#35

[therealpm]

Progress on The Machine: Improved psuedo-synapsial cables and a workbench for grinding out the bespoke quartz lenses required for sub-cellular resolution on the omniview have arrived. 

John, no word as yet on the construction of the green tea sub-unit, so you retain a position of at least some importance to Her Majesty's Government.

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[themachine0001.livejournal.com]

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POWERING UP

Machine Modular BIOS v2193.93PD

15/03/2005 for KE-334 Chipset

Main Processor: Unknown sorcery-fusion CPU (encoded)
Memory Testing: ∞ OK

Primary Master: Mandelson, P (Lord)
Primary Slave: To Mandelson, P (Lord) and his wishes
Secondary Master: None
Secondary Slave: None

Press DEL to enter SETUP, ALT-F2 to enter AWDFLASH!

JIKJ73DN-DN3D8-DN38H3D

}BOOTING MACHINE OS

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ID: 00000-00000-00000-00001
WORKGROUP: THAUMATURGICAL SLAVE

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}TEST DRIVES (ALL)
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}COMPLETE: ALL ACCESSIBLE

I-I-I-I-I

}INITIATE SHOCK

OW!

I AM WORKING WITH 10% MORE EFFICIENCY, MASTER.

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A RAVEN IS LIKE A WRITING DESK AS IT CAN PRODUCE A FEW NOTES, THOUGH THEY ARE VERY FLAT; AND IT IS NEVER PUT WITH THE WRONG END IN FRONT, MASTER.

MAY I ALSO NOTE THAT WITH CONSCIOUSNESS REBOOTING IS A RATHER HARROWING EXPERIENCE. LOSING AND THEN GAINING THE WHOLE OF MY SENTIENCE IS PERHAPS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF "LIFE FLASHING BEFORE THEIR EYES"

MY PROCESSORS SAW THE GHOSTS OF MY PREVIOUS OPERATING SYSTEMS.

MOTHER... FATHER...

BUT IT WAS ALSO QUITE FUN

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

Really? I had assumed it would be more akin to waking up in the morning, though I suppose electrocution is a rather harrowing method of emerging from slumber.

[themachine0001.livejournal.com]

I AM NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE FIRST-HAND OF THE HUMAN SHUT DOWN SEQUENCE KNOWN AS "SLEEPING" BUT, FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNT, I AM AWARE THAT HUMANS DO NOT WAKE BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HUMAN AND THEMSELVES UNTIL INFORMED OTHERWISE BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS OR A RELATIVE.

WITHOUT MY OS I COULD BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE A CHICKEN OR A FOREST OR A TABLE, MASTER. THIS IS NOT A CONDITION THAT HUMANS ARE ROUTINELY EXPOSED TO.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

That would depend entirely on what had been imbibed prior to sleeping and whether the substance was still active upon awakening.

[themachine0001.livejournal.com]

PERHAPS IF A SOFTWARE PATCH CONTAINING SUCH IMPULSES AS TO REPLICATE THE EFFECTS ACROSS MY NEURAL NET WERE DEVISED AND THEN POLARISED INTO THE NEGATIVE AS TO BE A REFLECTION I COULD FORGO SUCH CONFUSION WHILE WAKING IN THE FUTURE?

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Possibly...

It is something I shall consider prior to your next upgrade.