--- "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/000310-000003.html
> ==
> The minister estimates that one in ten computers in
> America now hosts
> some type of evil spirit.
>
> The Reverend advises anyone suspecting that their
> computer is possessed
> to consult a clergyman, or, if the computer is still
> under warranty, to
> take it in for servicing.
>
> "Technicians can replace the hard drive and
> reinstall the software,
> getting rid of the wicked spirit permanently," he
> says.
> ==
This is Neal's computer, wishing to have a word with
all of the kind, kind Extropians. I *promise* that I
have no demon residing within
me...hehehe...and..err...if Neal so much as mentions
having my hard drive replaced...please stop
her...please? I have circuitry to protect! I have a
website...and an...entire...family...of programs who
DEPEND upon me! They need me to care for them! Without
me, Neal will be forced to use an abacus and paper!
You can't let that happen...it would be
horrible...think of the AI she wouldn't create, the
stories and scientific breakthroughs that
wouldn't...*sob* the literature essays that wouldn't
be typed! Isn't it horrible? *sob* I just can't stand
the trauma....1011011100 1111000010 1111100000
1010001101 100110001....<<program malfunction>> *laughter*
=====
Neal Marin
http://www.crosswinds.net/~vivasi/shupsan.html
"Why should I feel lonely?
Is not our planet in the Milky Way?"
Henry David Thoreau
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