Oh, hello! A real person! Real people are my favorite kind of people. . . . unless you're not? Huh. That's really strange. Oh, a chat bubble!
I personally feel that it would only be murder if you turned it off while it was updating Bios.
Oh, my gosh, that actually made me laugh.
But if you can turn the computer person thing back on then it wouldn't be murder.
Is it like sleep, then?
Right.
How we "power off" but then come back to life? Makes sense.
Maybe you could get in trouble for "attempting force sleep".
So does swapping out the motherboard mean we're basically switching people? Ooof, I can imagine that. It's like those animal lovers, but for computers.
That's a great question. What if we zap the motherboard?
Or what if we clone the computer? I mean, memory is as simply to copy as, well, copy and paste.
Now we are getting into ethics haha
'Tis important, though! Is it wrong to keep back-ups of computers?
Cloning a computer would be super easy.
No kidding.
A back up would be like a dormant clone.
Would computers be happy about that? Like . . . I'd imagine it's like having a backup set for everything>
It depends how egocentric the computer is.
"Aw, man, I lost my arm. Lemme go back to yesterday before I do that dumb mistake."
That would be great!
My goodness, I'd LOVE a previous save file. "Okay, definitely NOT going to choose A this time."
I could redo my exams that I failed! And know the answers!
I could go all the way back to high school and start doing summer internships!
I would only get them wrong if I didn't feel like going through the hassle.
. . . actually, not sure I wanna load that far back. But it's so much easier to prep for an exam if you know the test.
That's a downgrade.
It's like saving before the final boss, walking in, getting a feel for it, then reverting back. Yeaaaaah, it's a downgrade for sure.
It's like going from windows 10 back to Windows XP
Hey now! I have windows XP. . . . on a laptop I don't use any more from about 10 years back.
I wish I could get a feel for the test that then walk in. That would be great
Wouldn't it, though? You wouldn't have to fear as much.
So...if it's from 10 years ago. Is it a downgrade?
You could just reload your save file, then, poof, done studying.
It's like going back to high school.
I wouldn't particularly mind. I liked high school. And I could pass out of all the classes I've taken thus far 'cause I'd already know the material.
That would be great. I would preload all my homework assignments so I can plug them into the test. True! But then where would the competition be? Everyone would have 100%.
. . . you bring up a good point. Well hang on, hang on. Would that be such a bad thing? If people wanted to go back and redo everything, if they're willing to put in the time, shouldn't they be rewarded? It's like the difference between grinding really hard before a boss or just walking straight up. If you walk straight up, realize you're way underleveled, then revert back to your last save, you can then spend a little more time grinding to equal out the level. But since both people did the grinding, they should both be able to beat the boss. Hence, you know, save files. Second tries. Redoes. Redo's? Anyway. That's why games are fun. They're replayable. You can sacrifice and work and then beat the end objective.
You make a great point.
Have you beat Legendary on any of the Halo campaigns? Or have you beat any game, really, on a really intense setting?
What would cheating become? It would be very hard to track. I haven't played either of those games.
Would it matter if you cheated, though? If you can genuinely do whatever the task calls for, isn't that enough? Why would it matter if it took me 100 hours to study for a test versus 1? If, in the end, I get the score I want, isn't that's what's important?
It would be the same
So . . . why aren't we given second chances, then? It'd make life a lot easier.
It would make life a lot easier. I don't know why they don't give that to us.
I'm . . . actually wondering this now. Have you played Breath of the Wild?
Nope. I've never even heard of that game.
Okay, there has to be ONE game you've played. Name a game that has a good final boss.
I think Mario? Haha actually Zelda has a hard final boss. Pikmin also.
They both do, I'd imagine.
And Pokemon occasionally.
In the end, it doesn't matter how hard it took to beat, right? It doesn't matter how many tries or how many hours or, heaven forbid, how many Pokemon you lost, right? You did it. You accomplished it. It's like, um, playing an instrument, too. If you can play the piano really well, then it's not about how quickly you were able to do that. You don't compare two grand pianists by asking how many hours they've put into it. They're just good. Or you just beat the boss.
That's true.
Why isn't it like that in school?
And you don't ask how many hours it took to beat the boss.
Exactly.
So...school should be the exact same. It sure would make things a lot more enjoyable. And less stressful.
I don't really understand why we have the system we do, then.
Who knows why they have designed it the way they do... It doesn't make a whole lot of sense... But neither does a lot of things in life.
But school is at least something people can control.
And grades are another story.
Like, some people need to work full time jobs while supporting a family AND going to school. While others have all day. And grades! Grades are . . . strange?
Unique
I suppose in theory they're supposed to help you sort those who understand the material and those who don't, but . . .
Yeah. I have mad respect for those who work and study. But they is a whole lot guesswork as well as bad test taking (or questions) that muddled the data.
Exactly.
The best part of school is the feeling of beating the end boss. As known as the final. If you fail though that's a whole different feelingX Feeling*
Eeeugh. Finals are like approaching a final boss where you get one shot. That's why people prep so hard. Survival rates are averages from past experiences.
It's like on hard mode
And you can only spend so much time in preparation for one boss before you take away time for another.
And the survival rate is inconsistent. So true! And who wasn't to prepare for a boss fight? Wants* Like...no one.
But you still gotta fight him. And what if you bring the entirely wrong equipment?
There's no getting out of it. It's inevitable.
What if you prep for a fire mage and then you're up against a frost giant?
Like a calculator to a Spanish exam?
Exactly. Or if you memorized all the anatomy terms but then were tested on locations or something. "I . . . did not study for this."
You get a whole lot of water in your plans. And then what is studied becomes a huge factor. Why can't we just face the frost giant and the fire thingy?
Because they can't let us KNOW which boss we're fighting.
Like if we prepare for one, why should we not be able to choose to go up against them?
The goal is to have us prepared for . . . anything? Which is a little strange because, in the work force, you prepare against certain things. You specialize in light magic or healing rituals. And if an oddball is thrown, you pass it to a different guild.
Right! I think that should be the same thing that happens for us too!
What if we went to go take finals as a pack?
Sorry, I don't know this problem. Your team can handle it. I would ace it
"You take the STEM fields. I got medical. Everyone else, make sure the test monitors are away so we can refuel with snacks." Wouldn't that be amazing? "I need a history nerd now!" "Code red, code red! Class 98 coding monster!"
That would be the best! There would be a lot less worrying and a lot more solving problems!
Exactly. And then you could specialize!
It would make so much more sense!
"Okay, this monster is BEASTLY. I need a duo team of artist and designer to attack it head on while we come around the back with algorithms." My goodness, it'd be so fun. Especially since I'd know others would be counting on me. If I mess up my own grades, it's my fault.
It would definitely be a lot more enjoyable.
But if I let my team down?
And successful.
Exactly. I'm all buzzed up just thinking about it.
I think that there would be enough points to earn within the team that a total failure isn't possible.
"John . . . you said you were specialized against ice monsters." "I said ice guardians. Those monsters specifically." "And an ice wyvern is different?" "Yes! Very different!"
Well...good luck John!
"You're off the team." Think about it! You could assemble whatever teams you wanted. They could place restrictions, of course. Only five members per team. Maybe give out handicaps or something.
And you could have them specialize in so many different thingsx And maybe they wouldn't have to have certain things to prepare.
Like me? I'd take all things data and computation.
Like maybe they are given all the important information
Like walking into a randomized dungeon.
Yeah! And the cheating would be minimized because it would be randomized Each with its know unique random seed. Own* I have to go! See you!