Hmmn... [He's quiet for a moment as he tests out writing backwards in the margins of one of his design papers. Definitely didn't feel natural, but, as Carmen had mentioned, it did have its benefits.] Interesting... Wonder how long it takes before it stops feeling weird.
Why "duck"? [Personally, Hiccup would be more partial to calling him "Hen", but that would be pretty obvious.] Anyway, it's really just for fun. Not like my notes are particularly interesting, whether they're in code or not.
Why not? It's as good a word as any, and if you make it a word that's naturally associated with him in some way, it makes the code easier to break. If you and Astrid set up a code that always identified me as "Red", it'd be much less secure than if you decided to dub me "Footstool".
[Not that she particularly wants to be dubbed "Footstool", mind, but hey. An example's an example.]
And it doesn't matter what's in the notes. What matters is they're yours. Which means you also have a right to have people not read them.
Where we're from, innovation is valuable. People who come up with new ideas and technology have the right to sell it and profit off their creativity. So there's a certain personal interest in keeping some things secret — so someone else doesn't take what's yours and profit off it in your place.
But that's a perception that comes with our experiences. My guess is, yours has been different.
[Selling actual inventions wasn't anything new, even if the majority of Hiccup's contraptions were widely ignored, but an idea? Most vikings weren't too keen on taking the time to read design instructions, even if they had the proper skillset to put the thing together.]
Your guess is right. That sort of thing can happen back on Berk, but it's not exactly likely.
I'd imagine it's probably not that likely here, either — there isn't that same sort of intellectual marketplace of ideas that he and I are used to. So if you choose not to write your secrets in code, simply not sharing your notes will probably suffice to keep them safe.
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audio; | cianwood city | october 21
Why "duck"? [Personally, Hiccup would be more partial to calling him "Hen", but that would be pretty obvious.] Anyway, it's really just for fun. Not like my notes are particularly interesting, whether they're in code or not.
audio; | cianwood city | october 21
[Not that she particularly wants to be dubbed "Footstool", mind, but hey. An example's an example.]
And it doesn't matter what's in the notes. What matters is they're yours. Which means you also have a right to have people not read them.
audio; | cianwood city | october 21
[Where are you getting all these words.]
Yeah, I guess. I just can't imagine anyone being actually interested enough to try to read them--except you, and I guess Albert.
audio; | cianwood city | october 21
Where we're from, innovation is valuable. People who come up with new ideas and technology have the right to sell it and profit off their creativity. So there's a certain personal interest in keeping some things secret — so someone else doesn't take what's yours and profit off it in your place.
But that's a perception that comes with our experiences. My guess is, yours has been different.
audio; | cianwood city | october 21
Your guess is right. That sort of thing can happen back on Berk, but it's not exactly likely.
audio; | cianwood city | october 21