Kassie, being a subscriber to every tech and biotech magazine on the planet held the magazine between her heat emitting steel fingers, she blinks as the camera in her left eye focused slightly, turning page after page she didnt really read it she was more intrested in the pictures.
"Ooooh Coooooooool!"
(( Nice way to put across character info 
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and in two different places:
Rogue Isles: The Digital Dog Tavern
Josie Ironside, that paragon of technological knowhow, cybernetic and robotic genius extraordinaire, is perusing a stack of the latest technical journals, including Off/Switch, which she usually just reads for the crossword.
"Not bad, if a little hung up on the meaning, rather than the ability."
With this cryptic comment, she throws the debate open to a group of the rogue isles more sociable hackers, computer techs, engineers, and general nutbars.
Elsewhere: The Green Room.
Sylpheed idly flicked through the latest issue off Off/switch magazine, no doubt gleefully provided by the research staff of "The Judge and Jury" to turn the participants thoughts to the issues the show probably most wanted to talk about. A good article, and if it helped dispose of this arrant nonsense about AI's and EMPS, then so much the better.
"Five minutes, Ms Sylpheed." The production staff were pretty punctual. She just hoped this was going to turn out right. But then, what was certain about life?
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
((I know it's not October yet.. early release to subscribers or something! (actually didn't expect to be done until months had crossed..) I don't expect this to be more than a one-off, but you never know. Other people might pick it up otherwise :>
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"Hey Joe! Seen the latest issue of Off/Switch?!"
"Dude.. what? It ain't even October yet. There won't be a new issue for another week."
"Pft. Subscriber's benefits. Just look at the cover, didn't we see this gal around the 'D some time back?"
"So? People in the 'D are mentioned all the time."
"Yeah, but this is a tech mag. Y'know, robots, computers and the like?"
"And? Is there an article in there that says that I care?"
"Man.. you suck. I don't know why I even hang out with you."
"Because you're a looser, that's why. C'mon geek-boy, let's go."
"Freak."
((In other words, we present to you the cover and pages 10 and 11 for Off/Switch, October 2007. Enjoy.))