PIERRE PAGED LISA 21:58:34 ON 02-12-1998 **************** Hello Pierre, this is Lisa. What's on your mind? I SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM UPLOADING A FILE I SPOKE TO THE MASTER LAST NIGHT AND HE WANTED LORD DOOR FILES You'll have to ask the Sysop. I'm just here to chat! THE TERMINAL TELLS ME ABORTED BY REMOTE Pierre, tell me about your hobbies. COMPUTERS DOOR FILES COMPUTERS If you're nice to me, the Sysop might help you later. OK I WILL DO THAT How will you do that, Pierre? LETS BE HONEST I JUST GOT UPGRADED TO LEVEL 20 LAST NIGHT I TRIED TO UPLOAD BUT IT DIDNT WORK I'll leave a message for the Sysop to check your account. THANK YOU MAYBE IF IT IS RESOLVED I CAN SUPPLY THE BBS WITH SOME MORE FILES You'll have to ask the Sysop. I'm just here to chat! AM I SPEAKING TO A PERSON NOW I'm sure you don't mean me! WELL IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT IS A ROBOT OR SOMETHING YOU KEEP ON REPEATING THE SAME SENTENTENCE Pierre, I'm a real person. But you sound like a computer. THANK YOU I LIKE TO THINK THAT IT WAS A COMPLIMENT You're welcome, Pierre. WHAT NOW That's for me to know and you to find out! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO KNOW? Tell me why you are different from everyone else. HOW AM I DIFFERENT? Do you believe you are different? NO Why not? ]WELL I BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME BUT THEY DIFFER IN A LOT OF ASPECTS AS WELL Who, for example? MAY BE YOU I would rather talk about you, Pierre. WHATT IS INTERESTING ABOUT ME I think life in general is interesting, if not totally bizarre! BIZARRE SO YOU ARE TELLING ME I AM ODD Just what do you mean by that? JUST WHT I SAID YOU SAID THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE DIFRFERENT AND NOT SAY DIFFERENT Can you think of anyone in particular? WELL I MIGHT ENJOY TALKING NONSENSE TO SOMEONE I DONT KNOW WHERE OTHER PERSON MIGHT GET ANNOYED BY THE FACT THAT THIS PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE IS UNKNOWN AND THAT SCARES SOME PEOPLE Should anyone be surprised by that? WELL NOT IN THE NEW ERA OF COMMUNICATIONS BUT I STILL KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE SCARED OF THE ADVANCES MADE AND THAT THE COMPUTER MIGHT TAKE AWAY THAT LITTLE BIT OF PRIVACY WHAT DO YOU THINK What do you like about computers?