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It's the beginning of a plotline in GitS:SAC 2ndGIG.
You mean "Solid State Society," not 2nd GIG?
"In each case, the fake parents were "Kifu Aged" - bedridden elderly connected to the healthcare monitoring network, which takes care of their basic needs but results in its users becoming nearly comatose."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_S.A.C._Solid_State_Society
"Results in its users becoming nearly comatose" -- so this network is like C-SPAN, then?
Seems like someone could die if this wasn't working properly? Only a matter of time before some coroner is writing down "Hacked" as a Cause of Death...
("...no, no, not with an axe... looks like more of a buffer overflow...")
"Hello this is OnStar. Sir? Our HealthPoint telemetry shows that you've lost control of your bowels... we're sending someone over...."
Whoops. They all kind of blend together after awhile