A Hacker's Dream by xmas Feel free to enjoy and adapt your own version. I only wrote this for fun. It's a short futuristic story told from a mind-reading device. THOUGHT JOURNAL ENTRY #5 Name: Alan Banker YEAR 2300 Position: Net Programmer Day: Friday THIS JOURNAL ENTRY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THINKING TECHNOLOGY The techno-legalists are under siege by Frank Gilbert of Sony V-R, and his new hacker friendly game called HACKME. The Elephants decided that it was a game designed specifically to help Net Terrorists. This is really having an impact on the (FRAT) Federal Regulations Act on Technology. The kids call it Fart. I don’t blame them. I’ve got two jobs: one is to navigate the virtual realms created by Apple, Pixar, and Sony. I perform security hacks, user ability ratings, and sometimes add my own surprise, which is legal. I’m a net programmer, what do you expect? The other job, well that’s a secret. Of course, how safe are my thoughts here anyways? I’ll need a record of this in case of emergency in the future. I won’t say now what my other job is. The year is 2300, and it is considered by new age radicals to be the century of technocracy. But really, I mean that is a yes and a no. There is definitely a lot of technological power in the hands of corporate institutions, and yet I can appreciate One World Government despite it won’t last. We are free of nuclear weapons, free of most poverty, have eliminated aids, can treat cancer and reverse Alzheimer’s. How can any person in this free world complain so much? Well, that’s why we call them radicals. Not that…I’m…well never mind. I’m heading to get more cables from the sensory input station at MallsRUS, I guess I could take my portable Thought-Reading device as well as my Event Recorder so I can keep track of what happens today. I like having my Thought-Device with me while I’m hovering. It’s not supposed to be used when we’re in Hover, but I hide it well and get away with it easily. I’m looking forward to testing out the new brand of Virtual Gaming Technology by Sony. And that’s where I’m heading today after I pick up some cables. Off to MallsRUs I go! EVENT TRACKING DEVICE ON THIS RECORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUTWARD BOUND INC. Warning, turn off your device as stated In Federal Regulations Technology Act. Damn. Really? A safe-guard for hovering on my new event tracker? What the hell!? EVENT TRACKER OFF… THIS RECORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUTWARD BOUND INC. EVENT TRACKER ON…LOCATION MALLSRUS….DATE FRIDAY 12, 2300 “Hello Alan, welcome.” Visual identification of Mr. Shawn Cork, Resident State: Pennsylvania, “What will you be purchasing with your smart card?” “Oh hi there Shawn, I’m looking for the Nano-Star Cable for Sony’s new item.” “Nano-Star Cable?” –visual reading of surprise—“No way! You know that’s illegal in like four countries, right?” “You know it’s for my job, Shawn, and I need those cables. It’s not illegal here, is it?” (visual reader locating…visual recorder locating…) BEEP! (Located: a young man is behind you, Alan.) “Hey, you have a tracker on you don’t you?” Shawn Cork reads: nervous. “Uuuh Ummm.” Alan Banker also seems nervous. “Hey dude, I’ll get the HACKME game, you do sell it here right?” visual identification of: Derek House, Resident State: New Jersey “Ah well let me look. Ok here it is! You’re lucky, kid. This is also the last one we’ve got in stock.” “How much?” Derek House asks. “Retail price is 300 GoldPoints.” Shawn responds. “Well man ok, I’ll scan my card then.” Derek replied to Shawn. “Hey! I need that for my job, Shawn, you can’t give the last one to this kid?” “Oh well I just did. Have a nice day Derek.” “Thanks, dude, you’re awesome!” Derek is smiling. Derek’s visual reading is: looking mischievous. Derek has left. “You see that? The kid called me awesome. Since when do morons like me ever get called awesome?” Shawn’s visual reading is: looking mischievous. “Seriously…If I don’t get one I’ll be suspended for a month from product management! You know what, fuck it.” “Ok…ok. I’ll let you scan if you turn off that god damn tracking device!” “Ok. Fine.” THOUGHT JOURNAL ENTRY # 6 Name: Alan Banker YEAR 2300 Position: Net Programmer Day: Friday THIS JOURNAL ENTRY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THINKING TECHNOLOGY You know, screw Shawn. So I’m trying out the new Sony HackMe, and oh boy do I see uses! This has got to be my second favorite game yet besides Sony’s Virtual Dream Realms. Sony’s Virtual Dream Realms is a game where you basically wake up, put the sensory helmet on, and upload your dreams straight to the computer to save for later exploration. There’s Jungian Analysis Apps, and the option to have full HD colorized Virtual Experiences. Oh but you can’t beat EA’s Movie Simulator, where you can basically create a movie if you happen to have dreams like that, and publish it to the EA SITE, APPLE, or Amazon Films for an even wider audience. Someone actually made it to the big screen! That lucky SOB is a millionaire now. HACKME, I’ve never seen any Sony program like it. It’s had to have been introduced by one crazy anarchist: crazy anarchist with lots of dough to spend. I wouldn’t be surprised if Frank himself was the mega-mind behind this invention. And Sony, good grief! Basically with the knowledge that I have I could easily hack the entire public library. I could also browse a Net Reality Game so easily! This little device, ps. I wasn’t actually testing it for my company; it can grant me the key to unlock the potential of millions! Just what can I do? A heck of a whole lot! Like, take over the world, perhaps? Title: First Virtual Dream Hack Dreamer: Alan Banker This V.D.R. was brought to you by Sony. Welcome. Alan Banker, you have entered the virtual dream realm of Tim Boonbody. Tim is a young student at Wealth Academy in California. He has just plugged his new Virtual Dream Realms Device. Your hackme password is 4848483. Follow Tim as he journeys to a parallel reality, one that he has programmed himself. Alan, can you see Tim in a bar full of drunkards? It may look ordinary to you, but notice that this bar is on a Planet 20,000 lightyears away from Earth. Strange, isn’t it? Well, Alan, your mission today Is to find out how deep the rabbit hole goes. Is Timothy Dreaming, Is Timothy even real at all? “Wait a minute!” No Alan, there is no time to wait. You cannot get out of HACKME until you complete your mission. Go befriend Tim, find out his secret. “Strange…I didn’t know anything about this game…and now I find out everything people were saying was a lie.” Alan, do you feel yourself slipping? “Ok! Ok! Stop it just stop it! I’ll go to Tim, Ok?” Very well Alan, go then…now! I hope I didn’t creep you out too much. Alan has approached Tim Boonbody, Tim looks shocked and realizes the potential that he has at this very moment. Tim and Alan exchange passwords, now they are partners in the exploration. Ok Travelers, Alan’s mission is to discover the lost scroll hidden in a city of steam. Tim’s mission is to learn how to make a flying machine to take them there. You must first both persuade the Queen to give you the key. You have been invited to a royal ball in order to convince the royal party that you are worthy of their assistance. Good luck! "Whoa! What a dream!"
