"Can You Hear Me Alright?"_The Machine_Moral Orel_Transtemporal Temperance
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"Can You Hear Me Alright?"
The robocall server is a 1-15 Max server with an algorithm set to call as many people an hour as possible. Thus the server can contact multiple phone numbers at the same time. In adwww.onedoor.ccdition, the machine uses an artificial voice to ask questions and can transfer contacts to live operators to complete the deal. For example, this month a company has hired a server to entice elderly people to invest in their future through life insurance. Therefore, the insurance company has installed a demographic that includes dense populations of senior citizens—places like Green Valley or Sun Lakes, Arizona. ...
The Machine
No damn way.Oh, yes.I never said—I never thought—What? What did you never think? …Please, don’t sigh like that.I didn’t mean to. I didn’t know.I told you what would happen, though. I did.A DOCUMENTATION OF SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WORLD[The Swords] Great, towering shards of glass and titanium were thrust through the earth and into the sky. Their layers had molted off a long time ago, and an intricate, scarlet patterning had half-emerged—sometimes it was scarlet. Other times it was carmine, or a watery olive color, or dried blood. I only ever paid half attention. Eventually time passed every...
Moral Orel
Orel awoke to the beeping sound of his homemade perimeter alarms. At first, he thought it was due to the wildlife in the area again; his laboratory in the middle of nowhere meant the alarms triggered more on deer and raccoons than they did with humans. The mail wasn’t delivered here, and Orel wasn’t even sure if the cabin had an address. Still the same, Orel’s cautiousness was warranted since beginning his drug synthesis endeavor. Orel swung his feet from the bed to the floor and grabbed binoculars. He rubbed his eyes in the dark to clear the sleep from them and peered down the long moun...
Transtemporal Temperance
This story contains brief discriptions of violence. The lights brightened, revealing a light, lilac background and plain white floors. Around the set, there were two tables, one with chairs and one without. There was also a vacant area to the right for demonstrations. There were about one hundred seats on this television set, each one of them filled to see this fantastic new product that was just released. A tall, beautiful blonde woman walked out from behind one of the set walls in a pale orange pantsuit. It was perfect marketing, with the lilac background you could not take your eyes off thi...