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audio; march 7th
[The recorded voice that addresses the crew through the MID is affable and slightly apologetic.]
Hello everyone. This is Alan Bradley speaking. I have a couple of questions for the crew, and I think I might as well use this opportunity to introduce myself to those I haven’t met yet: As I said, my name is Alan Bradley, and I’ve been assigned as one of the ship’s MID Technicians. I’m afraid I don’t have any particularly interesting abilities outside of computer programming, but that should be enough for me to do my job here. Some of you may have already met Sam Flynn, my godson from back home, as well as Tron and Rinzler, two, ah, programs that I’ve written. [Is that how he’s supposed to introduce them? It’s quite clear from the misgiving in his tone that he isn’t completely sure. He isn’t even certain he can correctly refer to them as two programs if you want to get technical, but explaining that would be far too involved for a simple introduction, so he’ll have to settle for the potential inaccuracy.] If you ever need to contact me, I’m always available at my personal inbox. [A slight chuckle.] I guess we all are since these things are strapped to our wrists.
Introductions aside, I was hoping someone could tell me who I should see about getting a new pair of glasses? Mine seem to have been lost as I was coming through the portal here. And seeing as my job on the ship will probably require spending most of my day staring at lines of code, I’d like to get a replacement sooner rather than later.
Speaking of my job here, I’m also looking for suggestions for programs people would like added to their MIDs, or improvements made to the interface. I’ll admit, the technology here is quite a bit more advanced than what I usually worked with back home, so anyone with more technological know-how is welcome to offer guidance: other programmers, engineers, AI… I’d be grateful for any advice.
Just leave a reply if you want to get in touch. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
Hello everyone. This is Alan Bradley speaking. I have a couple of questions for the crew, and I think I might as well use this opportunity to introduce myself to those I haven’t met yet: As I said, my name is Alan Bradley, and I’ve been assigned as one of the ship’s MID Technicians. I’m afraid I don’t have any particularly interesting abilities outside of computer programming, but that should be enough for me to do my job here. Some of you may have already met Sam Flynn, my godson from back home, as well as Tron and Rinzler, two, ah, programs that I’ve written. [Is that how he’s supposed to introduce them? It’s quite clear from the misgiving in his tone that he isn’t completely sure. He isn’t even certain he can correctly refer to them as two programs if you want to get technical, but explaining that would be far too involved for a simple introduction, so he’ll have to settle for the potential inaccuracy.] If you ever need to contact me, I’m always available at my personal inbox. [A slight chuckle.] I guess we all are since these things are strapped to our wrists.
Introductions aside, I was hoping someone could tell me who I should see about getting a new pair of glasses? Mine seem to have been lost as I was coming through the portal here. And seeing as my job on the ship will probably require spending most of my day staring at lines of code, I’d like to get a replacement sooner rather than later.
Speaking of my job here, I’m also looking for suggestions for programs people would like added to their MIDs, or improvements made to the interface. I’ll admit, the technology here is quite a bit more advanced than what I usually worked with back home, so anyone with more technological know-how is welcome to offer guidance: other programmers, engineers, AI… I’d be grateful for any advice.
Just leave a reply if you want to get in touch. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
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[Come on, Nihlus, you have to admit “Element Zero” sounds a lot more novel than “portable 3D printer.”]
I can’t imagine myself making a very convincing god. I didn’t even make that convincing of a CEO. [The good thing about not being a CEO anymore, not to mention no longer even being on the same planet as ENCOM, is that he can admit that without fallout.]
I don’t know. [And he’s been thinking about those kinds of questions a lot lately.] Tron hasn’t complained any about life on the ENCOM servers. [After that though… Alan sighs.] I worry about it. If everything I program is actually sentient somewhere inside the system, I can’t help wonder if I should be programming anything at all. [It’s an insecurity he’s kept mostly to himself, especially with his assignment as an MID technician on the ship.] I’ll have to ask Tron about it. [A faint smile.] I’m sure there’s a humane way to go about it.
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[Mentions of Element Zero is about common enough in his world's media that it's used as in adverts for sports drinks, okay. To Nihlus, it was kind of like hearing about electrolytes.]
It could just be something that happens in your universe? I... would've thought someone would mention it here considering the local mechanical and digital sorts that we have around.
[He plucks the new lens off of the rendering platform by a small tab sticking out of its side and examines it for flaws before holding it out for Alan to test out.]
That said I would be very interested in what Tron would have to say on the subject. I know I want to know if there's some sentient life running around on my systems without my knowing so.