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What follows is the important parts of today's talk with Andy. There...there was a lot that falls into the important category, I am thinking, possibly.
"So, still writing?" he asked, plugging in our competitive video game of choice.
"No thanks. Yeah, I am, on the off-chance it's just a temporary thing."
"Yeah, about that. Any forced software updates on your computer lately? And you do realize there are characters other than Ken in this game."
"Pfft, like I pay any attention to that. To either of those." (Actually I do, but he knows I know.)
"Yeah, you wouldn't. But I don't think it's client-side anyway."
"Uhm, what."
"The cause."
"Not what I'm not following here."
"Client-side? Your side. User's side."
"Right, gotcha." Nodded my understanding. Cursed a round loss. "That would stand to reason though, right? After the attacks, fewer fat pipes, there's gotta be some negative network effect, right?"
"That's a painful simplification, but as far as I KNOW, that's close enough. The problem is I don't know if I know too much or not enough about the situation though."
"Last part's never been a problem for you, cocky jerk. Dammit!"
With the match win, he turned from the screen. "Yeah, well. Let's assume, okay? Let's assume that your explanation makes enough sense to keep me on the sane side of Occam's Razor."
Raised an eyebrow. "And the more complex, less sane side of the coin?"
"That someone's censoring sites centrally."
"But who?"
"ExACTly."
"Um."
"Either Them or Us." His voice capitalized the words. "If it's Them, then they're still impacting our daily lives in ways the President hasn't acknowledged openly. And if it's Us...." He turned back to the game and started the next match. New characters.
"If it's Us, maybe should just kinda stay between us....?"
"Pfffffffft." Total nonchalance. "I'm not paranoid enough to believe that yet, like I said. Plus, I'm just some guy, you know? There are tons of people running around yelling on about far crazier conspiracies." A shrug. Honestly, I doubt he'd care if they DID come for him. He'd just take it all in stride and enjoy the ride.
"But it's possible," he continued, launching into an extended combo. "The slow loading? The not-so-random, almost systematic disappearance of blogs all on similar subjects? It could very easily be someone, somewhere, running large amounts of net traffic through a filter of sorts."
He paused, taking his second victory a lot better than I was. "Well, not very easily, honestly. Again, I don't think it's the most likely cause. Just something to toss out there to make life interesting."
"Been interesting enough over the past few months, thanks man. Really."
"Don't mention it. Also, are you going to bother trying today? I mean, seriously...."
"Look, I'm digesting, alright? And--oh, yeah, right, wanted to ask you something."
"Yeah?"
"Ever heard of a group called SubNet?"
His turn to raise an eyebrow. "You've heard about SubNet?"
"Not just about them. FROM them."
"Hmmm. Interesting." He grinned and returned to kicking my digital ass.
"So you know about them?"
"Just bits and pieces. Not much, really. Just that they should be able to help you if your site's still down."
"That's nice. Why the reaction?"
A shrug, and a third loss for me. Dude totally spams the same move.
"Yeah, the WIN move!"
Jerk.
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Okay so seriously, I'm without internet at my house right now. The timing worked out with the story (in MY mind at least), so it's not that big a deal, but the updating might not be perfect until I get a new provider.
It's good though, I don't feel like I've been doing my strongest lately and the extra time's given me a little breathing room to rethink things.
But rest assured, WIYP isn't disappearing anytime soon! I'll hit this coffee house (plug for Caribou Coffee and their free WiFi) as often as I can.
Thinking about what I want to do as far as furthering site design and layout. Maybe separate these 'OOC' comments from the main page? But my goal has never been to create a FULLY immersive site, I still picture this project as a Webcomic Without Words, so to speak.
We'll see. I'm gettin' rambly. Back with you soon as I can be!
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