An Exerpt From The Upcoming Novel "George Alliswell's 2084"
The Year is 2084. KM One Of The Saviours Of The P2P Network Is Now
In Recluse On The Planet MX357 Only A Mere 50 Billion Light Years Away
From The Planet Hollywood, Home Of The Infamous And Now Defunct
RIAA ( Rotten Individuals Inciting Anarchy ). KM Has Now Passed The
Peer Caches On To KM Junior Or KJ As He Is Affectionately Known.
KM's Last Great Claim To Fame Was The Creation Of The Now Famous
"Giga Patch v 3.57" Which Allowed All Internet Users Unlimited Upload
And Download Access To the Internet For Free. KJ Since Coming Of Age
And Coming On Line Can Lay Claim To "Cyber Optics" Which Allows
Internet Connection By The Trillions Where In The Past Only Hundreds
Were Available. That Wondrous Place Of Infinitum Quantum Dreams The
Internet Is Now Known As The Giganet ( Named After KM's Patch ).
Copper Has Now Become A Useless Commodity Mined By "Trolls" In
The Silicon Valley.
The Planet WinMX World Is Now The Galaxy's Most Visited Planet. On
Any Given Day One It Receives Trillions Of Visitors Travelling On The
Universes Fastest News Carrier " The Ghostship" Which Travels From
The Earth to Win MX World In About 240 Nanoseconds. On Arrival At
Win MX World Most People Make A Bee Line For Madam Meheres Wax
Works Where You Can See Life Like Holograms Of Your Favourite Win
MX Characters Re-Iterating Original Quotes From The Year Of The Big
Bang 2005. It Only Seems Like Yesterday. Nobby Has Now Been
Assimilated Into Win MX World Forum ( Resistance Was Futile ).
The Last Release Of The KM DLL v 984256878549222.2 Which included
Many Bug Fixes ( But Not KM's Cause He Never Made Any Mistakes )
Also Included New Innovations To The MX File Sharing Capability With
The Availability Of ".vhg" Files ( Video Holo Gram ) Duh! This Allowed
Users Of The Win MX P2P To Share And Download Millions Of Available
Holograms For Almost Any Use. Again Bill Tried To Shut The Gates
( Pardon The Pun ) And Micro Soft On Tried To Ban The Use Of Such
Files But It Was All In Vain. The King Macro Had Done It Again.
Win MX Now Had Many New Innovative And Interactive Bots And Add
Ons Including Medi MX Which Allowed Users To Download A " Video
Doctor Hologram" Or vdh File To Assist In Their Ailments. There Are
Now Some 21,000 Different Hollas Available For Every Known Disease.
Cream Pie MX Which Allows You To Throw Cream Pies At Life Like
Holograms Of Vladd And The Gang.
MeHere MX Users Can Download A Winking Mehere vhg File If Your
Feeling Lonely Or Sad Or Just Plain Pissed Off With The Whole Universe.
Nobby MX For Those Users Who Feel Like Sitting Down And Having
A Good Old Fashioned Flaming Debate ( Debate Is In The Old Fashioned
Form Of " He Said, She Said" ) Maybe, Instead Of Kicking The Cyber Cat.
Ghostship MX Allows You To Hear The News Read By Your Favourite
Holographic News Reader.
Holo Chat MX Where You Can Chat To A Hologram Of The User You Are
Downloading From.
Macro MX Where Users Can Be Chastised By A Very Life Like Holo Of KM.
( WARNING - Only For Users With Sadistic Or Masochistic Taste Buds )
SO AS YOU CAN SEE LIFE CLEARLY GOES ON AND NO MATTER WHAT
YOU WORRY ABOUT TODAY WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO EFFECT ON
WHATSOEVER HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL
STOP WORRYING AND SAVE YOURSELF A FEW WRINKLES.
Le WOMBAT 02 APR 06
