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::

[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::

[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.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

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

*sticks out hand*

[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.

[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.

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::shakes his hand:: No, I don't think we have. Are you here for the partying or the studying?

[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?

[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.]

[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.

[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*

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Yes? I seem to be doing a fair bit of both, I mean. But the classes will be important, my old teacher keeps reminding me, so I suppose I should being paying attention.

And you? Are you here for work or play?

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

I'm not evil! I'm just misunderstood. And unappreciated. And stuff.

*does NOT pout. Or brood. Or mark Bender down as one of the first up against the wall when the revolution comes*

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

::takes the hand and shakes it gently, but firmly::

Yeah, I can't seem to keep the frakking things from dying on me. Are you, the teacher's daughter or something? Cause ::looks from Carter to Carter:: there's no way this could possibly be a coincidence, right?

[bent-bender.livejournal.com]

Hey, meatbag, I never said you were evil. Guilty much? *eyes shift around* You sure you don't want the Laser Gun?

[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?

[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*

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Um. We're related. My...uh...cousin is her mother. Of sorts. There's a...strong family resemblance.

Do you get in trouble for killing the toasters? My Dad figured he should take shares in General Electric, I was destroying them so often. (The little heating element wires had wonderful resistance, they just didn't last very long.)

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Sharon. And, gods, does it ever. *groans* One day they're all nice, two minutes later, they're fighting like cats and dogs. It's enough to make me swear off men forever.

*pauses* Except the tall ones.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my 'rents used to try and hold it against me, but I just told them replacing toasters was nothing compared to the dental bills I never had. ::beaming smile::

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

I'm here for the work. ::looks proud:: If I'm going to become an officer in the Fleet, I need to be one of the best. I don't think I'll be partying much.

[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?

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

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

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

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

[barefoot-tahiri.livejournal.com]

*turns to smile at Cally* They suffocate my feet. And they feel weird - nobody should have to wear shoes if they don't want to.