A Modern Moral Fairy Tale

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The old woman IMed him not to disturb the salmon, whose skins rippled emerald and alabaster, turning ebony in the shadows. She referred him to the Virtual Academy of the State’s Official History of Salmon in Clear Water Ravines, but the text was too dry for him to follow. He would rather watch the salmon, and surf the net, and so he did.
13. State uncovers internet cafe takeover. Log date: 12212010. Received reports of alternative information dispersal.  0:900 hours. Initiated aggressive search patterns.  11:00 hours. Requested additional data. Analysis is incomplete. 17:35 hours. Compared new information to Truth Campaign matrix.  19:45 hours.  Assessed infiltration rate of alternative information.   21:26 hours. Analyzed packet transmission rate.   04:41 hours. Confirmed assimilation rate.   0:900 hours. Presented revised plan to superiors.  10:30 hours.  Plan approved for immediate implementation.  13:56 hours. Confirmed target identity.  14:10 hours. Initiated monitoring of target transmissions to confirm target location.  14:40 hours. Initiated monitoring of target destinations to confirm resources.  14:40 hours. Initiated monitoring of target destinations to confirm resources. 16:20 hours.  Initiated hueristics module to analyze target transmission content.    0:900 hours. Released alternative invitations.   12:30 hours. Assessed success of initial plan.   17:30 hours. Confirmed significant increases in target transmissions of alternative information. 23:11 hours. Neutralized source of alternative information.   0:900 hours. Reported regain of information flow control to superiors.
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