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Modified: Thursday, 28 August 2008
  Daily Installment of Coffee Joe, by Jim O'Connor   Back to Main



I decided to be safe, I would create a program that would work exactly like the restaurant software with the normal voice commands. Once the computer detected my voice giving the computer alternative commands, the computer would switch to the alternate program that would be disguised as bad sectors on the disk. And for that added touch, the alternate program would be scrambled, using readily available video images as the key to unscrambling them. However, if the FCC accessed the computer, it would terminate my hidden program and revert to the restaurant software before the connection could be made. Later I could make this alternate program activate on another person's voice if need be.

I went right to work. I walked down stairs again to get the parts I needed. I setup the maintenance room to make it look as though I were repairing the table computers. I used the outside case of a table computer just in case someone unexpected walked into the maintenance room. Of course, all of the other employees were told not to go in there unless they needed something. Ahsu told the other workers I get very testy if someone bothers me while I'm working.

Now every morning I come to work, I bring a couple of parts here and there. I've been eating breakfast with Ahsu every morning. Even after four days, she has not asked how it's going. This I thought was somewhat strange. So a couple days ago, I asked "are you not even a little curious as to the status of this thing." She said not really. She knew what I was working on was very technical and it would take some time. She said she was confident that I would let her know when I was ready to start.

It was Friday again. A week had passed. I had the computer ready to go, but still not ready for the operation because I still didn't have enough details. I told Ahsu "the computer is ready to replace the normal restaurant computer." Ahsu asked, "are all of the recipes and menus in the database?" "Of course they are." I told her. She asked if there were any improvements. I told her "It depends who's asking." Ahsu asked me "what do you mean by that?" "Never mind." I said. I told her that I would switch the on line computers after closing tonight. Then she could check it out for herself. She was happy with that.