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Deep Rot

2020-04-06T23:25:27Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E: /* WTF is this? */

A computer made out of the undead at the whim of a mad lich. It originated when someone on /tg/ realized that since undead skeletons and zombies could be given simple commands (e.g. Attack anyone that enters this room except myself), they could be ordered to react to the actions of other skeletons and zombies

(e.g. If one of those two skeletons raises their hand, raise yours, but not if they both raise their hands. This replicates the functionality of an [http://www.learningelectronics.net/images/04116.png exclusive-OR gate]).

It's like Hex, from diskworld. Only [[grimdark]]

=WTF is this?=

OK, first Computer science for dummies in six seconds.

A computer works by storing information in a unit of information called a bit. A bit is a simple positive or negative status, yes or no, only two options which is why computers are said to use '''bi'''nary language. Disks work by having thousands of dips and bumps in their surface that are read by a laser. Bits are then grouped into more complex bytes which roughly equal a single laser worth of information. It takes roughly 8 bits of information (eight 'yes' or 'no') to make a byte and bytes are typically the smallest unit of information a computer works with. a byte can represent 256 different values. Bits also use the binary system for big things; a Kilobyte is 210 bytes big, or 1024 bytes.

Deep Rot is the same way only instead of utilizing circuit boards (your computer), vacuum tubes (ENIAC) or gears(the Antikythera mechanism), to compute the simple yes-no operations, it uses skeletons.

The concept is simple. A skeleton is stupid, but smart enough to recognize a simple a yes/no situation. Imagine a nine skeleton set up. Eight skeletons are told to raise or lower the left arm in a pattern. Down, up, up, down, up ,down, up, up; Or, in binary, 01101011.

Skeleton nine is watching the first eight, and recognize that "01101011" equals the letter K, this simple ability is the base of information storage, and from that computing.

Additionally: a single skeleton can hold more than a single bit of information. More than just 'raise left arm' you can store as many as ten bits of information on a single skeleton since you're using all the fingers. Even more if you consider the head as an 11th bit, more if you count arm position. The only limit to how much information a skeleton can hold is how many states of information the Skeleton receiving the information can understand, and how complex the programmer can make it.

For the sake of argument we'll say a Skeleton can hold two bits of information as a simple baseline; so four skeletons can make a byte. using that as our base we can say that it would take 360 skeletons to store a typical line of text from a book, 160000 to store a page of a novel, and a mind-boggling 4,194,304 to store a three-minute song.

Your average flash drive has 8GB, to replicate that storage in skeletons you need four billion. There are roughly seven billion people on this planet (as of 2020), so you would need to kill four out of every seven people, '''on the whole planet''' in order to make a working Skeleton Computer FLASH DRIVE.

In order to get a computer that can 'compute' you need billions more skeletons in order to have enough 'bits' that it can make decisions.

Jaded viewpoints aside, a capable computer in the traditional 1950's sense could be established with a few thousand skels. But be prepared to make an eloquent argument to your dm...

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12936417/

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12939196/

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Deep Rot

2020-04-06T23:23:28Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E: /* WTF is this? */

A computer made out of the undead at the whim of a mad lich. It originated when someone on /tg/ realized that since undead skeletons and zombies could be given simple commands (e.g. Attack anyone that enters this room except myself), they could be ordered to react to the actions of other skeletons and zombies

(e.g. If one of those two skeletons raises their hand, raise yours, but not if they both raise their hands. This replicates the functionality of an [http://www.learningelectronics.net/images/04116.png exclusive-OR gate]).

It's like Hex, from diskworld. Only [[grimdark]]

=WTF is this?=

OK, first Computer science for dummies in six seconds.

A computer works by storing information in a unit of information called a bit. A bit is a simple positive or negative status, yes or no, only two options which is why computers are said to use '''bi'''nary language. Disks work by having thousands of dips and bumps in their surface that are read by a laser. Bits are then grouped into more complex bytes which roughly equal a single laser worth of information. It takes roughly 8 bits of information (eight 'yes' or 'no') to make a byte and bytes are typically the smallest unit of information a computer works with. a byte can represent 256 different values. Bits also use the binary system for big things; a Kilobyte is 210 bytes big, or 1024 bytes.

Deep Rot is the same way only instead of utilizing circuit boards (your computer), vacuum tubes (ENIAC) or gears(the Antikythera mechanism), to compute the simple yes-no operations, it uses skeletons.

The concept is simple. A skeleton is stupid, but smart enough to recognize a simple a yes/no situation. Imagine a nine skeleton set up. Eight skeletons are told to raise or lower the left arm in a pattern. Down, up, up, down, up ,down, up, up; Or, in binary, 01101011.

Skeleton nine is watching the first eight, and recognize that "01101011" equals the letter K, this simple ability is the base of information storage, and from that computing.

Additionally: a single skeleton can hold more than a single bit of information. More than just 'raise left arm' you can store as many as ten bits of information on a single skeleton since you're using all the fingers. Even more if you consider the head as an 11th bit, more if you count arm position. The only limit to how much information a skeleton can hold is how many states of information the Skeleton receiving the information can understand, and how complex the programmer can make it.

For the sake of argument we'll say a Skeleton can hold two bits of information as a simple baseline; so four skeletons can make a byte. using that as our base we can say that it would take 360 skeletons to store a typical line of text from a book, 160000 to store a page of a novel and a mind-boggling,4,194,304 to store a three-minute song.

your average flash drive has 8GB, to replicate that storage in skeletons you need 4,000,000,000, four billion. There are roughly seven billion people on this planet, so you would need to kill four out of every seven people, '''on the whole planet''' in order to make a working Skeleton Computer FLASH DRIVE.

In order to get a computer that can 'compute' you need billions more skeletons in order to have enough 'bits' that it can make decisions.

Jaded viewpoints aside, a capable computer in the traditional 1950's sense could be established with a few thousand skels. But be prepared to make an eloquent argument to your dm...

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12936417/

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12939196/

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Deep Rot

2020-04-06T23:22:17Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E: /* WTF is this? */

A computer made out of the undead at the whim of a mad lich. It originated when someone on /tg/ realized that since undead skeletons and zombies could be given simple commands (e.g. Attack anyone that enters this room except myself), they could be ordered to react to the actions of other skeletons and zombies

(e.g. If one of those two skeletons raises their hand, raise yours, but not if they both raise their hands. This replicates the functionality of an [http://www.learningelectronics.net/images/04116.png exclusive-OR gate]).

It's like Hex, from diskworld. Only [[grimdark]]

=WTF is this?=

OK, first Computer science for dummies in six seconds.

A computer works by storing information in a unit of information called a bit. A bit is a simple positive or negative status, yes or no, only two options which is why computers are said to use '''bi'''nary language. Disks work by having thousands of dips and bumps in their surface that are read by a laser. Bits are then grouped into more complex bytes which roughly equal a single laser worth of information. It takes roughly 8 bits of information (eight 'yes' or 'no') to make a byte and bytes are typically the smallest unit of information a computer works with. a byte can represent 256 different values. Bits also use the binary system for big things; a Kilobyte is 210 bytes big, or 1024 bytes.

Deep Rot is the same way only instead of utilizing circuit boards (your computer), vacuum tubes (ENIAC) or gears(the Antikythera mechanism), to compute the simple yes-no operations, it uses skeletons.

The concept is simple. A skeleton is stupid, but smart enough to recognize a simple a yes or no situation. Imagine a nine skeleton set up. Eight skeletons are told to raise or lower the left arm in a pattern. Down, up, up, down, up ,down, up, up; Or, in binary, 01101011.

Skeleton nine is watching the first eight, and recognize that "01101011" equals the letter K, this simple ability is the base of information storage, and from that computing.

Additionally: a single skeleton can hold more than a single bit of information. More than just 'raise left arm' you can store as many as ten bits of information on a single skeleton since you're using all the fingers. Even more if you consider the head as an 11th bit, more if you count arm position. The only limit to how much information a skeleton can hold is how many states of information the Skeleton receiving the information can understand, and how complex the programmer can make it.

For the sake of argument we'll say a Skeleton can hold two bits of information as a simple baseline; so four skeletons can make a byte. using that as our base we can say that it would take 360 skeletons to store a typical line of text from a book, 160000 to store a page of a novel and a mind-boggling,4,194,304 to store a three-minute song.

your average flash drive has 8GB, to replicate that storage in skeletons you need 4,000,000,000, four billion. There are roughly seven billion people on this planet, so you would need to kill four out of every seven people, '''on the whole planet''' in order to make a working Skeleton Computer FLASH DRIVE.

In order to get a computer that can 'compute' you need billions more skeletons in order to have enough 'bits' that it can make decisions.

Jaded viewpoints aside, a capable computer in the traditional 1950's sense could be established with a few thousand skels. But be prepared to make an eloquent argument to your dm...

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12936417/

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12939196/

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Deep Rot

2020-04-06T23:21:37Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E:

A computer made out of the undead at the whim of a mad lich. It originated when someone on /tg/ realized that since undead skeletons and zombies could be given simple commands (e.g. Attack anyone that enters this room except myself), they could be ordered to react to the actions of other skeletons and zombies

(e.g. If one of those two skeletons raises their hand, raise yours, but not if they both raise their hands. This replicates the functionality of an [http://www.learningelectronics.net/images/04116.png exclusive-OR gate]).

It's like Hex, from diskworld. Only [[grimdark]]

=WTF is this?=

OK, first Computer science for dummies in six seconds.

A computer works by storing information in a unit of information called a bit. A bit is a simple positive or negative status, or yes or no, only two options which is why computers are said to use '''bi'''nary language. Disks work by having thousands of dips and bumps in their surface that are read by a laser. Bits are then grouped into more complex bytes which roughly equal a single laser worth of information. It takes roughly 8 bits of information (eight 'yes' or 'no') to make a byte and bytes are typically the smallest unit of information a computer works with. a byte can represent 256 different values. Bits also use the binary system for big things; a Kilobyte is 210 bytes big, or 1024 bytes.

Deep Rot is the same way only instead of utilizing circuit boards (your computer), vacuum tubes (ENIAC) or gears(the Antikythera mechanism), to compute the simple yes-no operations, it uses skeletons.

The concept is simple. A skeleton is stupid, but smart enough to recognize a simple a yes or no situation. Imagine a nine skeleton set up. Eight skeletons are told to raise or lower the left arm in a pattern. Down, up, up, down, up ,down, up, up; Or, in binary, 01101011.

Skeleton nine is watching the first eight, and recognize that "01101011" equals the letter K, this simple ability is the base of information storage, and from that computing.

Additionally: a single skeleton can hold more than a single bit of information. More than just 'raise left arm' you can store as many as ten bits of information on a single skeleton since you're using all the fingers. Even more if you consider the head as an 11th bit, more if you count arm position. The only limit to how much information a skeleton can hold is how many states of information the Skeleton receiving the information can understand, and how complex the programmer can make it.

For the sake of argument we'll say a Skeleton can hold two bits of information as a simple baseline; so four skeletons can make a byte. using that as our base we can say that it would take 360 skeletons to store a typical line of text from a book, 160000 to store a page of a novel and a mind-boggling,4,194,304 to store a three-minute song.

your average flash drive has 8GB, to replicate that storage in skeletons you need 4,000,000,000, four billion. There are roughly seven billion people on this planet, so you would need to kill four out of every seven people, '''on the whole planet''' in order to make a working Skeleton Computer FLASH DRIVE.

In order to get a computer that can 'compute' you need billions more skeletons in order to have enough 'bits' that it can make decisions.

Jaded viewpoints aside, a capable computer in the traditional 1950's sense could be established with a few thousand skels. But be prepared to make an eloquent argument to your dm...

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12936417/

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12939196/

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Skeleton

2020-04-06T23:16:18Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E:

[[Image:Mr_bones_sign.jpg|300px|thumb|right|We'll be seeing a lot of each other.]]
{{topquote|Spooky, scary skeletons send shivers down your spine." "Shrieking skulls will shock your soul, and seal your doom tonight.|Andrew Gold}}

A '''skeleton''' is a rigid supporting structure. It usually assumes the context of supporting a living creature, either from the inside (an ''endoskeleton'') or the outside (an ''exoskeleton''), but the term is also used figuratively to refer to the supporting structure of a non-living thing (e.g. the skeleton of a building). You might not realize it, but there is a skeleton ''inside you!''

Because they are hard and made of inorganic calcium and other minerals, they tend to persist after the death of their organism -- potentially for millions of years, if conditions are right. Because of this, they are often identified with death; in fact, the word ''skeleton'' comes from the Greek word for "[[mummy]]" or "dried body". Grim Reapers and other personifications of death tend to be skeletons, or at least have skulls for heads, and skeletons in general are spooky and scary to most people.

Skeletons are also a favorite choice of minion for [[necromancer]]s -- they have no flesh, which means they don't rot or smell bad, and makes them slightly more resilient to slashing damage (though hammers are quite effective, and as [[undead]], holy damage is also a good choice; some paladins call them 'hammer fodder' for this very reason). They also tend to be just as fast as they were in life, unlike the shambling zombies, making them useful for time-critical tasks as well as fast-paced combat. Additionally, skeletons are ''just'' smart enough to wield weapons, normally the ones they used in life.

Not all skeletons are of humanoids. Animal skeletons are better combat minons and make tireless beasts of burden. The necromancy focused armies of [[Eberron]]'s Karrnath often employ skeleton horses which, in addition to being tireless, are a stable enough ride to rest in the saddle of. Dragon skeletons are popular thematically since they are so long lived and tough that it can convey just how ''old'' a location is or how tough whatever killed them was. Player accessible necromancy options rarely support undead dragons well however.

One particularly disturbing version of skeletons is the ''exo''skeleton of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans (among others). While on most creatures the skeleton is inside, an exoskeleton is on the ''outside''. These can be reanimated by necromancers as well and are more difficult to distinguish from the living version. Beware a [[Swarm]] of exoskeleton bugs.

[[Lich]] are a subtype of skeleton that's both intelligent and a good caster. [[Dracolich]] is a subtype of that.

A final word of warning, skeletons tend to be unpredictable; they are equally likely to make lame bone-based puns, violently disembowel you, or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou7GZDeOp3g| show up to your concert because you opted to buy a xylophone instead of a marimba.]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Undead_Waifu.jpg|Sometimes a skeleton just wants to have some fun.
File:Alien_skeleton.jpeg|Skeletons are not only inside humans, but other [[Xenos|nightmarish species]] as well.
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Deep Rot]], a skeleton-based computer constructed by a necromancer with a penchant for mad science.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2rwxs1gH9w Spooky Scary Skeletons], a song that is guaranteed to play or at least be mentioned in any thread involving skeletons. It might be 2spooky4u.
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhGmE-3XJfIKQAD0HazmNO8lbBK20uwrzxCKIN020GY/ Spooky Skeletos vs Sickass Demons], a [[FATAL]] scenario that a fa/tg/uy wrote in honor of this meme

[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Undead]]

Skeleton

2020-04-06T23:10:53Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E:

[[Image:Mr_bones_sign.jpg|300px|thumb|right|We'll be seeing a lot of each other.]]
{{topquote|Spooky, scary skeletons send shivers down your spine." "Shrieking skulls will shock your soul, and seal your doom tonight.|Andrew Gold}}

A '''skeleton''' is a rigid supporting structure. It usually assumes the context of supporting a living creature, either from the inside (an ''endoskeleton'') or the outside (an ''exoskeleton''), but the term is also used figuratively to refer to the supporting structure of a non-living thing (e.g. the skeleton of a building). You might not realize it, but there is a skeleton ''inside you!''

Because they are hard and made of inorganic calcium and other minerals, they tend to persist after the death of their organism -- potentially for millions of years, if conditions are right. Because of this, they are often identified with death; in fact, the word ''skeleton'' comes from the Greek word for "[[mummy]]" or "dried body". Grim Reapers and other personifications of death tend to be skeletons, or at least have skulls for heads, and skeletons in general are spooky and scary to most people.

Skeletons are also a favorite choice of minion for [[necromancer]]s -- they have no flesh, which means they don't rot or smell bad, and makes them slightly more resilient to slashing damage (though hammers are quite effective, and as [[undead]], holy damage is also a good choice; some paladins call them 'hammer fodder' for this very reason). They also tend to be just as fast as they were in life, unlike the shambling zombies, making them useful for time-critical tasks as well as fast-paced combat. Additionally, skeletons are ''just'' smart enough to wield weapons, normally the ones they used in life.

Not all skeletons are of humanoids. Animal skeletons are better combat minons and make tireless beasts of burden. The necromancy focused armies of [[Eberron]]'s Karrnath often employ skeleton horses which, in addition to being tireless, are a stable enough ride to rest in the saddle of. Dragon skeletons are popular thematically since they are so long lived and tough that it can convey just how ''old'' a location is or how tough whatever killed them was. Player accessible necromancy options rarely support undead dragons well however.

One particularly disturbing version of skeletons is the ''exo''skeleton of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans (among others). While on most creatures the skeleton is inside, an exoskeleton is on the ''outside''. These can be reanimated by necromancers as well and are more difficult to distinguish from the living version. Beware a [[Swarm]] of exoskeleton bugs.

[[Lich]] are a subtype of skeleton that's both intelligent and a good caster. [[Dracolich]] is a subtype of that.

A small aside, skeletons are often the butt of (or if they can talk, the ''giver'' of) really bad bone-puns. They also seem to enjoy xylophones...

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Undead_Waifu.jpg|Sometimes a skeleton just wants to have some fun.
File:Alien_skeleton.jpeg|Skeletons are not only inside humans, but other [[Xenos|nightmarish species]] as well.
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Deep Rot]], a skeleton-based computer constructed by a necromancer with a penchant for mad science.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2rwxs1gH9w Spooky Scary Skeletons], a song that is guaranteed to play or at least be mentioned in any thread involving skeletons. It might be 2spooky4u.
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhGmE-3XJfIKQAD0HazmNO8lbBK20uwrzxCKIN020GY/ Spooky Skeletos vs Sickass Demons], a [[FATAL]] scenario that a fa/tg/uy wrote in honor of this meme

[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Undead]]

Skeleton

2020-04-06T23:10:07Z

2605:E000:141B:DE0:A441:1E0C:E4C4:703E:

[[Image:Mr_bones_sign.jpg|300px|thumb|right|We'll be seeing a lot of each other.]]
{{topquote|Spooky, scary skeletons send shivers down your spine." "Shrieking skulls will shock your soul, and seal your doom tonight.|Andrew Gold}}

A '''skeleton''' is a rigid supporting structure. It usually assumes the context of supporting a living creature, either from the inside (an ''endoskeleton'') or the outside (an ''exoskeleton''), but the term is also used figuratively to refer to the supporting structure of a non-living thing (e.g. the skeleton of a building). You might not realize it, but there is a skeleton ''inside you!''

Because they are hard and made of inorganic calcium and other minerals, they tend to persist after the death of their organism -- potentially for millions of years, if conditions are right. Because of this, they are often identified with death; in fact, the word ''skeleton'' comes from the Greek word for "[[mummy]]" or "dried body". Grim Reapers and other personifications of death tend to be skeletons, or at least have skulls for heads, and skeletons in general are spooky and scary to most people.

Skeletons are also a favorite choice of minion for [[necromancer]]s -- they have no flesh, which means they don't rot or smell bad, and makes them slightly more resilient to slashing damage (though hammers are quite effective, and as [[undead]], holy damage is also a good choice; some paladins call them 'hammer fodder' for this very reason). They also tend to be just as fast as they were in life, unlike the shambling zombies, making them useful for time-critical tasks as well as fast-paced combat. Additionally, skeletons are ''just'' smart enough to wield weapons, normally the ones they used in life.

Not all skeletons are of humanoids. Animal skeletons are better combat minons and make tireless beasts of burden. The necromancy focused armies of [[Eberron]]'s Karrnath often employ skeleton horses which, in addition to being tireless, are a stable enough ride to rest in the saddle of. Dragon skeletons are popular thematically since they are so long lived and tough that it can convey just how ''old'' a location is or how tough whatever killed them was. Player accessible necromancy options rarely support undead dragons well however.

One particularly disturbing version of skeletons is the ''exo''skeleton of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans (among others). While on most creatures the skeleton is inside, an exoskeleton is on the ''outside''. These can be reanimated by necromancers as well and are more difficult to distinguish from the living version. Beware a [[Swarm]] of exoskeleton bugs.

[[Lich]] are a subtype of skeleton that's both intelligent and a good caster. [[Dracolich]] is a subtype of that.

A small aside, skeletons are often the butt of (or if they can talk, the ''giver'' of) really bad bone-puns.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Undead_Waifu.jpg|Sometimes a skeleton just wants to have some fun.
File:Alien_skeleton.jpeg|Skeletons are not only inside humans, but other [[Xenos|nightmarish species]] as well.
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Deep Rot]], a skeleton-based computer constructed by a necromancer with a penchant for mad science.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2rwxs1gH9w Spooky Scary Skeletons], a song that is guaranteed to play or at least be mentioned in any thread involving skeletons. It might be 2spooky4u.
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhGmE-3XJfIKQAD0HazmNO8lbBK20uwrzxCKIN020GY/ Spooky Skeletos vs Sickass Demons], a [[FATAL]] scenario that a fa/tg/uy wrote in honor of this meme

[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Undead]]