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[Meridianchild]

I think its pretty clear that this game is going to take us all the way up until we get our copies of Halo 2 and put that cd into our xboxes. As far as where Melissa will go....we don't really have any concrete evidence or hints as to where she might go.

AngriBuddhist mentioned her going back to the future. If that were the case, would Melissa WANT to be working with Durga to (for lack of a better explanation) pull her self back together in the future? Instead she insists on hiding crutial information from Durga about the artifact and herself.

[spec]Unless, of course, Durga figures out what exactly is going on, and figures out a way to wipe Melissa out of existance. In which case Durga becomes the "new operator" and asumes an active role in Halo 2.[/spec]

Shad0 also mentioned Dana coming back and shutting Melissa down herself. I would think that this would have more of a justification, because if I were in Dana's shoes and I saw that my family was now in danger of something that was living on my web server....The fist thing I would do would be to unplug it and burn it.

This is just my view on the situation. Anyone else have anything to add or correct me on?

[darkmoonz]

i agree that i would unplug and burn it, but she is building roads (to payphones, i know, but that's just proving that she can take over other systems), and when durga was talking to jersey, she said that even if he tried to delete her, she could just move to another system...

i don't think dana really has the ability to delete melissa unless she wants to be destroyed...
would she try to survive, evade, resist, escape destruction?

[cheebers]

[Phaedra]

[Buzzkill247]

One can only hope Phaedra - Or.. (since Bungie might be monitoring) free copies of Halo 2? PLEEEAAASSSSEEEEE?!?!?!? Yeah so I already have one on reserve - I can always use another for lan parties.

Or maybe even Microsoft will pitch in 3 months free LIVE! subscription?

Does anyone have [SPEC] or info on the Limited edition copy and the DVD possibly playing a role in all of this other than the "Making of"?

[kingchaos2]

[Buzzkill247]

LOL Cute.... Buzzkill247 is also my moniker while play online LIVE! So you might see me there in Halo2

[AngriBuddhist]

A bit [OT] but...it would be cool if they had all the .wavs on the DVD.

Who knows, the last couple weeks of sound files could be from the Apocolypso prior to the crash. That way we all (ARGers or not) could have the back story to Halo 2.

[Scumbag]

[gains]

Can Melissa survive in our world much longer?

She seems genuinely angered at Dana's attempts to delete her, which isn't a real threat to Durga, she'll just move to another system.

There are references in the Bungie history of AIs expanding into world spanning networks, and that's hundreds of years in the future. I wonder how big Melissa is. You certainly couldn't download her functions to a DVD and walk off with it!

Maybe she has to go because there isn't enough room in this time and place for her? Maybe she's already tapped out our resources, despite her road-building, and found only blind alleys?

[daboking]

ask England, Canada, Australia, etc if she has tapped all possible resources and has no where to go? (I did not mean that to sound like a smart behind)

[JasonShin]

Melissa must have discovered the power of distributed computing. If she runs out of power, she'll use her influence to get a few more computers bought so she can use them to do some more calculations.

Remember, every time you turn your computer on, you're helping Melissa complete her nefarious deeds.

*JasonShin runs away and cowers in fear*

[gains]

But that's my point. Sort of.

Are a few more terabytes going to make much difference to a computer program that was developed in an age when children's toys probably run on a few hundred gigs?

The portion of Melissa that communicates with us is only a small piece of all the processes that must be running at all times to allow her her abilities. Just the tip of the iceberg so to say.

She's used to a world where every appliance is networked, and everyone is on the grid at all times. Why do you think finding Dana is so frustrating for her?

[Heucuva]

i have an awesome idea.. what if.. halo2 on XBox live if we could log in as our beecatcher's name and continue this ilovebees thing on there in one way or another?

[Dragonrider]