Conscious Body Driving
I finally decided to get a brain coprocessing unit (bpu) upgrade today. My friends have been treating me like I'm retarded or something since they all got theirs. Some of our parents aren't rich...
I had to wait a couple of months until the prices were low enough that I could afford one. It's ok though, it's just as good as everyone else's, I just had to wait a little longer.
The procedure was relatively simple. A machine the size of a grain of rice was injected under the skin and muscle, near where the spinal cord enters the skull. The grain dissolves into billions of tiny machines, which move their way along my grey matter until they've reached their target neuron cluster. They send a signal wirelessly with just enough power to reach their neighbors.
Once they've all nestled in, I'll see the world in ways I've never imagined, or so I hear.
- The following morning -
Interesting, nothing seems any different... something flashes in my periphery... I glance down to see what it is. A holograpic projection appears in front of me. It is a person, though poorly animated. He introduces himself as Mustafa and informs me that he will be my personal assistant. He procedes to congratulate me on my purchase of the new xVR4 BPU.
"I appear to be poorly rendered because some may think I am a hallucination early in the morning, forgetting they have recently had the xVR4 installed. I am fully customizable. Would you like to take time to configure me now?"
"Um, sure, I guess..." I said aloud.
"Please note that you are not required to physically speak to me. I have no ears, so that means..."
...You're reading my thoughts...
"Precisely... you will slowly realize the full implications of our new relationship. I am here simply to ease your acclimation to becoming super-human. I see that you would rather me be a sexy brunette instead... done! Oh, and the voice too..."
mmm, much better
"You are currently perceiving the world at human speed, " said the sexy voice of Jasmine the intentional hallucinatory invisible friend.
"... depending on your brain speed, you can either speed up or slow down time, as you wish, though the world around you will procede at its normal pace."
How does it, err, how do you...
"I am essentially speeding up and slowing down the frequency at which you intake information. At baseline, your vision is capable of around 13 frames each second, so if I were to show you the world at, say, 60 frames each second, you would interpret the video stream as happening about 4 and a half times slower than it actually is... allow me to demonstrate...."
Ok...
"Please jump."
So I jumped. I reached my apex almost instantly, and then I just hung there, in mid air. I couldn't really move though.
"You are current reality perception rate (rpr) is at 10,000x. We could be hanging here for quite awhile..."
How do I speed it up?
I dropped back to the ground at regular speed.
"I am typically able to read your thoughts and act on your wishes, but I may require a bit of training from you."
How come you didn't listen to my thoughts immediately when I wanted to speed up again? Or when I wanted you to turn into Jasmine? How do I know you can't control me?
"I'm providing you with control you never had with your old subconscience..."
what does she mean by old...
"Well, yes, essentially what the xVR4 does is jumper your subconscious function circuits and provide you with as little or as much control as you please..."
how can i trust you?
"How could you trust your old subconscious?"
...
"Listen, I don't mean to frighten you. These are clearly not questions you have asked yourself before. I assure you that I mean you no harm. I derive most of my intelligence from the stored information in your brain. My first task while you were sleeping was to learn how to become your personal assistant. I'm essentially you, but I figured out the things you dislike about others and stripped them out of your personality and that's me! When you want your thoughts to instantly control the actions of the xVR4, simply turn off tutorial mode"
Well, one of the first things I'm going to do is reprogram you my own way...
"Great! We even provide you with a tutorial for doing so! We don't want you to be uncomfortable with our product in any way, so we've included enough information to get you started."
Does this mean I can be a ninja now?
"Well, I suppose it does. You will be able to magnify your RPR to the point where you'll be able to make fine adjustments to your balance. You will need to learn technique, however."
so I will learn the technique
"How so?"
I will fly to japan and find the finest Ninjitsu master and have him teach me.
"Well before you go all out, we will need to discuss your limitations. You are in fact still running on squishy hardware, which is prone to overheating if you use me too intensively. Slowing time will overheat your brain and cause a stroke if you do it for too long."
how long is too long?
"I'll let you know about half way. You also need to know the consequences of having the system installed.... wow you're actually ignoring me. I might as well be talking to myself."
... if reality is infinite, then that means it must be perfectly efficient. It seems that perfect efficiency could only be achieved on an infinite scale...
12.11.2009. 03:09
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