/authors/bill-roberts/Recent content in Bill Roberts on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usSun, 16 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2003/02/16/electronic-stocks-bonds/Sun, 16 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2003/02/16/electronic-stocks-bonds/<p>Several stories posted on this site (“Computer Bondage” , “Remote Controlled”, and “Zipped and Shocked”) brought to mind a self-bondage computer program I created a while back.</p> <p>I wanted something controlled by an external entity. I wanted uncertainty about how long I would be restrained (and no way to intervene once locked up). As a practical matter, I needed to be able to set outer time limits. I wanted “torture” while locked up—also unpredictable and uncontrollable. What I Came Up With</p>