[network] @ASolomons; audio, evening of 151 [open]

[devoutish]

Right. I've found an SD card. Tucked inside the stuffing of one of the couches - that's a useful place to look.

[He pauses to let out a wracking cough.]

It's called Copycat. Some of you know about these already. It's gonna let me copy an app onto a blank card to give it to someone else, but it's only gonna work once. And that means the app and the person need to be chosen carefully.

If you've got an app that you think someone else needs or if you know of an app that you think you need, make your arguments here. Serious offers only. I do not want any of you wasting my fucking time.

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@labmonkey ; text

[onthefitz]

Why does it only work once?

@ASolomons; text

[devoutish]

Because that's just the way it is.

[If there's a reason beyond that, he doesn't know it.]

Is that unusual for computers?

[onthefitz]

Yes.

SD cards are basically just means of transferring information. And the program itself

For it to only work once means there must be some sort of extra coding within it's programming that makes it stop functioning after one use.

But that would also mean it'd be possible to hack the SD card and change the programming.

[Too bad Skye's not here.]

[devoutish]

And do you think you could hack it?

[onthefitz]

Potentially but I'd need the right equipment to do it. Hacking isn't really something I'm great with.

Though if we could find someone that was, I could build them a means of doing so if I could get the right sort of parts.

[devoutish]

It's a danger. Have you heard that? We've got good hackers here who have failed, and had their beacons turned on for their troubles.

[onthefitz]

Several people have told me. But sometimes risks are worth taking if it means solving a problem.

[devoutish]

But not if the problem isn't likely to be solved.

[onthefitz]

No problem was ever solved without risks.

[devoutish]

But the risk needs to be worth it, yeah?

[onthefitz]

Are you certain this risk isn't worth it?

[devoutish]

Being certain would be presumptuous, wouldn't it. Based on what I know, it's likely, but you'll want to talk about that to the hackers who've failed.

Blindly trying the same method over and over again? That's not worth the risk.

[onthefitz]

Which is why determining which methods had already been tried and trying something else would be the first step.

I've already discussed making a Faraday Cage with someone here. That would allow me to bypass the system and alter the way the tablets work and, in turn, alter the means of using the SD cards potentially if I can reprogram them.

Whatever has been done already I can promise you that I can find other ways. This is the sort of thing I do for a living back home.

[devoutish]

This place isn't anything like back home. Don't forget that, as you go about your work.

[onthefitz]

These sorts of oddities and strange qualities are what I dealt with a lot back home. It was the main focus of my job--figuring out the abnormal.