The Silver Devil: I emailed you, I liked your web page.
IOIOOIIOIO: yeah, I thanked you
in the room a while ago.
The Silver Devil: Ah, I must have
not seen it.
IOIOOIIOIO: Just so you know...
I regard anyone who praises my website with suspicion and disdain... something
to do with poor self-image, I'magine
IOIOOIIOIO: What did you like about
it and what all did you read?
The Silver Devil: I read your last
few entries. It just struck me as being very real, and very.... logical.
When I look at most people, I think to myself, they must not understand
their own mind to behave the way they do. You seem like you understand
your own mind, which I believe to be rare.
IOIOOIIOIO: That's strange. I've
been making an effort not to analyze my motivations for the past couple
of years. All of the articles are first-draft material, BTW... except "Visiting
Hours"
The Silver Devil: It seems like
you do an awefully lot of thinking about the way you feel and react in
situations.
The Silver Devil: What do you like
about your work?
IOIOOIIOIO: I like re-reading some
of the stuff from a couple months ago and seeing if I still agree with
it. Reliving the mindset of that day...
The Silver Devil: This may sound
ignorant, but can you realy have a PHD in what you said you had one in?
Is your screen name machine language?
IOIOOIIOIO: The PhD is from The
Diploma Mill Institute of Instant Scholarship (DMIIS)...
It's binary
IOIOOIIOIO: The most popular program
at DMIIS is the BS in B.S.
The Silver Devil: It seems like
people like you for some reason. Either that are they are very sarcastic.
The Silver Devil: Your screen name
attracted me to read your profile. I love to code.
The Silver Devil: Then I went to
your home page, and found that interesting to.
IOIOOIIOIO: Oooh Oooh... Do you
understand what my profile is?
The Silver Devil: No, not offhand.
Sorry to dissappoint you.
IOIOOIIOIO: binary, trinary, quaternary,
base5, base 6 ... base50
The Silver Devil: Do you program
computers?
IOIOOIIOIO: actually to base 48,
then half of base49.
Not really, no. I have written a couple of programs but none that did
anything useful... just screwing around stuff.
The Silver Devil: I have done a
lot of that. I run on line games mostly. But last year I started going
to school for it, I thought it would make a lucrative career. What made
you want to put your private thoughts out on the web?
IOIOOIIOIO: In all honesty, because
I ran out of other things to write about... after I started doing it, though,
I found I liked the online diary idea more than the daily rant
The Silver Devil: Your an interesting
person, I appreciate running into you.
IOIOOIIOIO: I've been toying with
the idea of getting a laptop, a webcam, and unlimited cellular service
and going online 24/7... but that would be a bit expensive...
IOIOOIIOIO: I think I'm going to
wait until the develop a better video codec.
IOIOOIIOIO: I could go audio with
streaming MP3 pretty easy, though...
The Silver Devil: I couldn't imagine
exposing my private life like that.
IOIOOIIOIO: It would probably be
really boring in my case.
IOIOOIIOIO: Or maybe not... maybe
I'd achive a small lelve of celebrity and it would get interesting
The Silver Devil: LOL, perhaps.
But you wouldn't be the first person to do it.
The Silver Devil: Maybe you would.
If what you said made them think, and in someway affected them.
IOIOOIIOIO: I don't know of anyone
that's mobile and truly 24/7
The Silver Devil: That is true.
Your right.
The Silver Devil: There have been
a lot of people on the web 24/7.
IOIOOIIOIO: Of course there are
probably various privacy or copyright laws that would be broken... I mean,
what happens if I go see a movie?
The Silver Devil: Hmm, don't point
it at the screen?
IOIOOIIOIO: Well, I'd like it to
be from the perspective of whatever I see... you'd be vicariously living
my life, in effect... Have you seen the movie "Being John Malkovich"?
The Silver Devil: No. Is it good?
IOIOOIIOIO: It's interesting...
wait until it's out of the "New Releases" section of the video store, though.
The Silver Devil: I like to watch
decent movies.
IOIOOIIOIO: That's basically what
the idea would be, though... In all the webcams I've seen you're a 3rd
person observer... not 1st person.
IOIOOIIOIO: though there'd probably
be a problem with the camera jiggling...
The Silver Devil: Yes, I can well
imagine it would become a pain very quickly.
IOIOOIIOIO: ah... logistics logistics...
IOIOOIIOIO: So... How'd you like
to be the next webpage feature?
The Silver Devil: Now why would
you want to do that?
IOIOOIIOIO: consider it a low-tech
version of the 1st person voyeur concept
The Silver Devil: If you like.
IOIOOIIOIO: want me to modify your
screen name or anything so people can't e-mail you?
The Silver Devil: No, I don't care.
That would seem almost like a sin.
The Silver Devil: If you decide to say I seemed like an idiot, just do the courtesy of not telling me so I don't look ;)
IOIOOIIOIO: It would be a posting of this conversation... I did it before with Slight Diversion
The Silver Devil: I don't mind.
The Silver Devil: You can if you like.
IOIOOIIOIO: I could move into the concept gradually... start with IMs and other one-on-one conversations... move on to posting chatroom logs... then go audio part of the time... video part of the time... audio all of the time... video all of the time...
The Silver Devil: I would think that what you put up would have to have some kind of relative content. That is, if it is your goal to have others take notice.
IOIOOIIOIO: Part of the charm is all the banal bullshit.
The Silver Devil: What does banal mean?
The Silver Devil: Never ran across the term before.
IOIOOIIOIO: Consider what most webcams show... a top-of-the-head point of view of someone sitting at their computer.
IOIOOIIOIO: banal (adjective) lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : TRITE, synonym see INSIPID
The Silver Devil: I read it.
The Silver Devil: Insipid.
The Silver Devil: Never had heard that before either.
IOIOOIIOIO: lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge, quoth the dictionary
IOIOOIIOIO: well, that's a pretty good description of me, think.
The Silver Devil: You interested me, even if just for a bit.
The Silver Devil: I was very burnt out on homework, and you were a very excellent diversion.
IOIOOIIOIO: Your perception of me interested you... but once you get to know me I'm really very dull...
IOIOOIIOIO: most of the time, anyway
The Silver Devil: Yes. But I will never know.
IOIOOIIOIO: unless you check back once I've gone public
The Silver Devil: I may check backjust to see what you have done.
IOIOOIIOIO: wait a few months...
IOIOOIIOIO: there'll probably be two things to read...
The Silver Devil: Yes?
IOIOOIIOIO: yes what?
The Silver Devil: I thought you were gonna fill me in on the two things up and coming.
IOIOOIIOIO: Oh, I was just commenting on how infrequently I update.
IOIOOIIOIO: There is no planning involved in the website. I sit down... write whatever... post it.
The Silver Devil: It is an interesting idea.
IOIOOIIOIO: So people tell me...