Computer with a mind of its own

The light on my computer network card are always blinking. I know that it blinks when it’s connected to the network, and since I’m always on the network, it makes sense that it blinks all the time.

But the light is still blinking. My computer is still working. It’s still connected.

I think it’s up to something.

...but I don’t know what. All my best efforts to figure out what it’s up to have failed. I’ve been looking for files on my computer that I didn’t put there, but there’s nothing. It’s not illegally downloading music or anything.

My first thought was, “Maybe it’s trying to take over the world!” I immediately disregarded that theory. Besides the fact that the idea was hackneyed, I didn’t think it can do that with the Internet alone. I mean, not everyone’s computer has a mind of its own, so it would be difficult to subdue humanity. Besides, what machine would want to subdue humanity? If I were going to subdue a species, I’d probably subdue tigers. They are so much cooler than people.

So then I figured my computer was patrolling the Internet to fight for truth, justice, and the American Way. Out there, somewhere, there was a computer trying to take over the world, and mine was fighting it on the digital battlefield while I sleep. It’d be just like that great Power Rangers knockoff, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. All the little files would be like buildings and my computer would look like a giant superhero. Then all the little monsters that this evil computer sent to conquer the world would get ninja kicked into the buildings. How sweet would that be?

Although, the more I consider it, odds are my computer is probably just taking online courses, but instead of paying attention to its professors it’s playing Flash games.