the fifth.

[nonesodangerous]

...what have I done? The damage...it's. It's not irreparable, but...

Could it have known? It seems stupid to think so, but it's not impossible, I suppose.

...weeks worth of work. What am I going to do? I don't have time for this!

Comments

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

What happened? Something because of the virus?

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

...yes. I...hm.

It seems that I attempted to change the program.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

...Uh-oh. Into, um, what?

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

...I don't know. It looks like the beginnings of some kind of multi-dimensional database converter. I mean, with something like this, you could try and convert all the systems connected to the community into slave machines to power a form of supercomputer that would exceed anything I've seen...it would be beyond quantum, it would be...

...well, for one thing, it would be horrifically unstable. A monstrosity. The time-space continuum would probably collapse under its power requirements.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Huh! So it would, like, take over everyone's computers? Is that what you mean?

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

...when I said systems, I think I meant...world-systems. Like the Internet, for example.

...what would be the plural of Internet, Internets? It would take over the Internets.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

...

Holy shit. That's...damn. I can't even, like, imagine that.

[philoxidizes]

Oh dear. It seems you've got quite a problem on your hands. What happened, exactly?

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't have worked, anyway. The program is now filled with bugs, loops, outright paradoxes. If he'd-- I'd--

...if the altered program had been brought online, and had even managed to start up, the best case scenario would have been my world disintegrating.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Then, I, um. I guess it's a good thing it never got brought online, huh? 'Cause that would have really, really sucked.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

I appear to have mutilated the security program I was working on.

[philoxidizes]

Because of the virus? That's a shame. Is it permanently damaged?

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

It really is.

...but why do you say it would have sucked? The scenario I described wouldn't have affected you.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

...But it would have affected you, and that's not cool.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

It is not permanently damaged, but the vandalism will take weeks to repair.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

I'm sure someone else would have ended up building a security system in time.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe, but that's not why it's not cool.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

Enlighten me.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

'Cause if your world disintegrated, wouldn't you, like, die? And everyone else on it?

That's not right.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

Of course it isn't. I just fail to see how it would be a problem for you.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

...

Because I like you and I'd be sad if you died?

[philoxidizes]

I wish it were something I could offer to help with, but I'm afraid I'm not nearly good enough with computers. Good luck fixing it, a security system sounds like an excellent idea.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

...that. That doesn't make sense.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

...What? Why not?!

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

You don't even know me, for one.