- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
FutileDiabetic says:
Prof. Steele?
James Steele says:
Yes?
FutileDiabetic says:
Are you busy? I'd like to aska few questions.
FutileDiabetic says:
Are you still there?
FutileDiabetic says:
I want to ask you some questions about Dana...
FutileDiabetic says:
And her Aunt's website.
James Steele says:
I'm a little bit busy, yes.
James Steele says:
But I'll reply as best I can.
FutileDiabetic says:
Alright. Thank you.
FutileDiabetic says:
What exactly is going on at ilovebees.com? What kind of infection is it?
James Steele says:
It appears to be some kind of AI program.
FutileDiabetic says:
Any theories on the origin?
FutileDiabetic says:
Where could something like this come from?
James Steele says:
No idea.
FutileDiabetic says:
Is it dangerous? Has it been quarantined?
James Steele says:
Yes, and no.
FutileDiabetic says:
Can it BE quarantined?
FutileDiabetic says:
And what of the countdown?
FutileDiabetic says:
Is there any way to communicate with this AI?
FutileDiabetic says:
Have any communications been made with this AI?
James Steele says:
I believe so, yes.
FutileDiabetic says:
With you? Or with someone else?
James Steele says:
Others.
FutileDiabetic says:
Dana?
James Steele says:
No, some of the viewers.
FutileDiabetic says:
Any results?
James Steele says:
Yes, some.
FutileDiabetic says:
What has been learned? Do you know?
James Steele says:
Learned? Nothing. But there have been results.
FutileDiabetic says:
What I'm getting from this is that communication HAS yielded results, but nothing coherent enough to get any concrete information. Correct?
James Steele says:
Right.
FutileDiabetic says:
What about ihatebees.com? Where did that come from?
James Steele says:
Fake website.
FutileDiabetic says:
So the message "Gods Watching" should be ignored?
James Steele says:
Yes.
FutileDiabetic says:
I assume you've also heard of ilovepees.com, right? Just a marketing scheme...
FutileDiabetic says:
For a singles website...
James Steele says:
Right.
FutileDiabetic says:
What does Dana have to say about all of this?
James Steele says:
Nothng. She left. Gone for good.
FutileDiabetic says:
China?
FutileDiabetic says:
Where to?
James Steele says:
I think she's staying there for a while.
FutileDiabetic says:
That's what I thought...
FutileDiabetic says:
I assume you know about the ruckus this is causing in the Bungie forums?
James Steele says:
I'm sure there are a bunch of idiot fanboys talking about it.
FutileDiabetic says:
Haha...Have you read some of their theories?
FutileDiabetic says:
About Biblically related dates and such...
FutileDiabetic says:
I guess there was a verse on the ilovebees website...
FutileDiabetic says:
24:8 I believe...
FutileDiabetic says:
People are linking that number with the date the countdown should end.
FutileDiabetic says:
What do you think will happen when it ends?
FutileDiabetic says:
Run for the hills? Sit and watch?
James Steele says:
I'm going to just wait it out.
FutileDiabetic says:
People don't want to wait.
FutileDiabetic says:
Everyone and their brother seem to be trying to crack it.
FutileDiabetic says:
Don't tell me your not curious...
James Steele says:
No, I'm not.
James Steele says:
What happens, happens.
FutileDiabetic says:
I'm glad to see you're laid back about it all.
FutileDiabetic says:
But I AM curious...
FutileDiabetic says:
What about the Bungie link? It seems most likely...
FutileDiabetic says:
Those Bungie guys and gals are clever people.
FutileDiabetic says:
I think they could dream something like this up.
FutileDiabetic says:
And little snippets on ilovebees.com look like dialogue from a novel or video game...
FutileDiabetic says:
Could that have just been randomly generated by an AI that no one seems to know anything about?
FutileDiabetic says:
Where it comes from, what its intentions are, why it decided to show up where it did and countdown to when it does?
FutileDiabetic says:
Metastasizing does not sound like a friendly process.
FutileDiabetic says:
And you'd think that if it were actually a threat more people would be looking into it?
FutileDiabetic says:
Maybe even the government?
FutileDiabetic says:
It would be all of the news if it were malicious, don't you think?
FutileDiabetic says:
But the only stories that appear about it seem to be on gaming websites, or in some obscure persons profile.
FutileDiabetic says:
It seems to me the link is a definite possibility, given the circumstances of information...
FutileDiabetic says:
Any thoughts?
FutileDiabetic says:
Or is it just some hacker's fun idea...
FutileDiabetic says:
But I think Bungie would have disclaimed any link to ilovebees by now if they had nothing to do with it, what with the stir it's causing.
FutileDiabetic says:
I think I've ranted enough. What's your take on the situation? Besides that you want to wait it out, what do you THINK is going on?
James Steele says:
I think, again, that you just need to wait.
FutileDiabetic says:
Haha...
FutileDiabetic says:
Guess I painted myself into a corner.
FutileDiabetic says:
I'll take your advice, but can I contact you again if I have anymore questions?
James Steele says:
Of course.
FutileDiabetic says:
Alright, but one more question before I go.
James Steele says:
Sure.
FutileDiabetic says:
What exactly are you a professor of?
James Steele says:
Computer science.
FutileDiabetic says:
Thanks for your time. I'll keep in touch.
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Alright so I guess I should just sit and wait...But I'll keep my enquiries up.
At least we know the "God is Watching" message and all of i hate bees is crap.