A Public Service Announcement

To all people in sci-fi shows:

Do not build computers that "learn".

Do not enter virtual reality software.

Do not build software that traps your mind inside the game.

Do not trust the failsafe measures built into such games.

Do not build hardware that can give you electric shocks (however "minor" and "harmless") when you're inside the virtual reality game you really shouldn't have gone into.

If someone ever offers to send you into a virtual reality game that will trap your mind inside the computer until you finish the scenario, in the hopes that the Learning Computer will learn from you, and assures you not to worry because there are plenty of failsafes, RUN LIKE HELL!



This message was brought to you by the SG-1 team, who after eight years still haven't learnt the most basic rules of sci-fi.