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[[File:Hypercube.svg|thumb|200px|The Boxes.]]'''The Boxes''' is an [[artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]] with no material representation, probably some form of [[transdimensional corporation]].
[[File:Hypercube.svg|thumb|200px|The Boxes, as depicted by an anonymous (and by now probably insane) Artist-Engineer.]]'''The Boxes''' is an [[artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]] and [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillain]] with no material representation, probably some form of [[transdimensional corporation]].
 
== In the News ==
 
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File:Jekyll Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|The Boxes invest in a new [[Jekyll (perfume)|perfume designed for sociopaths]].
File:Antikythera_mechanism_(fragment_A_front).jpg|link=Anarchimedes|[[Anarchimedes]] and The Boxes said to be working on Secret Weapon.
File:Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg|link=Humanity and other non-essential services|The Boxes claim responsibility for infecting Orson Welles with the [[Humanity and other non-essential services]] catch phrase.
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== Crime team with Anarchimedes ==


The Boxes is widely believed to have formed a [[crime team (nonfiction)|crime team]] with [[Anarchimedes]].
The Boxes is widely believed to have formed a [[crime team (nonfiction)|crime team]] with [[Anarchimedes]].
== Gnotilus treaty ==


The Boxes has a treaty with [[Gnotilus]], the details of which are secret.
The Boxes has a treaty with [[Gnotilus]], the details of which are secret.
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The treaty is thought (by whom?) to involve the [[Forbidden ratio]].
The treaty is thought (by whom?) to involve the [[Forbidden ratio]].


== Reading at night ==
The Boxes is averse to [[reading at night (nonfiction)|reading at night]]. This may be a weakness which enemies can exploit.


The Boxes is averse to [[reading at night (nonfiction)|reading at night]].
== In the News ==


This may be a weakness which enemies can exploit.
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File:Jekyll Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|The Boxes invests in a new [[Jekyll (perfume)|perfume designed for sociopaths]], calling it good for business.
File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|[[Anarchimedes]] and The Boxes said to be working on Secret Weapon.
File:Karman Vortex animation.gif|link=Computer simulation (nonfiction)|The Boxes distributes [[Computer simulation (nonfiction)|computer simulations]] of [[Extract of Radium]], challenges users to taste the difference.
File:Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg|link=Humanity and other non-essential services|The Boxes claims responsibility for infecting Orson Welles with the [[Humanity and other non-essential services]] catch phrase.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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File:Karman Vortex animation.gif|link=Computer simulation (nonfiction)|[[Computer simulation (nonfiction)|Computer simulation]].
File:Complexity_subsets_pspace.svg|link=Computational complexity (nonfiction)|[[Computational complexity (nonfiction)]].
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* [[Computer simulation (nonfiction)]]
* [[Computer simulation (nonfiction)]]
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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Artificial intellligences]]
[[Category:Artificial intelligences]]
[[Category:Transdimensional corporations]]
[[Category:Transdimensional corporations]]

Latest revision as of 08:09, 14 July 2016

The Boxes, as depicted by an anonymous (and by now probably insane) Artist-Engineer.

The Boxes is an artificial intelligence and supervillain with no material representation, probably some form of transdimensional corporation.

The Boxes is widely believed to have formed a crime team with Anarchimedes.

The Boxes has a treaty with Gnotilus, the details of which are secret.

The treaty is thought (by whom?) to involve the Forbidden ratio.

The Boxes is averse to reading at night. This may be a weakness which enemies can exploit.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference