“Machines Are Somebody” “Rise and shine,” Mom announces through the bedroom door, “Your alarm should have gone off by now. Did you set it?” I get up and check it only to find that the wake to music feature is set like always and it is the alarm that has decided not wake me up just to make me late again. The coffee maker chirps sweetly telling me its morning brew is ready and waiting …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…machines can perform logical operations because human beings built them to do so. But, I really feel that there is characteristics built into machines by their creators, inventors and builders that give them life and attract us to them. Even though a brand name of a certain machine is all built the same I can identify a quirk in one machine that I dislike and I will buy another because it behaves to my liking.