse
• Book 2: “For We Are Many” Released March/2017
• Book 3: “All These Worlds”, Released August 2017
• More to come from the Bobiverse

Acronyms

• AMI – Artificial Machine Intelligence
• FAITH – Free American Independent Theocratic Hegemony
• ASI – Applied Synergetics Inc
• TCS – Total Cyber Systems
• ROAMER – Remote Observation And Manipulation Devices
• VAST – Variable Attachment Surface Tension
• WALDO – Word for a robotic arm from the eponymous Heinlein short story
• SUDDAR – Subspace Deformation Detection And Ranging
• IO – Input Output
• GUPPI – General Unit Primary Peripheral Interface
• HEAVEN – Habitable Earth’s Abiogenic Vessel Exploration Network

Bob ?Family? Tree

• Robert (Bob) Johansson
  • Bob, Heaven 1?, Killed in attack when his onsite AI Matrix was destroyed
    • Bob1, Heaven 1A, Serial: SOL1, Delta Eridani – Bob’s new ship is Heaven 1A vs old body being Heaven 1?
      • Riker, Bob 2, #2, Heaven 2, Serial: HIC16537-1 (Hipparchus catalog number?), Earth
        • Homer
      • Bill, Bob 3, Heaven 3 – Defective emitter, Epsilon Eridani – Ragnarok
        • Garfield
      • Milo, Bob 4, Heaven 4 – Airship, Omicron Square Eridani – double planet Vulcan & Romulus
      • Mario, Bob 5, Heaven 5 – Antisocial – Grey background, Beta Hydri

1. Hipparchus of Nicaea was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry but is most famous for his incidental discovery of precession of the equinoxes. Wikipedia

Questions

• Is there a difference between Clones and Restores from Backups?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture

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