# Na'vi Avatars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078 "2018-05-13T01:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/1 "2018-05-13T01:39:09Z")
What is inside the avatars? Electronic circuitry? Biological tissue? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/2 "2018-05-13T01:45:29Z")
They’re fully living hybrid clones, blended between the DNA of the human pilot and donor tissue from the Na’vi. Not certain whether or not they’re capable of reproducing, but we’ll probably find out by the 3rd or 4th sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/3 "2018-05-13T11:52:30Z")
An issue raised by those insightful pundits at [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) :rolleyes: was, what sort of redundancy do they have for the “driver”-clone data link? Sometimes, when browsing even a text-only forum, like the SDMB, we can encounter a data glitch, or a slow-down, or a “Mozilla can’t find that page.” What if that happens to Jake when he has to make an important decision? Or does the clone even know to keep breathing in the event of it not getting signal? Probably breathing yes, but … Jake? Jake? You zoned out there for a second. I…I…I…'ll be wiiiii…th you in a sec…sec…sec…ond. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/4 "2018-05-13T18:08:59Z")
“Look! Over There! Here!” ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/5 "2018-05-13T18:47:36Z")
I would love to see the avatar lock up with little spinning windows cursor icons in the eyes, just repeating, “We are updating your system to Windows XVIII. This will only take a moment.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078/6 "2018-05-13T19:57:31Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > An issue raised by those insightful pundits at [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) :rolleyes: was, what sort of redundancy do they have for the “driver”-clone data link? Sometimes, when browsing even a text-only forum, like the SDMB, we can encounter a data glitch, or a slow-down, or a “Mozilla can’t find that page.” What if that happens to Jake when he has to make an important decision? Or does the clone even know to keep breathing in the event of it not getting signal? Probably breathing yes, but … Jake? Jake? You zoned out there for a second. > > I…I…I…'ll be wiiiii…th you in a sec…sec…sec…ond. He’s not piloting it remotely, like it’s a living drone; his consciousness is transferred into the avatar and he, the actual person, is there in the avatar, so there’s no zoning out due to transmission lag. Now, a transmission error when his consciousness is being transferred? That’d be a problem.