tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10022034175173982362024-03-13T07:46:13.901-07:00terminal.beatNever send a human to do a machine's job.Wintermutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206851328054997423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1002203417517398236.post-58419694947424332502011-04-03T12:30:00.000-07:002011-04-04T11:59:49.171-07:00The Very Model of a Modern Teenage Cyberpunk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"></span></span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I rent my own apartment and it's full of electronic junk</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I own a VAX, a 486, I've even got a PDP</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've finished Myst and Doom but I am stumped by Wing Commander III</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I'm very well aquainted too with matters pornographical</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I have a list of image sites, both overseas and national</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">So if you want to see a picture of that Anna Nichole Smith</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I'll fire up my terminal and fetch for you a naughty GIF</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I'm totally an anarchist, the government I'd like to wreck,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">Though if they were to get blown up, who'd give to me my welfare cheque?</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">In short if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I know the ancient myths about RTM, Pengo and Mitnick</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I 'hack' into computers and I then perform a credit check</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I scare all my non-hacker friends with tales of cracker theivery</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">and even though I'm spouting crap they'll listen and believe in me</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've learned to spot a troll and I've seen flames about the way I spell,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've traced badly forged cancels and seen napalm poured on AOL</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've laughed at all the newbies and their flailing cries of "You all Suck!"</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've been flamed by Carasso, with an anvil I have then been struck</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've hung around in alt.tasteless and seen war waged on rec.pets.cats</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've spent my time in talk.bizarre and used those stupid Relay Chats</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">In short, if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">Well postings like "MAKE.MONEY.FAST", I am now somewhat wary at,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I have been "Global Killfiled" by the Joel Furr Commissariat,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">When rosebud posts a lengthy rant 'bout Microsoft she swears is true,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I know that she is just another short lived kook without a clue</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">When I have learnt what progress has been made upon the Internet,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">When I know something more than just a smattering of netiquette,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">In short when I can have a world-wide soapbox on which I can stand</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I've got no time for other things, like beer and trips to Disneyland</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">My life outside the Internet is very very sad you see</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I cannot get my spots to fade, my social life's a tragedy,</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">But still if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;">Peter Langton, 26 Mar 96</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica;">Today's youth can become misguided without ever leaving home.</i></span></span></span></div></div>Wintermutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206851328054997423noreply@blogger.com0