Would you know that you are the backup when you walk out of MyBackup(TM) to see if you really can jump that canyon...
Yes, because there would be a Post-it note stuck to your forehead that says so.
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - May 25, 2005 12:46:42 pm PDT #6967 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Betsy HP - May 25, 2005 12:46:42 pm PDT #6968 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Does that mean that my clone would have to shave smooth?
For you, we'll settle for waxing.
tommyrot - May 25, 2005 12:47:35 pm PDT #6969 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I'd clone myself, and then one of us would turn to the dark side. I'd get so much more done in a day....
§ ita § - May 25, 2005 12:48:14 pm PDT #6970 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Then you gotta start considering your recovery point objective (when was the last backup? How much time have you lost? Are you still you if you didn't have the mufalletta for lunch?). Recovery time objective is important too.
brenda m - May 25, 2005 12:50:15 pm PDT #6971 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Cloning my consciousness is so off if either of us needs to have a goatee
Only the evil one would have to have the goatee. Though I suppose a twirly mustache would do in a pinch.
Betsy HP - May 25, 2005 12:50:36 pm PDT #6972 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The thing is, as long as the consciousness that is sitting here typing dies, I don't CARE what happens to any clones.
It's all about me, me, me, baby.
§ ita § - May 25, 2005 12:52:10 pm PDT #6973 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The thing is, as long as the consciousness that is sitting here typing dies
The body can die, though?
shrift - May 25, 2005 12:53:19 pm PDT #6974 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
This cloning discussion sounds a bit like the plot of Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.
Betsy HP - May 25, 2005 12:55:13 pm PDT #6975 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The body can die, though?
The body dies; the body's beauty lives.
Jessica - May 25, 2005 12:56:52 pm PDT #6976 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Would you know that you are the backup when you walk out of MyBackup(TM) to see if you really can jump that canyon...
You'e be you, minus however long since your last backup.
(In Richard Morgan's books, your consciousness is stored on a hard drive that lives at the top of your spinal column, and is updated in real time. So after your body goes splat at the bottom of the canyon, the park rangers retrieve your hard drive and put it into a new body, assuming you're rich enough to afford one.)
[xpost with Shrift, sort of]