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@hackneymartian i have a longer answer somewhere else, but basically the problem is that you have a base and a number of (random) choices, with proper passwords the base is small (62 for alphanumeric) and the number of choices is large, this gives exponential growth with choices. with book passphrases there is a giant base (basically the number of words in all books combined) but only one really random choice (the starting point of the quote).
also thanks for the compliment ^^
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
"Welcome home," Pepper said. Sidra watched Pepper and Blue carefully as they entered the building. She wasn't sure what the correct protocol was here, and she didn't want to do anything impolite. They removed their shoes; so did she. They hung their jackets; so did she. And then... then what? What did a person do inside a house? "Make yourself comfortable," Blue said. That did not answer her question. Pepper caught Sidra's silence. "Just take a look around," she said. "Explore. Get used to the place."
— A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2) (Page 31)
I love how caring it comes across from Pepper to explain the social script to Sidra. Also yeah i guess i am identifying with a strongly nd coded AI a lot.
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
Pepper stepped through an unremarkable doorway, waving the lights on as she entered. It was a room. Sidra didn't know how to quantify it beyond that. How did one place value on a room? She couldn't say if the room was good or not, but it was hers. That was interesting. [...] stacks of crates and boxes, hastily shoved aside to make pathways and openings [...] Pepper pressed her lips together, a little at a loss. "I don't know what a good place for you consist of. But we'll work together to make it comfortable, yeah? We really want you to feel at home here." "Thank you." Sidra said, and she meant it, fully. She didn't know what she wanted in a space, either. She swung the head around, to take inventory. There was the bed, as mentioned, big enough for two if they cuddled close. The covers were thick, to ward off the dark side chill, and the pillows looked... inviting.
— A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2) (Page 35)
i don't know how to describe this properly but this is literally me
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
A little rush of pride flickered through her pathways. She didn't have to ask questions about everything.
— A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2) (Page 34)
reminded me of moments of success for me, observing others and understanding their motivations and conditions based on that instead of being puzzled or having to ask
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
she was catapulted through a static wall, into cluttered vastness, the notional void of cyberspace, the bright grid of the matrix ranged around her like an infinite cage.
— Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, BA (The Neuromancer Trilogy) (Page 50)
But Kumiko would see the cranes later, many times, in dreams; they were origami, angular things folded from sheets of neon, bright stiff birds sailing the moonscape of her mother's madness...
— Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, BA (The Neuromancer Trilogy) (Page 2)
this quote inspired me to do many things, for example the wallpaper image i made in blender some time long ago, and my research around the security of book quote based passphrases (they are insecure)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …