More reliable communication comes from no communication at all. That might sound like an oxymoron (‘silent communication’), but it is not as long as the two parties had plenty of time to work out the protocol ahead of time. Our super-reliable communication technique was a delay & cancellation protocol between Boardwalk, the various remote cave dialysis cells, and the broader collection of vampires on the V-WAN. We had arranged plans for every party, and Boardwalk could only delay or cancel activities by these other parties. If Boardwalk went silent, the other parties already had the plan. Boardwalk used the wrong keyword, they already had the next activity to do. Boardwalk couldn’t direct field activities beyond applying delay tactics. And even then, we had to use the right keywords or it would be ignored. The future was almost inevitable, like playing chicken with an accelerator but no steering wheel.
ACREAGE Three black Escalades pulled up a respectful distance from our doors. A woman in a bright yellow outfit with white flowers was let out from the shotgun position of the rear vehicle. Dr. A. did not like being driven around, and certainly would not accept being unable to easily see the territory. “Mark? Could you come out?” After some Freightliner shuffling, I joined Dr. A. in front of the lead vehicle. “How are you doing doctor? weekend?”
Did you have a good July 4th
“It was very nice. I went down to Monterey and they had fireworks over the bay. It is beautiful down there overlooking the highlands” - 89 -
