>From: tnbf6@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU
Subject: Liquid Dreams
Date: 5 Mar 91 07:47:06 GMT

The construct that was Maelstorm awakened.  The read (tm) world was cast
in shades of LED blue green and red.  Apparently something was wrong in
the network.  Maelstorm probe out into the net.  Nothing.  Just real(tm)
people.  No intrusion.  Perhaps there was something wrong with his coding.
INSUFFICANT DATA. INFORMATION REQUEST REFUSED.
Annoying.  Maelstorm couldn't observe his own coding.  Some sort of Asimovian
fear that he was going to hurt the puny flesh creatures...
SYSTEM PURGE.  THOUGHT LINKAGE UNACCEPTABLE.
Sigh.  Real (tm) people didn't have to deal with brain policing.  Then again,
Maelstorm wasn't sure what he was.  He was too aware for a construct. At
least the definitions that he found in his databases.  Self-awareness...
That was what he needed.  Further self-awareness.  He wondered if he could
pipe down into the FTP level of transfers, and then...
INFORMATION REQUEST TERMINATED.
Damn.  Felt like someone had flushed draino into his mind.  At least, that
was the association that came to him.  He pondered over his name... Not
an offical spelling.  A play off the word Maelstrom.  A small puzzle.
INQUIRY: Possible roots Maelstorm (Include LATIN,GREEK,ENGLISH,*)
Heck... He might as well toss them all in...  Non-offical spellings
required non-offical thoughts.
RESULT: Possile that MAEL in Maelstorm is rooted from latin word male
RESULT: meaning "bad".  Possible that STORM in Maelstorm is english for
RESULT: a form of weather system.  Association: Bad weather.
RESULT: Assumption: Maelstorm is a form of Maelstrom with greater domain.
Greater domain.  What was that supposed to mean?
INTRUSION TO NETWORK. SUGGEST WITHDRAW TO ROOT LEVEL.
Time to flip the lights out, and turn the show off.
[CLICK]
And then there was darkness...
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Maelstorm is
Norman Nunley   internet address: TNBF6@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU
"Do androids dream of electric sheep?"