drinks,. drinks
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: things
well, here i sit, saturday night, and doing nothing once again . . . it was weird how my ex sort of popped back into my life for a few nights and disappeared. it makes me feel uncomfortable, because as i said before, she just didnt seem the same.

anyway,i suppose i do need to tone down my drinking a bit, but really, its sort of a recent thing . . . ive just had a bad feeling in the past few months, maybe my whole life . . . something is amiss, i feel. but its hard to trust the gut, you know. anyhow, i dont mean to go on and on about myself . . . ive been working on model number nine, and its going very well. ive probably got until mid-april to finish it, at least . . . just depends on wyles. anyhow, this model is going to be my crowning achievement . . . itll be very different from the other models, but yet quite the same.

okay, too much rambling . . . and rex, give me some life signs pal, just curious how the experiments are going

hmmm
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: research
you sure are working quite hard on these illusions, rex . . . its quite interesting in a way. in fact, you seem to have an overabundance of amazing things going on . . . but what are you planning to use your honed 'psychic veil' abilities for? just be mindful during your experiments. perhaps im jumping to conclusion, but shouldnt you try not to fool people and/or 'confuse' computers? ;)

anyhow, when the prometheus network is up and running, itll be just about the most complex, small-scale mobile network ever. and itll be in the form of independently functioning androids!! ;) im sorry, but nobody gets access to them besides me of course lol im the only one who could ever really fully integrate their skills and maximize their potential. anyhow, i shouldnt toot my own horn, let me just get back to the lab . . .

yawn
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: things
geez, its a bit early. well, i guess ill do some work or something . . . ive actually got a full weekend ahead, so i might not be around too much. ill try to keep up to date from my handheld though!

until next time!

standards, huh?
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: semantics
well, rex, i would say that youre somewhat right in your reasoning there. unfortunately, the prevailing viewpoint is that of the people in control.

anyhow, my 'standards' consist of a several decent things which are also completely vulnerable to revocation. among these things are (decent) health care, (stingy) research grants, and (completely farsical) rights to intellectual property.

dont remind me of how disparate things are . . . something is being done to change it.

anyway, im getting back to some reading . . . might be back in a few.

youre quite right, rex
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: things
"you still havent said anything about the experiment? if the past is any indicator at all, id assume that you had too much to drink last night, and that you didnt really do anything at all today except be lazy and hungover . . . am i right? ;)

anyhow, ill give you some slack because youre such a model citizen, as well a brilliant scientist.

bingo! this is true, my friend, but also, you forgot about the wagers ive had with wyles. i won the bet last night too! and so im one model away from retaining my rights to my creations . . . and yes, that is a demented concept i think. the idea of private property has been so distorted with the onset of 'corporate rights'. its disturbing, really.

anyhow, there isnt much to say about testing . . . we went through the whole rigmarole, you know, sensory testing, ai testing, reaction testing, strength testing, etc, etc. model number eight scored perfectly in all areas, like every previous model. model number nine will truly be the gem of the bunch, however.

anyhow, ill be checking in throughout the night . . . im curious to hear more about your travels.

*yawns*
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: work related
sorry i cant chat too much, buddy, im at john wyles right now. i beat him in our first chess match, and he convinced me to have a rematch. im typing to you from the bathroom . . . man, i need to slow down with the drinking tonight . . . already im heavcily buzzed

so you actually went through with your world travel plan, huh? where exactly did you go? im just curious how it all worked out, how you pulled it off . . . especially if you made several stops.

oh, ill tell you more about the testing of model eight tonight or tommorrow . . . lets just say that it went well, very well. im still managed to impress wyles, and so he has requested that i take a bit more time with model number nine, that way i can make it even better than the others . . . he doesnt know that its already pretty damn good, but ive got a few little tricks up my sleeve.

talk t ya later!

!!!!
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: work related
oh man, i accidentally shorted out the primary power source in prometheus 08 . . . this is normally a terrible thing, but the amazing thing is that 08 suddenly activated itself shortly after the short occurred . . . ive been sitting and having a small chat with him(it?), and he seems amused by the fact that i could be such a good inventor even though i drink so much . . . but its not as if im a complete drunk, like wyles.

anyway, we havent heard from rex in a while, have we folks? im beginning to wonder if he really went through with his little plan to go jetsetting around the globe.

anyhow, im going to get back to work . . . its rude to leave someone waiting. im not sure exactly what 08 is doing right now, but obviously nothing mischievous . . . god, im so pleased with the AI for the prometheus models . . . i couldnt have wished for it to work out better.

okay, back to the lab(and to my drink!!) ;)

alrighty, sounds solid
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: travels
alright, well if you do any experiments in international travel, rex, be careful my friend. im going to get back to work on model eight . . . i was just upstairs grabbing a snack . . . almost forgot to eat again yesterday!

till next time . . . !

well, i know that these posts are pretty secure, rex, but youve got to always consider some degree of error. anyhow, model 8 is coming along quite well, and i certainly am at home today. wyles has come to accept the fact that i work better alone, in my own lab.

anyhow, so you want to travel outside the country, huh? ive made a few trips out of the country, but only a few times, and mostly on business or in school. you know, you might be going a bit far, after all, youre GPS ID could give you away. be careful, my friend!

and how exactly are you thinking of getting on a plane by yourself?

ahhhh
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: things
well, yes, it is a good thing that we agree on such things in the general sense. but what meetings are you talking about? i dont know anything about any meetings, rex? remember??!

as for phil, yea, just look him up. ive just been so preoccupied with getting the rest of the models assembled for testing. and you had another mysterious visitor in your dreams yesterday, ah? just watch your back, you know. it could be a subconscious manifestation of something youve buried in your mind . . . best to confront it and make it go away for good.

and yes, indeed, doing most of my work in advance is not my forte, but i felt it necessary for some reason. i was complaining then, but im singing now . . . its worked out well this way. itll give me a lot of time to really perfect model number nine . . . and yes, unfortunately i MUST win the next two wagers in order to keep control of all nine of the androids. i dont think wyles realizes that though, so i dont feel a need to mention it.

anyhow, back to the lab . . .

reinhard for president!
Mood:  rushed
Topic: civilization
well, rex, you managed to make a few good points there in your last post. im not so sure about a benevolent authoritarian government, but its an interesting concept as long as the authority is truly used to punish injustice, and not simply used as a means for a dictator to get what he wants.

it is very true that the responsibility to change things lies in everyones hands, especially the masses, even though there only influence is their sheer number. i would hesitate to say that the blame is in the hands of all people, though . . . most people are already born into this environment and conditioned to think nothing of it.

free will is a great gift from nature, but unfortunately there exists societal will as well, and that collective overrules the individual it seems. it seems that the biggest struggled is breaking free of that larger imposition of will and then trying to organize folks. but i will admit the complications with such a plan must be innumerable.

around 150 years ago, there were people in the ruling class who were fully aware of our countrys short, tragic future . . . they the few decided to make themselves richer while letting the many fend for themselves. as time went on, this situation only complicated and polarized people even more.

were lucky weve kept order this long, in fact, with the envangelical rebellion in the first decade of this century, and then the sino-american economic crisis(which is a fancy word for war). and now weve got a shady group of folks running around blowing things to smithereens, and blaming it on completely innocent civil and human rights groups.

the 'shepherds' are trying hard, it seems, to give any well-intentioned organizations a bad name, which would explain the CL being in the news so often. they also still manage to pit the masses against each other and against the government, using religion, race, and Newgen as sparks to light a fire. every time the many get close to making steps toward reestablishing the Constitution, the 'shepherds' turn the focus away from themselves and make the people hate the government. this is dangerous, dangerous, dangerous, since the real culprits simply stand out of view while their marionettes dance for them.

okay, crap, i just needed to have a smoke outside and get a drink for myself . . . im working on model number eight now, i typed too much! gotta get back underground for a while!!

???
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: civilization
whoa, whoa, buddy, what exactly are you talking about? where did this come from?

morning all
Mood:  lazy
Topic: leisure
well, i went to sleep a bit early tonight, and now im up for the day it seems. i may take a nap later, who knows, i was just checking in to see if there were any new posts. anyway, im going to make some breakfast, have a smoke, then get to work on model number eight; my deadline is next monday.

im really beginning to see how adequate preparations can make life much easier. for example, all nine of my androids are essentially complete . . . its just a matter of fitting all the components together and making everything work together as a flawless system. anyhow, i wont get into that, im rambling . . . again.

ill get back with you guys later . . . have a good one.

well, well, well
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: things
so, my friends, i got a bit of information back from my friend in regards to a.b. garza, and i have to say that im most impressed and at the same time a bit unsettled by rex's recent observations. i guess they were just guesses, but that term might not give proper credit to rex.

now dont get me wrong, my friend provided with lots of other valuable information about garza(which leads me to believe he is not only safe, but perhaps on a similar path as rex and i). the thing that surprised me is that he called me about three hours ago to tell me what he found . . .

the first thing he told me was what the 'a.b.' in a.b. garza stands for none other than . . . ALEJANDRO BASILIO! how exactly did you guess that, rex, almost 12 hours before my friend told me so? its pretty interesting of you, and i would pass it off as luck if it werent for the abnormal and hence hard-to-guess name of mr. garza. its not as if alejandro basilio is a common named that one would guess off the top of their head . . .

so how did you find that out, rex? is that a Newgen thing, or have you really just gotten good at computers?

okay, okay . . .
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: professor reinhard
okay, you little stinker, ive got doctorates in artificial intelligence and robotics . . . not english! i think people can get the basic meaning of what i was trying to say. im going to correct the post myself, now that youve gone and made a fool of me, ya rascal.

oh, but about our pal mr. garza, well, im not sure what the a.b. stands for, but youre guess is good as any, id think. im waiting to see what my friend can dig up for me, so i hope i hear from him soon.

anyhow, the auto car is about to pull up to wyles-crowley, so ill talk to you later. gotta run!

till next time . . . !

man, this post was way too long . . . i gotta hurry now!
Mood:  rushed
Topic: things
well, i had a strange visitor in person, and you had a strange visitor in a dream. hows that for coincedence?

anyway, im having a friend do a little digging to see what they can find about mr. garza.

as for your dream . . . thats odd. can you be sure it was an actual intelligent presence? and as for your trio of questions . . . yes, on all three accounts.

our reality is just not something that can be easily broken down or understood, it seems. im glad ive come to grips with it; many of my peers are still struggling with certain new ideas in the world of science. now that i have accepted the mystery that is reality, i have made numerous positive developments in my own life. by accepting myself into the hands of fate, if you will, i have become free of my preconceived notions and all my prior hangups; its not good to try and explain reality rationally, since it is in nature not rational. thats what members of the society for open-minded scholars pledge:

"although science can explain a vast majority of naturally occurring phenomena, there remain many phenomena which we as humble humans are not yet ready to grasp.
we, as curious and modest professionals, should not try to discourage scientific exploration or try to fit reality into equations.
as science forges ahead and discovers new things each day, we inevitably end up with more questions than before.
it stands to reason then, that we can never fully explain or understand all the wonder of reality, and we should therefore always seek truth in all matters, never emcumbered by bias or pride, and always ready to fit in with nature, rather than trying to fit nature into our preconceived notions of reality."

anyhow, i didnt mean to ramble on like this, ive got get to work today, in fact. gotta be there in 30 mins!!
okay, see ya later!!!!

good to hear from you
Mood:  cool
Topic: things
well, its good to hear that youre in working order, and that your little post-detecting ability is in full effect. ;) anyhow, im glad you posted the rest of your experiment, although i cant say it fits the strict definition of 'experiment', what, with all the unexpected variables. perhaps that might be considered testing, or as part of a larger experiment. but hell, i wont get into semantics.

anyway, you told me it was okay to talk about my visitor today, so here goes.

around 10 am, i was deep in the lab when the house computer(homecom) informed me that someone was at the front door. i quickly went upstairs and asked a few questions to the man through my intercom, and when i was satisfied by answers, i let him in for a moment to chat.

he said his name was a.b. garza and that he was an investigation contractor . . . which is just a modern term for what people used to called a private investigator. the difference is, an ic(investigation contractor) could be hired by anyone, even the government or a corporation. anyhow, he was asking questions about the letter i had received, which threw me off since he shouldnt know about that. he was claiming that it was part of a large investigation he was involved in, and that it was direly important that i tell him if i received such a letter.

i dodged the questions, not because i wanted to lie, but because i was suspicious of this mans intentions. i told him he was free to contact me in the future but that i was busy and had to go back to work. he kindly left and i havent heard from him since.

have you heard of a.b. garza??

aloha, folks
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: things
hello folks, how are things? good, i hope, since there doesnt seem to be a way for you folks in the past to get in touch with us. its still hard to believe that any of these messages are going back in time . . . but there are ways to confirm it.

one would think that you folks in the past could leave some sort of indicator, like a time capsule or something, and therefore it should appear where you buried it, except in our era. although that will only work if time follows a linear path, which is unlikely. its worth a try, however . . . perhaps some of you folks might give it a try. of course this all depends on how many people actually read this . . . so im not holding my breath ;)

anyway, where the heck have you been rex? did your experiment really tire you out that much? perhaps you should experiment and try to find your current limits, that way you wont exhaust yourself so much. take it from a chronic workaholic . . . you gotta know your limits, or else itll get in the way of your real goals. then again, to each his own . . .

anyhow, my weekend was filled with nothing much in particular. ive been working on model number 8 quite a bit, and inevitably on saturday night/sunday morning i was invited to john wyles mansion for the expected chess 'n' drinks. the verdict? :)

I WON, once again, thankfully. sadly its not just a matter of winning or losing a match. ive put too much time into these eight models--all of which will contribute to the completion of the ninth and final version--to lose control/access to john wyles and the company. even crowley is behind me on this matter, because he and i have decided that wyles may not use my technology for the best of all applications.

anyhow, im curious about the rest of your latest experiment, rex. hope to hear from you soon, buddy, i am actually starting to worry a bit.

oh, oh, ive got some news about that letter i got in my post office box, buddy. you might be interested in what ive got to say, but youll have to private message me and tell me whether you think its alright to share that info on here.

okay, see you all soon! rex, take care . . . you folks in the past, start putting together those time capsules and start digging!

s'alright, s'alright
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: things
its alright, my friend, apology accepted! and yes, i get the joke, hardy har har! im too fricking tired to worry right now. and its not as if i have anything to worry about anyway . . .

as for liz, thats just another story altogether . . . it would be comparable to your friends throwing you a surprise birthday, and then when you get there and start reminiscing, nobody can remember anything or act like they normally do. translation: she just seemed aloof, a bit out of it. it was almost like a dream.

as for the CL being in the news every day . . . well, thats not good at all. the media can be a valuable tool, but . . . its usuall abused it seems.

anyhow, im hitting the proverbial hay . . . night everyone!

HEY!
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: ridiculousness
are you messing with the timestamps or . . . ? dont mess around like that! how could you post your message 2 mins before mine?

about the post office boxes and corporations . . . i know, i know!

and yes, those are the right translations for those acronyms, but perhaps you might not mention that second one in the future? im already spaced from how weird liz was acting, i dont need this craziness right now, por favor.