talk to, ah, the Queen of Wherever over there?” Rich points at Christine. “Maybe I could get her to fuck
you
.” Christine has her arms around Jake’s neck, Rapunzel hat leaning off to the side, wings akimbo.
“No,” I say lightly.
“A’ight.” Rich shrugs and leaves. “Remember,” he says, pointing to his head as he goes back to Samartha. “Uh!” And he makes a little noise of
triumph.
Not knowing what else to do, forgetting my original plan (did I have one?), I walk out of the dance. The doorman is reading a pornographic Mexican comic book with a woman dressed as an armadillo
having sex with a coat rack. He jerks up, surprised to see me go so early. I reach the road and turn left; I’ve got enough money for a car home, but I have to walk tonight, three miles along
route 27, taking it all in. People must think I’m the world’s oldest, loneliest, most confused trick-or-treater, but cops and motorists leave me alone, and when I get back to my house
at 2:17 A.M. , Mom is worried, but Dad is happy. He figures I got with some girl at the dance—that must’ve been what took me so long. I don’t want to
disappoint him, so I go into my room all smiling and lie down with my head buzzing around the word
squip
.
The next morning (well, technically, I wake up at noon), I go to Google. Type in
squip
: 361 results. The first one takes me to a dinky Web fighting game where
you’re a small alien who can battle an opposing alien with your gigantic nose. I play twice, learn how to win every time, and click back. The second link is more on-target, from Yahoo
News.
Sony Hints at Next Generation of Wearable Computers
Just as the Segway Human Transport system was introduced to the world as clandestine, heavily-funded “IT” technology, digital designers and futurists are now
buzzing about “SQUIP” as the next great leap forward in human lifestyle enhancement. SQUIP is being developed by Sony (SNE).
“It’s a simple device that will redefine how computers operate within our society,” says Harvey Dinglesnort about SQUIP, which Sony refuses to comment
on directly. Mr. Dinglesnort reviews high-end devices for a variety of publications including The Sharper Image (SHRP). “They’re keeping close tabs on it because it really
will be a sensation when it is released.”
What is known about SQUIP is that it involves microcomputers that can be implanted—or ingested—into the human body. Devices like the VeriChip, from Applied Digital Systems (ADSXE), already provide this functionality, but VeriChip implantation is a surgical procedure (albeit an outpatient one) involving a needle large enough to
dose an elephant. SQUIP is said to be much smaller and easier to “install” due to the fact that it does not employ conventional microchip structure.
“Sony is going consumer with quantum computing,” Mr. Dinglesnort explains. “Scientists have been researching for years the prospect of building a
computer based not on the binary system, where a piece of information is either a one or a zero, but on a ‘qubit’ system, where a piece of information can be a one, a zero, or a
sort of in-between state that collapses into a one or zero when it is observed closely.”
The quantum computer is of interest to researchers because of its staggering data-processing capabilities, exponentially surpassing those of current CPUs. It has been
discussed for projects ranging from large-scale materials fabrication to time travel. But Sony seems to have simpler plans.
“What they have said is, ‘Let’s not worry about all the great things quantum computers can do. Let’s just make a simple one and take advantage of
the fact that it can be tiny, and try to manufacture a sort of ingestible Palm Pilot ,’” Mr. Dinglesnort says. Consumer models are a long way off. But the prospect of SQUIP
has futurists drooling and investors lining up and…
I hit CONTROL N on my computer, open a new window for porn,
you
.” Christine has her arms around Jake’s neck, Rapunzel hat leaning off to the side, wings akimbo.
“No,” I say lightly.
“A’ight.” Rich shrugs and leaves. “Remember,” he says, pointing to his head as he goes back to Samartha. “Uh!” And he makes a little noise of
triumph.
Not knowing what else to do, forgetting my original plan (did I have one?), I walk out of the dance. The doorman is reading a pornographic Mexican comic book with a woman dressed as an armadillo
having sex with a coat rack. He jerks up, surprised to see me go so early. I reach the road and turn left; I’ve got enough money for a car home, but I have to walk tonight, three miles along
route 27, taking it all in. People must think I’m the world’s oldest, loneliest, most confused trick-or-treater, but cops and motorists leave me alone, and when I get back to my house
at 2:17 A.M. , Mom is worried, but Dad is happy. He figures I got with some girl at the dance—that must’ve been what took me so long. I don’t want to
disappoint him, so I go into my room all smiling and lie down with my head buzzing around the word
squip
.
The next morning (well, technically, I wake up at noon), I go to Google. Type in
squip
: 361 results. The first one takes me to a dinky Web fighting game where
you’re a small alien who can battle an opposing alien with your gigantic nose. I play twice, learn how to win every time, and click back. The second link is more on-target, from Yahoo
News.
Sony Hints at Next Generation of Wearable Computers
Just as the Segway Human Transport system was introduced to the world as clandestine, heavily-funded “IT” technology, digital designers and futurists are now
buzzing about “SQUIP” as the next great leap forward in human lifestyle enhancement. SQUIP is being developed by Sony (SNE).
“It’s a simple device that will redefine how computers operate within our society,” says Harvey Dinglesnort about SQUIP, which Sony refuses to comment
on directly. Mr. Dinglesnort reviews high-end devices for a variety of publications including The Sharper Image (SHRP). “They’re keeping close tabs on it because it really
will be a sensation when it is released.”
What is known about SQUIP is that it involves microcomputers that can be implanted—or ingested—into the human body. Devices like the VeriChip, from Applied Digital Systems (ADSXE), already provide this functionality, but VeriChip implantation is a surgical procedure (albeit an outpatient one) involving a needle large enough to
dose an elephant. SQUIP is said to be much smaller and easier to “install” due to the fact that it does not employ conventional microchip structure.
“Sony is going consumer with quantum computing,” Mr. Dinglesnort explains. “Scientists have been researching for years the prospect of building a
computer based not on the binary system, where a piece of information is either a one or a zero, but on a ‘qubit’ system, where a piece of information can be a one, a zero, or a
sort of in-between state that collapses into a one or zero when it is observed closely.”
The quantum computer is of interest to researchers because of its staggering data-processing capabilities, exponentially surpassing those of current CPUs. It has been
discussed for projects ranging from large-scale materials fabrication to time travel. But Sony seems to have simpler plans.
“What they have said is, ‘Let’s not worry about all the great things quantum computers can do. Let’s just make a simple one and take advantage of
the fact that it can be tiny, and try to manufacture a sort of ingestible Palm Pilot ,’” Mr. Dinglesnort says. Consumer models are a long way off. But the prospect of SQUIP
has futurists drooling and investors lining up and…
I hit CONTROL N on my computer, open a new window for porn,
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