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116 :: Technojargon
Kaianne turned on a camera. Then another. Kaianne, Madison and Naomi were indoors. A large shed or a small barn. Dusty. Empty. Madison’s Skroll projected on a screen. An old screen. A home cinema screen scuffed and flaky.
Is the translator on. (Madison)
Yes. Naomi can read on your screen. (Kaianne)
And how do we record. (Madison)
It is always recording. All cameras are. Most Skrolls have cameras. These SeeSticks are cameras. All of them always recording. Very clever really. They scan all the time but only record new changes. They record repetitive moments once. A leaf moving in the corner will be recorded once then mapped into the recording whenever the leaf moves. For the playback. That way they can have a record of everything in the cloud. (Kaianne)
Okay. So what do I do. (Madison)
Nothing. You just place the SeeSticks in the room you are using. Or in the garden if you are dancing there. Or under water if you want. (Kaianne)
Okay. Then how do I get the recordings from the sticks. (Madison)
Oh. SeeSticks do not record. They just transmit continuously. The recording is kept in the cloud. Your Skwoll will let you track back along your timeline to get the recording to edit in minidocs. But I will do that with Naomi. (Kaianne)
So who can see what I am doing. (Madison)
Well. Everyone really. But it is very difficult to find. Face recognition allows your Skroll to find you. (Kaianne)
So a virtual stalker could be watching us now. (Madison)
Sure. You never watch ThemTube. (Kaianne)
What. (Madison)
When people narrate clips of strangers. There is some really good work on it. You should try it. Or ThemXXX which is the same thing but of folk shagging. (Kaianne)
Someone could find videos of me in flagrante. (Madison)
Probably. Not upstairs here as we do not take devices upstairs. There are quite a few blind spots here. But if someone wanted to make a porno of you they could do it from some clips of you dining something respectable. Your spanish lessons. For example. Any porn too. Bestiality. Necrophillia. Paedophillia. Even missionary. All much easier than finding actual video of you starkers. (Kaianne)
That is crazy. Absolutely crazy. I am a bit disturbed thinking there may be men in macs out there wanking to my nocturnals. (Madison)
Or women. You forget we live in an equal society. (Kaianne)
A race to the bottom is an abysmal form of equality. (Madison)
True say. (Kaianne)
Will it be the same in Tianjin. (Madison)
All men are bastards. (Kaianne)
No. I mean the recording devices. (Madison)
Sure. Naomi can keep the SeeSticks. They are cheap enough. I will link the sticks to her Skroll. (Kaianne)
I have iPass. (Naomi)
Oh shit. Stupit me. I did not even think. I will like them to your Skroll for now. Shit. We will have to think of something. (Kaianne)
iPass no good. (Naomi)
Not good enough. Do not worry. We will work out something. I have to go out this afternoon. I will pop back before I go but you are ready. Yeah. (Kaianne)
Sure. Thanks love. (Madison)
Laters. (Kaianne)
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