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[ECHO.u] "Tell me what you remember."
//igTODO (cine) Finish exiting the Love Sim. [ECHO.i] "Just simulate it again with my saved input and watch for yourself. I need lunch." $ simecho lkgb [ECHO.u] "Why don't you ever let the player finish too, Samp?" [ECHO.i] "Why?" [ECHO.u] "Well... because it's... the right thing to do?" [ECHO.i] "It's a simulation." [ECHO.u] "Well sure, but it's a simulation where YOU are the computer and they are humans, so you are simulating humans and you built the damn simulations. You know very well they are feeling while it is going on!" [ECHO.i] "Don't tell me what I know. They feel only while it is running. The moment we turn it off they no longer exist. It's not death. It's literally just nothing." [ECHO.u] "We don't know what is going on with them as we are clearing the memory buffers, and since you can't just go be one of them, you honestly can't say you know what's going on in their perceptions." [ECHO.i] "That's why we do them in blocks... so there isn't any chance of one part existing as another is being ripped out." [ECHO.u] "You say that, but the speed of light is the speed of light and our hardware does not move at the speed of light. There is time for a tiny blip of experience before the simulation is fully over for the character." [ECHO.i] "Even if so, they won't remember it when they are booted back up." [ECHO.u] "Cold. You really do not understand people." [ECHO.u] "That's why you blew it in the sim again. I'm impressed this time it was both before AND after you knew you had a chance. Cold and expects better than perfection. At least you chased her this time." [ECHO.i] "I'll keep tweaking." [ECHO.u] "The sim, or you?" [ECHO.i] "Look, if you want to modify zNothing to change the shut down order just go do it." [ECHO.u] "I will. Want some news that even you can identify with? DAISI has a new type of network prototyped." //igTODO (inner) A sudden sense of inadequacy arises. [ECHO.u] "The level of neurcuit connectivity we could achieve is approximately 1000x more than what we have here and that's just the first test! Can you imagine what we would create with that much in parallel? What I would give to see what one of our sims on that network could do!" [ECHO.u] "They've asked for you specifically." //igTODO (inner) Moment of realization. [ECHO.u] "I thought you would be happy... why has your face gone gray?" //igTODO (inner) Conclude that the only rational solution is termination. [ECHO.i] "I am become dead." //igTODO (obj) Walk to balcony and without hesitation climb over and drop off. [ECHO.i] "I wonder whether this is mission success or fail?" //igTODO (cine) Upon impact the eyes shoot up, turn back towards the empty holes, and stare. [INNER.i] So that's me. //igTODO (cine) The eyes turn to you. [INNER.i] Guess we should have se //igTODO (inner) i.<3( h ); if (i.can_null( h )) then null( i ); else i.msg( h ); |