the origin

of the algorithm

med region - bergamo

abb development unit - 2039

did you come

face-to-face
the first day with your boss ?
went smoothly.
encouraging.

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 far from
emotional level 1 panic...
the first contact indicators
is set for today. under control?
... but on the
increasE.
... Not long
now!

if i survive,
i'll see you on the
basketball court.
i'm always on
hand for a lesson !

... and so, best way

to welcome i'll get him to draft
a new engineer ? the introduction
to the report...

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 for the title,
how about “second era of so, a simple archive search
air circuit breakers: that reconstructs
the origin of the algorithm" the development of circuit
breakers over the years...

up to the implementation
of power management
functions through
the algorithm.

supported
by data ! by
complete ! engrossing !
tomorrow!

24 hours... a
a classic
"simple archive search"
welcom e
he said, smiling
to this unit !
as he said it...

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 to say a pseudo cultural
nothing of the title... reference from the
last century, i bet...

maybe i know someone

worthy of a mystical i've got an idea. who's always got
archaeological or rather... an idea !
film from the '80s.

underground bunker of the

development unit,
special projects section.

welcome to the holopedia,

the first full-immersion
plausible platform.

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 the compiled data
is processed to describe
live, reactive 3d
environments.

so we have developed
naturally, an engine that can
the documentation "fill the gaps" with
from the pre-digital plausible environments.
era is scarce,

does it
work ?

let's say it will be working

in time for the the entire
2042 antarctic expo. corporate archive
. has been processed...

... and here's

the way
to visit it.

beta
you just need
testing ?
to get up on that
frictional-sphere
platform and then
forget that you've
got up there.

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 i have activated the i'll monitor you
environments RELEVANT to from the console.
your keywords, so how do
i go about
compiling data ?

in the beta version,

you can only move by
following the timeline.

...by revising
THE TECHNOMEDIATOR BOT
WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IT WILL ACCOMPANY
its semantic
aggregation ?
software.
YOU IN THE IMMERSION.
FOR NOW I'VE MODIFIED please
AN OLD PROTOTYPE... put on
the sensors.

as well as monitoring wow!

your movements, the outfit cool...
reconfigures your
appearance, allowing
you to conform
to the environment.

you will avoid

anomalies...

following time
in linear mode guided
by the bot...

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 the marketing bods
are still working on
an emotional countdown.

for now, we go...

...when i say so!

now!

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 really it is my responsibility to
stunning! inform you that it is the year 1946.
my physical form is not perceived
by the people of this time
the co-ordinates
are 400 linear metres
out with respect to reality.

the chromatic deformities

detected by your visual sensors
are based on the available
monochrome sources.
i cannot apply a deductive
filter at present.

i am equipped with a complete

are you
dictionary and i consider it my duty
always
to use it fully, enthusiastically
so concise ?
selecting from the various
applicable terms.

all these
people ?
employer, a word first
recorded in English
in the 1580s, from "involve in a
particular purpose," a sense
which arose in Late Latin.

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 can i shut you up before eh...hello, can you tell me
you give me the etymology? who i should see about
air circuit breakers?

the engineers in there

for now, we've finished
building the factory, are the ones who know
what will be done with it!

just out
that door!

thanks... and who came up with the a bit RETRO but...

enjoy your meal. appropriate APPEARANCE of the portal it does
conditions for - the marketing bods ? the JOB !
a temporary
reset

short answer:
affirmative!

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i'd say that the plant
seems to have made
a flying start

current year
detected as 1956,

the cars seem

a bit anachronistic
- fiat actually ...

...better known as the

"topolino", it was produced
from 1938 to 1955
ok, ok...

just what are we

looking for here ?

the current
reconstructed
reality gravitates
around the otomax.

otomax?

young man,
this way for the
otomax presentation.

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 activate the
data-compilation
function.

it's only just started.

please, come with me.

i am programmed to do it
automatically, but if you
prefer i can simulate
acceptance of your request.

this is why i have brought

you together: here's the first
prototype of the otomax air circuit
breaker, a product that will open up...

it must be the first era, i consider it

let's continue along this path. inappropriate
how to we get to the to discuss levels
next level ? of time shifts.

another idea
from the
follow me...
marketing BODS?
this way.
sssh!

...

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 this must be
the circuit
breaker.

wow !
my "visual sensors"
have taken a while to get
used to colour again.

we have repositioned
ourselves
chronologically in 1971.

good morning, em...

were you
expecting me?

not before time. this

new novomax has been waiting package it up !
for you for quite a while have it ready in the warehouse
within half an hour !

am i to conduct
research on
"pallets"?

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 hello. i've come to
come ! collect the new air
circuit breakers...

CURRENT YEAR:
1978

the technical department has

given me the schedules to
load onto the terminal.
the new novomax series.

it will be released i'm here if there's you're the one

next year. anything else... that i want
is cerebral
or hormonal
control
activated?

thanks,
em... bye. uh! uh! uh!..

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 major geographical shift,
we are at a trade fair in
germany - 1984.

"trade fair in 1984" means

the physical locating of products and
machinery (including very complex examples)
in large spaces divided amongst
the various competitors.

wow !
the concept of virtualisation
was not very well-established.

... uber 30 verschiedene...

and here's the clue we were

looking for, electronics ... AND NOW A SMOOTH TIME
is still in its infancy but SHIFT OR ONE WITH
we're getting close... BELLS AND WHISTLES?

acquisition of relevant
data for megamax model
completed.

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1996 - we have returned
we are in the transition phase
to our geographical
i know those pcs, from "data processing centre"
starting point...
at university we had one to "it systems”.
that still worked - we called it
ctrl-alt-canc.

the new air circuit

breakers, i imagine...

we have
just published
the new catalogues
on the web...

the term in vogue

at this time
is "browsing”

all it takes
is a click on
the underlined
hypertext links.

... everything there

is to be known about
the emax series
is here.

sorry, the search

is it possible returned no results.
to search through the
catalogue for the
word "algorithm" ?

i propose
a time shift.

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 frosinone
manufacturing plant - 2012

the circuit breakers

hi, should i talk
are constructed here.
to about the new
circuit breakers ?

i've only seen the

odd prototype, you'd
better ask the quality guys.

yes, the new series

will be produced here, preparation
they're completing for a simple
the testing now... geographical
...the lab shift.
in bergamo
will get you
up to speed.

i confirm that feeling,

we're going they are presently
to be lucky preparing a test on the model
this time! with the BUILT-IN algorIthm.

it seems there
is electricity
in the air.

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 the objective
the metaphorical
is to film
presence of electricity
the breaking of a
is due to theassembly ... for the launch
short-circuit arc...
of a film set. of the new
emax 2 !

15 milliseconds a 100,000-amp
to be documented, circuit to break.

sorry, are these

the project
engineers?

you can recognise them

from the way they're
looking at the breaker...

i am compiling
the data directly for
... the same way test 274 on model e4.2.
you'd look at a
beautiful woman !

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 ...these tests are really
interesting! and now what ?
the scheduled
research
can be considered
COMPLETED.

modifying
all that remains
the programmed
to be done
direction by 180˚
is to complete
does not seem
the procedure of
necessary to me...
temporal re-entry.

mmm...
go ahead
with the
procedure.

i would invite ...to avoid

you to follow me, the possibility
chill out, bot,
in line with the of anomalies...
i reckon i know how
procedure...
doors work.

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 where the hell have

!? i ended up? the robot

has disappeared, and
who are these guys?

i must say i'm

delighted that you've
decided to come
to the states...
you flatter me, mr tesla,
it is an honour for me
to be working with you.

you see, professor turing,

your work has made a
great impression on me...

tesla and turing,

i can't believe it...
it seems like one of my
night-before-the-exams
nightmares
ah, here's the
assistant
i had requested.

a quite
remarkable
technical
outfit.

wait for us
at the control
panel.

i do hope that my
work on algorithmS
may be of some
use to you

there's still a great

a calculation machine deal of work to be done.
with the capacity it's a prototype that
to provide automated i will be delighted
responses to problems. to test with you...

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 the outfit
certainly
doesn't help
me fit in. your work is invaluable.
it is FUNDAMENTAL to
my vision of
power management...

... governed by
intelligent machines
that are interconnected.

thank you
so much. you always
have the ability to
open my mind
to the future.

nature has provided

an abundant supply of energy
in various forms...

which might be
utilised if proper
means and ways
can be devised...

but now the time

has come to act. i'll gladly leave
the experiment you in the
awaits us. driving seat.

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 FOR THE SAKE OF COMPLETENESS,
i WOULD HAVE LiKED MY ELECTRiC
at my signal, close PiERCE-ARROW iN THE SiMULATiON...
the circuit and move
out of the way!

BUT SADLY PIERCE-ARROW

IS WITHDRAWING
FROM THE MARKET.

MY MACHiNE iS READY
WHEN YOU ARE,
ENGINEER...

now young man,

your time has come.
go ahead... ... and join us as we
look into the future !

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 i would ask you
once more to move...

right
away !

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 your capacity damnation !
for man-machine you've forced me
collaboration to reset
is questionable. my hardware!

mmh..

your behaviour
even if, truth be told,
... that was is decidedly
it has taught us
one helluva discreditable,
something about
shock.
interaction during
anomalies...

not for that reason

will i boast to i shall
my friends at the bar that now, be on your way consolidate
i have met you. and give my best wishes the reliable
to that dear girl. material
compiled.
gee...
a virtual trip
but real pain.

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 how did the research go? DEFiNiTELY!
was the professor useful? crucial, i'd say.

i delivered it
to the boss on time,

"complete,
supported by data,
engrossing..." talk of the devil...

....unfortunately, i'm sorry to

thanks youngster, say that due to insurmountable
the report arrived on time, time constraints,we were
unable to look in detail
at the content.

not at all,
no problem...

to be
continued...

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