>I love the idea of cyber, but I can't decide if I would actually do it
>or not if it were really available. Rigging sounds like incredible
>fun, and lack of an interface that can match my speed-of-thought is my
>biggest frustration in computing, but I don't know how much I like the
>idea of futzing with my body in nontrivial ways. Tattoos and mild
>piercings are one thing, hooking up electronics to my nervous system
>is another.

Having a big old cybernetic arm with guns stapped on would be great for intimidation, and it'd mean that there'd not be a streetfight on Earth I'd back away from. Replacing my eyes with cybernetic versions would not only correct my (admittedly minor) vision problems, it would mean that I'd be able to see anything I wanted with perfect clarity. Installing a speed-movement system would be unbelievably cool, because I'd finally be able to pull off all my various martial arts tricks with slightly more graceful timing, not to mention finally being able to do the "blinding fast" thing. Having a datajack would mean that computers would start doing exactly what I wanted, exactly when I wanted.

And having a big cyberarm would mean I'd never be able to touch Erin's cheek with it. Replacing my eyes would mean that I lose some quintessential part of our communication. Speed-movement would mean that I was always moving far faster than her. And no matter what you might believe, hooking my brain into a computer would mean that my brain started thinking like a computer, not like the human being she cares about.

Wow. That wasn't a hard decision at all.
-Eliot "Well, sure, when you put it that way" Lefebvre
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