WHEN THE CEO OF A COMPUTER COMPANY DIES IN A LOCKED ROOM, MULDER AND SCULLY SUSPECT
SABOTAGE -- FROM A NONHUMAN SOURCE.
The CEO of Eurisko Industries, who planned to shut down an advanced artificial
intelligence project is electrocuted in a locked room; Mulder and Scully are asked by
Mulder's old partner, JerryLamana, to help find the killer. Suspicion falls on the
brilliant but eccentric computer designer who built the computer that controls Eurisko.
Lamana's death in a "freak" elevator accident confirms Mulder's suspicion that
there is more to the computer than wires and transistors. He sets out to defeat it with
the help of its designer. Scully is trapped in a deadly tunnel as Mulder races to shut
down the computer, and discovers treachery within his own ranks.
Notes
Philosopher Gilbert Ryle wrote an article in 1949 that
attacked Cartesian dualism - the idea that our body is a kind of robot, haunted by a
spirit or ghost (our mind). Ryle also believed that when we know enough physics, all
phenomena can be explained, sounds like one Dr. Scully's position, huh?! In the 60's,
Arthur Koestler wrote a book called "Ghost In The Machine", defending the
dualist position. The title also refers to simply the "ghost" in the
"machine", or computer.
Quotes
Scully: "So, why did you two go your separate ways?"
Mulder: "I'm a pain in the ass to work with."
Scully: "No, seriously."
Mulder: You mean I'm *NOT* a pain in the ass to work with?"
> Je ne veux pas lancer un débat (sinon je mettrait ça sur fcold) mais
> j'aimerais plutôt savoir ce que les autres en pensent, comment ils ont
> configuré ça, s'ils aiment... GA in Guide de linuxien pervers - "Le premier qui débat aura un gage"