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• The Red Room

  by Never Explain about 1 month ago

  I was sitting in my small chair, staring at my computer screen while my code was compiling.

  The new Linux system upgrade and…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 15

  by Robotech_Master 3 months ago

  Of course, her original purpose had been to browse a hypertext network and display information to her users. There was no a…

• Solly's task becomes clearer, or does it?

  by Ridcully Calvert 5 months ago

  “So, what is your name?” I enquired as we drove over the hills into the leafy suburbs nearby.

  His big BMW purred like a cat …

• Solo

  by Never Explain 5 months ago

  We all gathered in the basement of the fort. There was a computer in there. I sat down immediately. I started typing frantica…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 14

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  Although beyond brilliant by human standards, the Firefox was not infallible. She did not know, for example, that intimate co…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 13

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  “Would I what?” Martin stared at the foxy woman.

  “Would you like to have sex with me?” the Firefox repeated guilelessly.

  ...

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 12

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  Martin goggled at the new arrival, and tried to use his operator privileges to /kick her out. It didn’t work; it was like she…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 10

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  The Firefox flitted through the worlds—virtual and real at the same time, as they were now overlaid on top of each other. If …

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 9

  by Robotech_Master 6 months ago

  A year later, the reawakened Firefox looked out upon a very different Internet. She quickly scanned Google News and other arc…

• The Slightly Offset Mind of the Hacker Type

  by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

  I grab another can of Diet Coke and settle down for a night in front of the PC. It is vacation after all…finally hours of u…