jacquispeel@netscape.net
How does Orac 'see' the universe (does it know what Blake et al 'look like'?
Any way he wants to - through access to all the computers that have access to Tarriel cells, which apparently includes Zen as he has been known to affect & take over the Liberator, he would have access to the input available from those computers from all the sensors attached to the related system.
So he would certainly have some idea of how people "look" and how to tell them apart. The flying orb thingy in "Orac" apparently had a camera on it.
However, this doesn't tell us what his perception of those people is based on that information - a lot of our perception of others is coloured by how they look and move, rather than just their voice or what they say. Ever had your perception of someone that you talk to online blown wide open when you actually meet them?
Peter.