Crawling down a passage
The Black Void - Episode 385
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Your knee hurts so badly that crawling seems to be a sensible option at
this point. So you start crawling and your knee doesn't hurt as much. In
fact, you feel better, even though you would look silly crawling if you are
around a bunch of people.
After about three minutes of crawling, a robot appears carrying a box. It stops next to you and says "Are you all right, ma'am?" You stop crawling and say "No, I am not. I need medical assistance right away." "Did you perform the standard diagnostic routine?" asks the robot. "Excuse me?" you say. "Did you perform the standard diagnostic routine?" repeats the robot. "Wake up, fool!" you snap. "Do you expect a human being to have a diagnostic routine to be executed? That is a doctor's job, smarty pants." "What was the diagnosis?" "I am in pain. It's what I get for kneeing a mechanical robot without thinking. My knee hurts." "Acknowledged," says the robot. "Sending analysis to command central." "Are you going to get me a stretcher so I can be carried to the doctor?" "Waiting for results from command central." This robot must be crazy, you think to yourself. The robot says "Command central says that your orders is to terminate your own program. In other words, commit suicide. A cleanup robot will be around to pick up your body within seven days." "That's ridiculous! Summon a medic immediately! And I mean a human medic!" The robot says "That is your orders." And it walks away, carrying the box.
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Josh Bieber
12/20/2004 8:49:00 AM
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