well, the day these things become sentient, even before the first move has been played, the machine will rise up from its chair and exult once, "I Win", and maybe then proceed to play. Pity the human on the other side.
so now that someone "out there" knows my date of birth and address and a few of my other numbers as well, will he/she be courteous enough to wish me happy birthday, will it be?? can i wish for a gift as well... santa, tell me you did this
day one: guy from same deptt which reported loss of laptop[think 5 digit IQ figures] takes a laptop alongwith him
day two: tries to download porn but damn, the hard disk is full, ummmm.... i should install linux and try, linux is a better operating syss.....
day three: laptop configured according to the linux bible, all passwords set, still no porn. anyway, lets check the news. whats this news on slashdot about laptops, holy crap...
day four: guy returns laptop. hurrraayyyyyyyy, laptop found... oh no, wait, houston, we got linux, and two passwords to our files.... ummm, run the story on slashdot and connect it to the DoD network and wait for some chinese guy
day five: breaking news on slashdot: SSNs of ten thousand americans being given away free with every holex watch in beijing
day six: washington, chinese guy not only found the passwords but took the files.... hmmmmmm... unforeseen incident.... Enter Bush
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well, the day these things become sentient, even before the first move has been played, the machine will rise up from its chair and exult once, "I Win", and maybe then proceed to play. Pity the human on the other side.
so now that someone "out there" knows my date of birth and address and a few of my other numbers as well, will he/she be courteous enough to wish me happy birthday, will it be?? can i wish for a gift as well ... santa, tell me you did this
oh and yeah ....
... locates laptop and pastes sticker on it which reads ... "slashdotted".
day seven: the same guy strikes again
day one: guy from same deptt which reported loss of laptop[think 5 digit IQ figures] takes a laptop alongwith him
.... i should install linux and try, linux is a better operating syss.. ...
...
... oh no, wait, houston, we got linux, and two passwords to our files .... ummm, run the story on slashdot and connect it to the DoD network and wait for some chinese guy
.... hmmmmmm ... unforeseen incident .... Enter Bush
day two: tries to download porn but damn, the hard disk is full, ummmm
day three: laptop configured according to the linux bible, all passwords set, still no porn. anyway, lets check the news. whats this news on slashdot about laptops, holy crap
day four: guy returns laptop. hurrraayyyyyyyy, laptop found
day five: breaking news on slashdot: SSNs of ten thousand americans being given away free with every holex watch in beijing
day six: washington, chinese guy not only found the passwords but took the files