I had mail in my In box today from a Finnish firm with the alluring subject line, "Get Your Own Replica." I thought happily about spawning lifelike JohndanBots that could take care of all those annoying things I have to do on a daily basis (like going to meetings or, generally, just talking to people). How would they propagate? Pods? Parthenogenesis? Maybe in aquaria, like Sea Monkeys? Would they faithfully do my bidding, or would a rogue strain develop to challenge me for leadership? If Johndan-Prime and Evil Johndan (some would say they are the same) were perfectly matched in every way, who would win? Would my inherent core of humanity give me an edge, or would that sliver of humanity at the center of my being become my achilles' heel?
I opened the message only to find out that the sender wanted to sell me a fake Rolex.
Just for one day, I'd like all my spam to be true. I'd be un-freaking-stoppable.
Posted by johndanseven at February 20, 2006 06:04 PM