Cyborg Theory, Class #1

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

*closes the door and the windows and turns on the powerpoint*

Introduction to Cyborg Theory – Class #1



barefoot_tahiri
bent_bender
can_be_more
carter_i_am
cerulean__eyes
chief_tyrol
cyloninyourhead
emo_padawan
kawalsky
leeadama
magitekboy
pyramid_is_life
radekzelenka
sharon_valerii
sogothcally
sparkplugfelix
thehurleyabides
valentine_tart
whitedeathpod

Note to students: If you are playing multiple characters and are enrolled, therefore, twice in the class because you love me OMG!, please think this through a bit as the homework will therefore be doubled with you. You can, however, crash the class if the discussion is getting interesting and you want to add another characters perspective.





There will be no lecture today as it’s our first class. I would like everyone to do the following:

1) Introduce yourselves to the class by saying your name, fandom, and something really interesting about yourself.

2) If you are cybernetic, artificial intelligence, a robot, or a human-form robot of any variety, please state this at this time. If you are unaware of your synthetic state, please see me after class.

3) Introduce yourself to a student in the class that you haven’t met yet or haven’t had the chance to have a conversation with yet. I’d like my students to get to know one another.

If you need a discussion topic outside general small talk, please discuss the issues of humanity creating machines to bear the brunt of hard labor and what this does to the blue collar human workforce.


For homework, and I wish to have this by Wednesday in my inbox, I would like you to research on the internet for a recent news article on cybernetics, artificial intelligence, or something to that effect and send me the link to the article. We will be discussing these articles next Monday.

Now. Get to it. *smiles kindly*

Comments

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::stands up and clears his throat:: Hello, I'm Felix Gaeta, and I once blew myself up with flash powder.

::doesn't quite bounce as he looks around the class with interest:: And, to my knowledge, I am not a human-form model of any robot or AI.

::makes note to see mama after class::

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Hi! I don't think we've met. I'm Anakin Skywalker.

*sticks out hand*

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

::stands up from behind Sparky, smiles, and speaks::

Hi, I'm Cally. I guess I have a history of problems with certain breakfast-food appliances. ::grin::

I'm definitely not any of those options you gave, just a normal girl, I guess.

::sits back down, behind Sparky::

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm Sam Carter.

*holds out hand and resists the urge to salute*

I understand about the 'history of problems with breakfast-food appliances'. My Dad used to complain when I cannibalized the toaster for my high school science projects.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

*stands up, looks around*

I'm Anakin Skywalker, and I just wanted to say that the incident with the Ewok and the rubber hose was totally not my fault. Although I did buy him dinner first.

*clears throat*

And I'm completely human, if a little bit on the overrun with midiclorians scale of things.

[bent-bender.livejournal.com]

*eyes protrude and scan the room as he secretly employs his Potential For Evil Sensor*

Ah, hah, got one already. *snicker*snicker*

*quietly moves next to the blond haired kid and begins talking quietly*

Hey, I'm Bender. *reaches into the door in his chest and brings out several objects* Want a cigar? Beer? Laser Gun?

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Oh. God. This is going to be interesting.

I'm Major Sam Carter USAF, Stargate Command and I'm not an AI, replicator, android, or cyborg.

*eyes teacher*

Hm. I like blowing things up.

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::walks up to her and holds out his hand:: I'm Felix. Have you ever blown yourself up?

[bent-bender.livejournal.com]

*leans back in his chair and props his legs up on the nearest desk*

I'm Bender and I'm a robot, which makes me cooler than all you meatbags. I'm from Futurama the future so that makes me smarter than all of you too. I'm also sexier... but that's just a given.

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

I'm Sharon. *tilts her head* How does being a robot make you sexier than the rest of us?

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

*scampers in, slightly late* Sorry.

*ends up in a seat right near the front, and blushes at the benevolent glare the professor gives her. Also makes a not NEVER TO BE LATE for it disappoints Mama*

*listens to Bender, then stands*

I'm Sharon Valerii and I am not a Cylon and I hope one day to fly in the Colonial Fleet. I can't decide between vipers or raptors, but I think the communications side is rad.

*blushes and sits down*

[ooc: I know, darling, but how else will I get by on Mama's love? Besides, I am lazy, and don't want to study elsewhere. Mwahahah. Er.]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

*stands, arms crossed over her chest, next to Valerii, studying her*

*decides to nod rather than shake hands in case of virus transmission* Hey. Beka Valentine. I hear you run with Thrace and Adama. That must get exhausting. *grins*

[barefoot-tahiri.livejournal.com]

*bounces up*

I'm Tahiri, and I personally feel shoes were created by the Sith to cause innocent girls like me pain and misery. And I'm totally human - not a robot or anything.

*sits back down*

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

::makes a little wave as she walks over::

Hi, like I said, my name's Cally. What's your problem with shoes?

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

*tosses Cam a smile before heading in to class*

Beka Valentine. Andromeda/SG1 S9 crossover. *winks*. My hair changes colors. *shakes her head and the blonde turns scarlet*

My, uh, cybernetic state is complicated, Eighth. Could we talk about it after class?

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Hey. How's it going? I'm Charlie. *offers kinda beefy hand to shake*

[cyloninmyhead.livejournal.com]

Gaius Baltar. Human. I share all my secrets with a woman who lives in my head am the winner of three Magnate Prizes. That's a very distinguished award in the field of science.

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

Well, aren't you impressive.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Name's Charlie Kawalsky. Stargate SG-1, prior to the fembot teacher's appearance. Something interesting about me? Well, I was dead for nearly a decade before showing up here. But as far as I can tell, I'm 100% human. Well, maybe 99% human.

[chief-tyrol.livejournal.com]

Hey. I'm Galen Tyrol. Battlestar Galactica. As far as I know I am not cybernetic in anyway. Something interesting? I'm a decent mechanic.

[radekzelenka.livejournal.com]

Hello, I am Radek. I am a fairly good engineer. What kind of machinery do you work with?

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

Kara Thrace. But you all knew that. Being inconspicuous is not one of my many talents.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam Carter. I noticed.

[cyloninyourhead.livejournal.com]

Shelley Godfrey. I enjoy planning the destruction of the human race observing humanity.

[cyloninmyhead.livejournal.com]

*rolls his eyes and walks over to Six*

Must you distract me while I'm in class? And isn't the schoolgirl look a litle much?

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

*opens the door and peers in*

Ooops, sorry, wrong room! *glances at the blackboard* Wait, Cyborg Theory?

Dude... is it too late to sign up for this class?

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

And who are you, strange little human?

[can_be_more]

My name is Aeryn Sun, and... I have a pulse rifle. *shrug* I try not to be interesting.

[radekzelenka.livejournal.com]

I am Radek Zelenka. As a general rule, I am as uninteresting as possible. Easier to get away with everything that way. Although, I do make a very nice borscht.