"In each case, the fake parents were "Kifu Aged" - bedridden elderly connected to the healthcare monitoring network, which takes care of their basic needs but results in its users becoming nearly comatose."
"Results in its users becoming nearly comatose" -- so this network is like C-SPAN, then?
Seems like someone could die if this wasn't working properly? Only a matter of time before some coroner is writing down "Hacked" as a Cause of Death...
("...no, no, not with an axe... looks like more of a buffer overflow...")
"Hello this is OnStar. Sir? Our HealthPoint telemetry shows that you've lost control of your bowels... we're sending someone over...."
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Karim @ Nov 13th 2007 8:38PM
You mean "Solid State Society," not 2nd GIG?
"In each case, the fake parents were "Kifu Aged" - bedridden elderly connected to the healthcare monitoring network, which takes care of their basic needs but results in its users becoming nearly comatose."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_S.A.C._Solid_State_Society
"Results in its users becoming nearly comatose" -- so this network is like C-SPAN, then?
Seems like someone could die if this wasn't working properly? Only a matter of time before some coroner is writing down "Hacked" as a Cause of Death...
("...no, no, not with an axe... looks like more of a buffer overflow...")
"Hello this is OnStar. Sir? Our HealthPoint telemetry shows that you've lost control of your bowels... we're sending someone over...."