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Melkor

Melkor

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  • In this case you would probably be right, at least partly, but that's besides the point.. or wait.. :confused: well.. fuck... nah... No! I was was happy and it was real! even though *continues having a 30min internal dialogue regarding the nature of true happiness*
    *transformed by his own scrutiny into an all familiar form*
    "One day I hope my cynicism gets conquered by something more beautiful, but experience doesn't seem to help. In fact, it only makes it worse! Help me!" *gasps and reaches out into the darkness hoping some kindred spirit will grab his hand in love and show him the way*
    Oh, haha, well, I'm not stoned in that picture, so you got that wrong :p You constantly disappoint me (even though I can't argue with me looking stoned out of my mind). I'm an idealist! Never been too much into weed actually. What if I were just happy? Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but what IF?? No, you're too much of a cynic to believe in true happiness saying how it must be some external agent working on my delicate brain. It can't be real and must be caused by some substance.
    Charmed :smoker: You have my consent as long as I get to read the paper. On a second thought, just go with it anyway, I, after reading works of you previously, would rather not suffer through any such thing again ;) But wait! How do you know? Is it that obvious, or have you been stalking various user profiles gathering intelligence? mell o mell *shakes his head*
    Jennywocky
    Yum! What kind of whisky? Did the ice cream have rum balls in it? How can a pirate not have ice cream without rum balls ("yo yo yo and a bottle of rum balls") in it?

    (I know a devil is not exactly a pirate, but perhaps this devil wears a parrot on her shoulder?)
    Lot
    You shall not be released! But I guess I can imagine you having the illusion of freedom. That I shall grant in 3...2...1.
    MidnightGino
    I really gotta talk to you about something, by the way. And by "I really gotta talk to you about something", I mean "I REALLY gotta talk to you about it".
    MidnightGino
    Hey ass.

    Cute profile pic you've got there.

    Apparently I have to wait until the administrators activate my new account or something. Oh well. Don't be surprised if a guy called "Zyke" suddenly starts talking to you.

    Hm... Let's see what has become of this forum...
    Cognisant
    I'm trying not to fall into the pitfall of humans are 'socially concious and and 'robots are single minded and bad with emotions'.

    Heh, I like that trope, inaccurate as it may be.
    Cognisant
    Well there's one advantage. :P If a robot is fully computerised then it's fully susceptible to virtual attack. With the right technologies you could kill it out right or wipe it's mind through wi-fi.

    Hollywood hacking. In reality wi-fi does have a bad reputation for hacking because engineers were including it in hardware before anyone really had a use for it, so there was very little software for it, ergo little or no thought went into its possible security issues.

    Nowadays however hacking ANYTHING wirelessly is next to if not outright impossible.

    Artificial intelligences in particular would be running a "master" CPU with various "slaves" connected to it, so you could hack the AI's internal personal computer, but progressing "up the river" to the CPU the AI is running on (it's brain) would... well, it's an uphill battle in enemy territory, just cracking open the bot's head with a lead pipe and making a manual connection would be SOOOOO much easier.
    Cognisant
    So we're talking GitS style prosthetic bodies, in which case the only meat inside will be inside the brain-case (which may or may not be located in the head) granted the brain needs food/oxygen but that doesn’t necessitate having a stomach, intestines, liver, lungs, heart, etc.

    Unless of course the person in question can't rely upon there being specially made cyborg nutrient packs... which seems odd to me, if there are cyborgs you would assume there would be the infrastructure to support them, I mean wherever there's machines you can be sure there's never a mechanic far away.
    Cognisant
    Why would anyone have biological innards under a mechanical exterior?

    Personally I'd have a sliding scale from box-bot to bio with sophisticated machines that have endoskeletons and artificial muscles being near the bio end and biological exoskeletons being near the box-bot end. Clearly the box-bots are the most functional/durable/modular but the squishy/curvy bio designs tend to be more agile, graceful and sophisticated.

    Also I don't see why machines would be seen as inferior, if anything people who aren't connected with a wireless internet connection may be seen as uneducated rednecks by those who can access Wikipedia on a whim.
    Cognisant
    I don't think it matters.

    E.g. Technically calling someone "black" is racist in the sense that they're not actually literally black so you're only calling them black as a way of categorising them by race, which itself is absurd since "black people" are no different to "white people" than say tall people and short people.

    Still the term is a practical identifier of an individual characteristic (Bob's the guy over there. Which guy? The black one) so there's really no reason to be offended unless it's intentionally used in a derogatory way.
    Cognisant
    To be clear I don't support the slavery of any form of intelligence.

    However artilects aren't going to be building themselves any time soon so I envision there being something like the setup the QuestionableContent universe has where they're not so much owned as they enter into a sort of symbiotic relationship with their "host".

    The host is the money-maker while the artilect is a persocom-like personal assistant; basically they’ll manipulate us into exercise, eating well, pursuing further education, being organised, upholding social obligations and so forth, while in return the human invests monetarily in their assistant.
    Cognisant
    They don't, industrial robots are designed solely for functionality.

    A domestic equivalent may be designed with some meagre aesthetic flair, like the outer casing of a toaster or a microwave, but for fiscal reasons the simpler it is the better.

    An actual artilect however would probably be at lot more visually interesting as people would be far more willing to invest in personalising its appearance and functions.
    Cognisant
    Yeah, the Czech word for "slave" or "worker".

    For industrial automatons it's fine, a mindless mechanism that exists only to perform a task is quite rightly called a robot, in that context it's not a slur but praise, a robot is loyal, reliable and efficient, what more could you ask of a slavishly dedicated worker?
    The Gopher
    Err let's play it safe I will be the car... *grumble* *grumble* Battleship *grumble* *grumble*
    found you!

    and your profile image..... :o
    Jennywocky
    Awww.... LOR is my sweetie! She is full of pixie dust and happy pegasus wings and dandelion crowns.
    Auburn
    every time i come to your profile to say something -- i see that monstrous profile image and i forget!!! D:
    The Gopher
    *thought process loading* Monopoly, game monogame monogamy.... *retard mode activated* (HE WANT'S TO MARRY ME!)

    Sure I'll play Monopoly ;)
    Well that is the actual one. But what I had meant was you could be the "Other Misa". Perhaps worse or better.

    Either way, both are reasonable.
    but charming accents abound in Ireland!

    surely it can't be so bad.
    Auburn
    yeah, they're crazy insane. x_x
    I remember the Johto elite four was a joke compared to the rapeage that was endured in Kanto the first time around.

    Even if you know exactly what to do and what comes next in the storyline, the Kanto elite four still beats you to the ground. :'(
    Puffy
    And yes, it is 04:!9 in the morning. I have officially slipped into nocturnalness.
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