HorizonVirtual:Places
Major Systems
Travel
While all communication between individual computers occurs via ports, only the major trunk lines or high traffic connections are represented in Program Space by data access ports. The hubs, switches and servers that manage traffic within an individual LAN form the "terrain" within a system, and their quality is represented by the roughness of that terrain. Access to individual PCs or servers is usually represnted by doors, hatches or other, smaller representations of access.
Timekeeping
The Horizon: Virtual text establishes a unit of Program Space time in the section on the Programmer class: a "cycle". It is described as the length of time required for a programmer to rest in order to regain the capability to execute rewrites. For the purpose of the Waker Dictionary, I've linked that length of time to the standard Wizard rest time of eight hours.
The text also establishes that "a minute in User Space is the equivalent of a day in Program Space." So each day's worth of Program Space time would include three cycles.
| User Time | Program Time | Equivalent Real Time | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.31e-5 Seconds | 1 Hexbit | 1 Second | 1/6 Microcycle |
| 3.788e-4 Seconds | 1 Microcycle | 6 Seconds | 6 Hexbits / 1/240 Minicycle |
| 0.09 Seconds | 1 Minicycle | 24 Minutes (1,440 seconds) | 240 Microcycles / 1/220 Cycle |
| 20 Seconds | 1 Cycle | 8 Hours | 220 Minicycles |
| 1 Minute | 1 Day | 3 Cycles | |
| 1 Hour | 2 Months (60 Days) | 180 Cycles | |
| 1 Day | 2 Years (720 Days) | 4,320 Cycles | |
| 1 Month (30 Days) | 59 Years | 129,600 Cycles | |
| 1 Year (12 Months) | 710 Years | 1,555,200 Cycles |
Conditions And Weather
Planes
Electron States
The Horizon: Virtual equivalent of the Ethereal Plane.