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[username_3643066]

Tech Support from Hell

(Not sure if this belongs in the 'other' category or here in general discussion)
So, this was something that hit me in another thread about having a day job in 2077.

Think about how the hackers work in cyberpunk. They have almost complete control over just about everything that runs on electricity, because almost everything has a computer in it....

And lots of the hackers are younger, still in high or even middle school in some cases. So that means they will want to play pranks on other kids, which would probably sound fairly childish. Still, imagine having to be respond to some of those calls. What would they sound like?

Here's some examples, please help come up with more

-Linking the vidphone with the display screen in the shower
-Linking the cyberarm to the Times square display and looping both in the same series of move hand to other side of face rapidly while displaying "stop hitting yourself"
-rewiring the 3d interactive tv system, so whenever you put on "busty cheerleaders #7, right as she reaches out to touch the viewer, it switches up to the action game Killem-injaro 4! in full multiplayer mode, in real time, leaving the poor sap with his stick in his hand in full view online.

So, these may not be funny, but they are suppose to be. Add your own funny ones if you can think of any. I would think that the day job of any Netrunner should be hell, and this is where we help make that worse

 

[Deadbolt_Don]

I could see something like this being one of the many in game quests.

Perhaps a script kiddie is running rampant and emptied your bank account right before you were able to purchase that brand new hover-cycle you were saving up for. Waste the screwball.

 

[Decatonkeil]

(Not sure if this belongs in the 'other' category or here in general discussion)
So, this was something that hit me in another thread about having a day job in 2077.

LOL, was it me talking about the IT crowd? XD

From now on I'm the IT crowd guy.

 

[username_3643066]

your idea sounds highly plausible. I was hoping for more along the comedic line like screwball pranks and such, not so much intentional or malicious crime.. Very plausible idea tho, I could also see your idea happening in game...

Back when printers were still important, making one of those pump out paper and flood the room, that would be good, but that could be a little too backdated to still work..

the original idea that sparked this was something close to the following:
(Futurama? Good. The one where Fry pirates a copy of Lucy Lu?"i love you, copy of lucy lu, " "and I love you {>PHILLIP J FRY<}!!")

So, the artificial sex machine was invented long before the artificial human, but eventually they had to combine the two.
After the Pay-Per-View market on that dried up they decided to mass produce the sexeroid, a bio-organic life form custom made with the latest in, um, interactive wetwear, complete with enhanced AI, able to download just about any personality for a vast matrix of old Hollywood movies. They can even mix and match (within 73.6% accuracy) to create your own! (Exotic and/or Playbeings options available for an additional fee, see dealer for details)
Some shlub does his work, loses his self-respect, and orders one of these things. Gets a Russian model, which are WAY cheaper then the ones from Japan (perhaps at the cost of quality) The payments set him back like almost a years pay by the end of everything. But its paid for, so it self upgrades from the housekeeping model to a full service machine.

Now imagine what happens when someone switches up the personality data (along with the voice files) and that beloved Lucy Lu v4.6 (the Lucky Number Selven version) now has a Rooster TG Home defense interface. And the hack randomizes the password.
Make it worse, and have it synch up to the users biomonitor chip and kick on mid-use...

YOU:...oooo.... oh yeah... oh yeah...
LUCY: yeah, like that.. yeah.... *Twitch*
YOU: you gonna tell how much man you have in you?
ROOSTER: you asking how many men I shot or how many men I killed?
YOU: (stops)....... why do you sound like John Wayne?

STONE: And these are the kinds problems we solve every week (or so) here at Tech Support from Hell!

yeah, that's a not my best script, but I was at a loss as to how else I could explain this and still make it enjoyable. See ya next week!

 

[SystemShock7]

(Not sure if this belongs in the 'other' category or here in general discussion)

And lots of the hackers are younger, still in high or even middle school in some cases.

Out of curiosity, is this an actual part of the premise of the original cyberpunk game?

 

[Deadbolt_Don]

I dunno about the game, but I do know that many hackers in real life start out young. None of them are geniuses, they usually start out by abusing programs and scripts created by actual programmers. Hence the term 'script kiddies'. Eventually they learn how to create and manipulate computers by actually using them. After all, the greatest teacher is experience.

Try reading Bruce Bethke's "Cyberpunk" for the general gist of how it would work in a world like this.

 

[Sardukhar]

Out of curiosity, is this an actual part of the premise of the original cyberpunk game?

In what sense? Players can start out very young indeed if they want. Some NPCs - like Rache- have such cloudy pasts who knows when they started?

 

[username_3643066]

SystemShock7:Uh, I don't think so, or at least not directly (that I know of, I guess it could be.) But you could run a character or game that way if you tried to, the premise falls into the guidelines.
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This week:

STONE: Was lifting some files out of an Executive's Office Comp... And I found this commercial for some ad campaign they wanna start doing in the fall... Look's like something outta the 1950's, its even black and white... So retro, no not retro, VINTAGE, that's the word.... Bet ya all the Trendies have one of these setups by next year..

The latest craze, Smart Housing! Rig computers up to EVERY appliance in your home! Enjoy the convenience of being able to operate any electronic device you own with just your TimesSquare HUD! Not jacked? Well, until you crawl out from under that rock, you can use one of those antique 'Mobile Telephonic Devices' and do the same thing! That's how much we care!
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This sounds like a great idea...

So, if I link the washing machine, shower, and the toilet all together... There is no such thing as a hot shower in that house....

What about linking the stereo and the clocks together, and have it start blasting Those Guys Who Are Stupid Loud's latest single WAKE UP NOW (lyrics included: WAKE UP NOW!!!! x436) now, I know its only a 1:34 long, but if we leave this on repeat... Or even better, run it on a timer, it goes off like every 15 minutes.

Gottla link the button that opens the front door to the Vid systems and surround system, so whenever the front door opens these kick on and are running hardcore (possibly homosexual) gangbang porn. Hmmm... I wonder if there are still traveling door-to-door missionaries, cause if there are I might be able to sell this one...

That's all the time we have for today. See ya next week on Tech Support from Hell!

 

[username_3643066]

Tech Support from Hell!

STONE: Proudly back from hell, as I had to lay low after I sent y'all that last file I lifted.... Didn't think some silly advertising campaign was that big of a deal... I have spent the last 4 months hiding out in Amish country. Yeah, they still exist, who knew? Anyway, I wanted to tell you about the last gig I got working tech support before I vanished.

Now I'm sure your aware Exotics can look like almost anything you pay for. Kitty ears and a tail? Easy, just like changing clothes. Improved hearing and balance? That's all wetwear, and it's dirt cheap.....

Here's the thing: NetDiving used to be kinda geeks only. Geeks like fantasy stuff. Also cat chicks.
Logically speaking, an Exotic NetDiver should be the greatest thing since the invention of nerdcore (you ever check out those old one where they have the phoney cyberhand?) But this is Tech Support from Hell, none of our stories are that kind of great.

Turns out the standard Neko-Neko Exotic package comes stock with both augmented audio synth-senses and a tri-processing neural subroutine interweave. These, of course, have to connect to each other in order to give that cat like balance. But the interweave has to be hardwired directly to the audio for this to work.

And how hard is it to slip a looping audio into that system? So now we have a kitty with a speaker hardwired in her brain. This isn't so bad if kitty just hears the phone ring every 20 minutes (even though there is no phone) but what happens when we put some acting relic form like 70 years ago playing some evil emperor/cult leader thing and he ordering his subjects to kill? Wasn't there some kinda serial murderer that said he heard voices un like the middle of last century? They called him Sam's boy or something, right?

When you think about the fact that most Neko-Neko units are sold to people of low intellect (k'mon, its permanent sex kitten costume, smart people don't get that done)And if you conceder that people of lower intellect are easier to manipulate, then I almost wanna start taking bets on where the first "Deranged Exotic Disembowels Strip Club Patron, Start Fire. 37 dead! Claims voice of god gave instructions" headlines start coming out. Its just a matter of time.

Speaking of time, were all out of if for this weeks edition of Tech Support from Hell!

 

[username_3688833]

These I like!

 

[Mikedudeh]

I always though net running to be expensive, requiring expensive decks, and neuroenhancements. Not to mention the skill to get past firewalls (which are often life threatening) and the networking required to hack into remote electronics. So hopefully this bars most the kiddies from the ability to do any real damage. On the other hand some of the early hacking communities where kids that learned though "phone freaking" so a lot of them at root were just pranksters.

 

[chriswebb2020.736]

Well, anyone can nwtrun in 2020 and it can be done with cheap decks and home made programs. That's pretty cheap. Heck, even homelss guys in 2020 have interface plugs and a neural processor.

That being said, you probably need skills and high grade stuff to pull off hard tasks. I guess success isn't cheap.


I mentioned a similar subject in the cyberware thread. If nothing else, there should be a way of at least interfering with moat cyberware remotely via a WiFi like net. It was pointed out that this could potentially be a 'be all and end all' type deal. I would much prefer this to be avoided, (through the use of protection firmware, limited hackability ans the time it could take to achieve the goal.