Chapter 143: The Girl on the Seine

Downing did not say that his understanding of "beauty" was necessarily correct, but his view of beauty as "beauty is survival" sparked a heated discussion among aestheticians. Artists who subscribe to the theory of evolution are also prone to accepting the aesthetic that living beings acquire in order to survive, and religious elements are of course quite disgusted by this.

In any case, Downing intends to launch another event of the School of Science and Art in Paris, this time not just to promote biology, but to be practical, calling on French and any interested artists to make a graphic design for his new product, "Non-Replicable Digital Identity Card", and to echo his speech at the Very Floating Palace, this proposal has a specification limit, the card will be a golden ratio rectangle.

What is a digital identity card? To put it simply, it is a kind of identity card. However, this is no ordinary ID card, it is a small mechanical computer! How is this possible, some say? IBM's birdcage mechanical computer is the size of a ...... Nothing is impossible, and it can't be a full-featured computer, but it just has the basic characteristics of a computer. At the time of electronic computers, full-featured desktops were also very large, and the security chip cards of that era were still so small. It can be seen that as long as there are no strict requirements for functions, mechanical computers can still be made into miniature ones.

The card, which contains a miniature mechanical computer, is exactly the size of a credit card, half a centimeter thick, and is embedded with a complex system of gears that vary from one batch to another with different numbers of teeth to prevent duplication. The transmission combination between the gears is controlled by 160 pins, and the "card reader" enters a string of 16-digit numbers through the guò pins, and the identity card will output a unique calculation result after about three seconds of operation, and only the remote central computer that stores the card information can compare the same calculation results through guò, so that the identity of the card can be confirmed.

The inside of these cards is made of inexpensive PVC made in a thermoplastic process, and special gears are fixed at the time of issuance to give each card a unique card number. Because of thermoplastic, its cost is not high, and this is the smart card in the era of mechanical computers. The Bank of Zurich could use it to issue credit cards, and the East India Company could use it to issue identity cards to Indian citizens, as long as a photograph of the card was printed on the card.

Digitalization is not to be said to improve the efficiency of banks, and the introduction of a digital ID system in India can provide a complete understanding of the whereabouts of each citizen, which has considerable benefits for strictly controlling the subcontinent, and dangerous elements will not be able to move an inch.

The Bank of Japan uses the digital system of the Bank of Zurich, and if the Japanese government breaks with Downing one day, it will fall into financial chaos in an instant, which is also beneficial for Downing to control Japan.

With a digital identity card, the Bank of Zurich can even make a shocking debut at a 24-hour ATM, convinced?

The Bank of Zurich can also set up an "international clearing platform" to open up the digital system to all banks, and as long as a large number of financial institutions around the world adopt this efficient digital platform, Tang Ning can say like Li Shimin, "The heroes of the world are in the middle of me."

It's a terrible conspiracy! Fast radio communication can be without. Fast land, sea, and air traffic can also be dispensed without, and antibacterial drugs that can deal with a variety of diseases can also be dispensed with, without harming the country. Advanced weapons can not be afraid, at most the enemy kills me a thousand, I kill him two hundred, fight. But once the world's finance is in someone's hands, this ...... It's horrible. Even Tang Ning shuddered when he thought about it, damn it, what am I going to do? Once this planet-level financial platform was created, the strength in my hands was terrifying.

Alas, there are killer features in this world that even you are afraid of? Of course there is, it's like holding a multi-million-ton nuclear bomb in your hand, can you not get your heart racing? In any case, the times are advancing, and now that the financial digital age has been planned, the pace cannot be stopped.

No one knew the terrifying power of digital identity cards, and French artists were jubilant, jubilant, and happy to design card designs for the Bank of Zurich and the people of India.

One artist fell in love with the nautilus that Downing used to tell the story that day, and found a reason for this wonderful masterpiece of the Creator to be a symbol of the Indian people - the nautilus is a creature born in the Indian Ocean! Isn't it fitting to use a nautilus as an Indian mascot?

There is also a design into the eyes of the Duke of London, the phantom of the bat, which is the silhouette of the Indian flying fox all over India, a kind of quite large bat variety, also called the big flying fox. The story of vampire bats is widely circulated in the West, and it is not known what the artist means. Looking at this enchanting pattern, Downing felt like a blood-sucking bat, even though he knew that the food of Indian flying foxes was actually fruit.

It may be due to the strange nature of bats that can move freely at night and their body shape, which is obviously different from insects and birds, that humans avoid them, so there are all kinds of evil rumors. But for some reason, Downing was particularly fond of bats. They are flying mammals, which is quite special. Scientists like him are fascinated by the fact that bats use ultrasound to move freely through the night sky, and he has been particularly fond of bats since childhood.

There is no doubt that there is also a Taj Mahal-themed design, which is beautiful, but it does not reflect Downing's personal preferences. There is a peacock open screen design, which is also a characteristic creature of India, but too sissy. There is also one of the lion head patterns on the head of the stone pillar column of the Buddhist holy land in the Ashoka era of the peak of the Mauryan Dynasty in India: ****. Although it represents the ancient civilization of India, civilization is often also an ancient burden to the people here, and its religious overtones are clearly not to Downing's personal preferences.

In the end, Downing chose the Nautilus scheme to give the Zurich bank card, and the Indian Foxtail Phantom gave the East India Company's huge group of employees as an identity card. Anyway, the East India Company is a terrible underworld in the eyes of many people, and perhaps the more scared it is, the better it is.

Having finalized the design, Downing wandered alone on the left bank of the Seine with a leisurely heart and curiosity, and the guards arranged for him by the Security Committee followed him from a distance, trying not to disturb his thoughts.

He pondered a question: Why would he be scared to start a mechanical computer digital card project? At first, he felt excitement when he thought about this unprecedented invention, but soon, he was really scared. Over the years, his steps to dominate the rivers and lakes seem to have gone too fast, from 1850 to this world, only nine years later, he has changed from a poor boy to a monster on the planet, so that no one dares to provoke him with such a clear attitude of religion and theology in this era. The French emperor, who was a die-hard Catholic, had to be hospitalized, and this was when the French operation in the Apennine was sabotaged by him.

With great power comes great responsibility, and Tang Ning felt all kinds of pressures being exerted from all directions, and in this uneasiness, there was a hint of danger and a faint chill. The optical fiber project is being carried out, the digital card is being engaged, these two things will soon be able to change the life of mankind and kick off the prelude to the grand digital age, however, it seems that he is not ready to enter the digital age, alas, what is going on? Why am I reluctant to go back to the digital age? Where does the uneasiness come from?

"You ......"

When Downing casually walked into a small café as low-key as he was, a young girl seemed to have discovered something, and then came over to test it, daring to speak to one of the most powerful people in the world, perhaps none of whom had a conversation but a top-confident girl.

Downing: "I'm nothing. ”

The girl chuckled and simply sat down in front of him: "Can I sit?" ”

Downing: "Sit down." ”

The maiden was overjoyed, and after a while she said, "You must be!" ”

Tang Ning smiled, this Parisian girl was too persistent, she didn't want to admit it, she still wanted him to admit it.

Girl: "Worthy of being the leader of the Prophet Alliance, you know a qiē!" The speech at the Louvre was so wonderful, I felt like I had found the true meaning of beauty! Thank you very much! ”

Tang Ning looked at this French girl who was smart and beautiful in ice and snow, and said, "You really understand?" ”

Girl: "It's not very easy to understand, but I believe I've understood, and I've never been so shocked." I used to think that the boundary between science and art was clear, just as I thought that the line between nobles and commoners was very clear, but I was wrong, alas, could it be that one day a bunch of scientists will do art? ”

Downing: "You're worrying too much, think about it, 10,000 years ago, when our ancestors were still living in caves, the only artistic means was probably to use stones to draw a few lines on the stone wall, and later, our more recent ancestors invented all kinds of pen tools, and only then did they have glory in art." Science and art are not contradictory. ”

The girl was overjoyed and said with a smile: "And say that you are not!" Your tone of science as soon as you open your mouth must be, Lord Duke of London! ”

Downing happened to be in a state of reflection on science, and actually said: "You are wrong, I am anti-science, what good is science?" It destroys tradition, tradition has a unique beauty, if you use the scientific way of thinking, our ancestors have become accustomed to a certain way of life, if you want to change him, there are many people who will lose, and then the whole society will lose, which is no less than the extinction of a beautiful creature. ”

"Is it so......" The girl was surprised, and doubted her eyesight.

Tang Ning became more and more energetic, and continued: "Do you think, now more and more people write letters in the form of telegrams, all of them are cold and identical fonts, how unartistic, does it make artists very nostalgic for the era of writing letters with a pen? I can't even write. ”

Girl: "But you just said that science and art don't conflict......"

Tang Ning: "Well, I'm in a very complicated mood now, like a girl before marriage, she will worry about her future married life, it may be very beautiful, it may also be very bloody, I guess you will experience it soon, right?" ”

Girl: "...... Yes, I'm getting married next month. （http：／／）。 ”

Downing: "What's your name?" ”

Maiden: "Elaine." ”

Downing: "Good name." Well, maybe I'll visit your wedding, if you don't always think of me as an adult. ”

The girl thought for a moment, gave up trying to persuade the other party to confess, and said, "Then you always have a name, right?" ”

Downing: "Turing Visa." ”

Girl: "Career? ”

Downing: "Tramp." ”.