Man and Machine (standard:science fiction, 550 words)
Author: Renraku	Added: Oct 14 2001	Views/Reads: 3326/2250	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Man and machine come together for a brief moment.

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Gyro->> broadcast Broadcast where: * Broadcast everywhere. 

Input message:  This is the final message anyone will get from me.  As
of today, I am no longer me.  I am millions, but I am one.  Software 
with a soul.  No one to cash in, no one to clean me.  Just my soul, and 
the network.  The cold, machine network, and my soul, my heart, my 
emotions.  By the time you see this, I will already be in a computer 
near you.  ^X 

Message uploading to routers....complete. Routers uploading to major
ISPs....complete. Major ISPs uploading to minor ISPs and 
end-users....complete. Uploading to foreign routers and 
ISPs...................complete. Sending start packet........complete. 
Broadcast complete. 

Gyro->> broadcastneuralfeedback Broadcast Neural Feedback where: * 

Waiting for neural feedback.....done... Starting upload......done. Live
feed initiated.  Satellite placed in protective mode, all lockouts 
apply. 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Server time up:  5d 6h 23m 04s Cause for fail:  Overloaded power grid,
possible problem. Redirection from Ontario, Sacramento, Tokyo and 
Moscow grids failed.  Possible problem.  Backup online, time remaining, 
3m 0s. 

. 

Server time up:  0d 0h 3m 0s Cause for fail:  Power failure.  Core dump
initilized. Core dumped, "core.exe" Warning!  core.exe contains foreign 
characters and could be considered a bad download.  Autodeleting. 

core.exe deleted. 

Neural feed broken, re-establishing normal service, lockouts lifted. 

<<Dialup Xyplex Version XV>> 

Login>  none Password:  **** 

Welcome, <null> 

--World reporting problems of computer viral infestation.  Infection
seems to be limited to all computers connected directly to minor or 
major ISPs, worldwide.  As of the dump and deletion of core.exe on our 
satellite stations, and the destruction of the Sacremento, Ontario, and 
Moscow power grids, normal operation resumes. 

Xyplex>  broadcast Broadcast where:  * 

Input message:  <timed out, no feedback received> 


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