KATE: "But you posit that the data on the Internet would be ?understandable? by the entity as ?information?. This may not be the case. The data, computers and connections that would make up the entities universe may instead be viewed by the entity as the ?real world?."

- You may well be right. I wonder though whether there is enough references to 'the internet and it's relationship to the real world' on the net for the entity to realise that there is something 'out there'.

But it is entirely possible that the only way it would realise us (and sorry for drawing religious comparisons) was if we addressed it directly and started a communication (revelation) and backed this up by adding or deleting sections of data (miracles) and even possibly entering cyberspace virtually and engaging directly (incarnation) laugh

Regards,

Blacknad.