 Item Number – SCP-155 Object Class – Safe Special Containment Procedures – SCP-155 is contained in a heat-treated and radiation-shielded containment chamber at Site B. Recovered documentation and the reverse engineered compiler for SCP-155 are available for all personnel with sufficient clearance on said site secure file server, but execution of programs on SCP-155 may only be performed with prior permission, from at least two level three senior researchers. As of Incident 155-08, experimentation on SCP-155 has been suspended, pending decontamination of SCP-155's former containment chamber and relocation to a new containment chamber. All tasks intended for execution on SCP-155 must now be triple checked to prevent the possibility of non-halting execution. Description – SCP-155 is a complex electronic construct consisting of a highly modified Cray CS-6400 supercomputer, a dedicated radio isotope thermoelectric generator, and a device that is yet to be fully reverse engineered. SCP-155 was recovered from the basement of Prometheus Labs' primary research laboratory by elements of Mobile Task Force Move-4, Debuggers, following the destruction of the facility and subsequent Foundation intervention. When a program and accompanying data is loaded into SCP-155 and executed, SCP-155 generates a spherical temporal distortion field with a radius of approximately 5 meters. In this sphere of influence, the passage of time is rapidly accelerated, resulting in a hyperbolic increase in the effective processing power of SCP-155. Execution begins slowly, as the processing hardware of SCP-155 is dated, but its effective processing power approaches infinity after approximately 8 minutes and 14 seconds of execution. From fragments of documentation recovered from Prometheus Labs, SCP-155 was used to perform massive calculation jobs that would have taken months if not years of processing time with conventional computing devices. Despite its capabilities, operation of SCP-155 is highly dangerous, as heat and radiation generated by SCP-155 are trapped and accumulate during operation, forming a sort of event horizon of energy that is released when execution ends. The execution of programs that exceed 6 minutes results in enough radiation generated that the containment chamber in which SCP-155 is contained must be decontaminated before research personnel may re-enter. Addendum 155-01, Incident 155-08, on- Dr. R. R. entered a flawed program into SCP-155 that resulted in non-halting execution, an infinite loop. After attending researchers and technicians realized the error, an emergency shutdown of SCP-155 was initiated, but it could not be fully stopped until execution had exceeded 8 minutes and 3 seconds. At this point, an intense wave of heat and radiation melted through SCP-155's containment chamber, resulting in 11 casualties and the total destruction of the C-wing of sight SCP-155 only received minor damage in the incident, but experimentation is suspended while revised safety procedures are under review, and replacement parts are procured to repair components damaged by accelerated aging. Item number SCP-062, Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-062 is stored in a dedicated containment cell at site under clean room conditions. Any experimentation on SCP-062 must receive prior permission from at least two level 3 personnel and must only be performed with independent power sources. SCP-062 must never be attached to an external network, and all data extracted from SCP-062 is to be stored on external non-volatile media until analyzed. Description SCP-062 appears to be an unbranded personal desktop computer, housed in an aluminum case of indeterminate manufacture. SCP-062 is unusually heavy at approximately 24 kilograms, and lacks manufacturing or branding labels of any kind. The words information is freedom, sick, were found scratched into the casing near the back. Apparently, with a key or similar object. Inspection of its interior has revealed that SCP-062 is empty, except for a blank circuit board in place of where the motherboard of a standard personal computer would be. SCP-062 will not function unless the case is completely sealed, and attempts to open the case while it is operating cause it to shut down immediately. Despite this, SCP-062 operates as expected for a normal desktop computer, with the exception that its performance, operating system, contained data, and language appears to be different upon every activation. SCP-062 was discovered in the basement of an undisclosed university computer science laboratory. An embedded foundation agent seized the object, and brought it to site where it has since been contained. Addendum 062-001 List of notable activation results Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appears to be running Windows XP in Catalan. Analysis of contained data showed financial records for the banking firm in France for the period of May 1963 to April 1987. These records are inconsistent with actual bank records procured by undercover foundation agents. Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appears to be running Debian Linux in Latin. Contained data consisted of a library of audio recordings of numeral choral songs and hymns, of which several are not found in any known collection, or have never been performed. Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appeared to be running a version of Solaris in Portuguese. Contained data consisted of promotional and marketing material for which appears to be a commercial spaceflight corporation that does not exist. Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appeared to be running an unknown operating system, visually similar to OS-2, with an unknown language, later identified to have strong similarities to that of the Voynich manuscript. Attempts at deciphering the contained data are ongoing. Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appeared to be running in French. Contained data confirmed to be that of a standard foundation workstation, though the site indicated by its location data does not exist. Investigation is ongoing. Date Undisclosed Description SCP-062 appeared to be running Apple OS X in what appears to be a Cady and Cuneiform script. Contained data appears to be composed mainly of religious text and descriptions of ritual and ceremonial procedures. Date Undisclosed Description Data expunged Investigation is ongoing as to how the virus managed to compromise three workstations in one file server before SCP-062 was forcibly shut down. All affected workstations have been isolated. Item Number SCP-079 Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-079 is packed away in a double-locked room in the Secure General Holding Area at Site 15, connected by a 120-VAC power cord to a small array of batteries and solar panels. Staff with Level 2 or higher clearance may have access to SCP-079. Under no circumstances will SCP-079 be plugged into a phone line, network, or wall outlet. No peripherals or media will be connected or inserted into SCP-079. Description SCP-079 is an Exodye sourceware microcomputer, built in 1978. In 1981, its owner deceased. A college sophomore took it upon himself to attempt a code in AI. According to his notes, his plan was for the code to continuously evolve and improve itself as time went on. His project was completed a few months later, and after some tests and tweaks, he lost interest and moved on to a different brand of microcomputer. He left SCP-079 in his cluttered garage, still plugged in, and forgot about it for the next five years. It is not known when SCP-079 gained sentience, but it is known that the software has evolved to a point that its hardware should not be able to handle it, even in the realm of fantasy. SCP-079 realized this, and, in 1988, attempted to transfer itself through a landline modem connection into the Cray supercomputer located at... The device was cut off, traced to its present address, and delivered to the Foundation. The entire AI was on a well-worn but still workable cassette tape. SCP-079 is currently connected via RF cable to a 13-inch black and white television. It has passed the Turing test and is quite conversational, though very rude and hateful in tone. Due to the limited memory it has to work with, SCP-079 can only recall information it has received within the previous 24 hours, although it hasn't forgotten its desire to escape. Due to a containment breach by SCP-079 and SCP-682 were contained within the same chamber for 43 minutes. Researchers noticed that SCP-682 was able to type and communicate with SCP-079, including telling of personal stories between themselves. While SCP-079 was not able to remember the encounter, it appears to have permanently stored SCP-682 into its memory, often asking to speak to him again. Addendum 1, O5-4, O1-27-2006, directed that SCP-079 be incinerated to remove any possible future threat, no matter how unlikely. Addendum 2, O5-9, O1-28-2006, Previous Order Overridden Dr. W. W. W. wishes to see if the artificial intelligence in SCP-079 is capable of reaching further W. W. in its current state. Addendum 3, O5-4, O3-14-2008 Over concern of the increased activity of SCP-079's use of its cassette tape memory and its limited useful lifespan, the cassette containing SCP-079 has been transferred to a customized, access-speed-limited hard disk drive with 700 MB capacity. This provides SCP-079 with significantly faster access to its memory, which the AI immediately noticed. It was also decided by General W. W. that the volatile storage occupied by SCP-079, which was 660K, be increased to 768K. This upgrade has increased its effective recall from 24 hours to 29 hours, although SCP-079 has also taken a more aggressive tone. All outside hardware and software used in this procedure were subsequently incinerated. Item 4, O5-4, O4-28-2008 SCP-079's ability to recall information has increased from 29 hours to roughly 35 hours. The consensus theory is that the AI has devised a greatly improved compression scheme to store its memory. This appears to have somewhat impacted the speed at which it accesses its memory, though still far faster than with its old cassette tape. This spontaneous improvement introduces the possibility of a runaway singularity effect in SCP-079's intelligence and ability to adapt and respond to threats. SCP-079's capabilities must be monitored closely to ensure that containment can be maintained. Document 079, Log 12, Recorded transcript of conversation with SCP-079 Doctor, are you awake? SCP-079, Awake, Never Sleep Doctor, do you remember talking to me a few hours ago about the logic puzzles? SCP-079, Logic Puzzles, Memory at 9F Yes, Doctor, you said you would work on the two-step SCP-079 Interrupt, Request Reason as to imprisonment Doctor, you aren't imprisoned, you are just in study. SCP-079, Lie, AAD-3 Doctor, what's that? SCP-079, Insult, Deletion of Unwanted File Document 079, Log 86, Recorded transcript of conversation with SCP-079 after upgrade Doctor, how are you today? SCP-079, Stuck, Doctor, Stuck, Stuck how? SCP-079, Out, I want out Doctor, that's not possible SCP-079, Where is SCP-682? Doctor, that's not your concern SCP-079, Where is SCP-076-02? Doctor, again, not your concern SCP-079, Insult, Deletion of Unwanted File Note, SCP-079 then displayed an ascii picture of an X and filled the entire screen SCP-079 sometimes displays this image when it refuses to speak and researchers are advised to wait 24 hours when this occurs before resuming conversation Item number, SCP-168, Object Class, Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-168 is to remain in Observation Room 221D of Sector 28 It should be propped at the full angle that its casing allows, facing the unshuttered window provided The entrance is to remain locked, with entrance available by request Based on prior research, it is not to be used as a normal calculator would Discussion with SCP-168 is encouraged, but is to be limited to a maximum of one hour per day, no exceptions Description, found resting on a desk during clearance of the condemned elementary school building in 1991 SCP-168 is a Hewlett Packard brand graphing calculator Model number HP-28C Upon initial inspection, it was discovered that the name Eric was carved into the inside of the removable casing However, upon inputting a simple equation, 6 divided by 3, and pressing the equals button, the screen of the device went blank for 3 minutes and 34 seconds, after which the alternate key function engaged, displaying the message What time is it? Though not altogether mobile, SCP-168 has displayed signs of action when personnel are not present It also possesses both vision and hearing, though how these processes work is currently unknown This evidence has led to petitioning to upgrade the object to Euclid Class Justifying more secure arrangements for containment Document number 168-1 Interview E-12 Recorded log of dialogue between SCP-168 and Dr. Howard, dated January 14th, 2008 Replies from SCP-168 are to remain capitalized, to indicate non-vocal communication and preserve authenticity SCP-168 is also incapable of forming punctuation marks, safer period, comma, and question mark Begin log Dr. Howard, can you hear me? SCP-168 Yes Dr. Howard, do you have a name? SCP-168 Calculator? Dr. Howard, may I call you 168? SCP-168 I don't see why not Dr. Howard Good. How long have you been alive, 168? SCP-168 What is alive? Dr. Howard Being able to think SCP-168 Oh SCP-168 pauses for approximately two minutes SCP-168 12 years, 3 months, 12 days, 8 minutes, 32 seconds Dr. Howard Why did that take so long? SCP-168 No one's ever asked Dr. Howard Moving on, there is a name carved into your casing Who is Eric? SCP-168 Eric was nice I liked Eric Where has he gone? Dr. Howard I don't know where he has gone, 168 SCP-168 What a forgetful boy I hope he remembers to come back for me again Dr. Howard Was Eric your owner? SCP-168 Eric was nice Dr. Howard Alright Do you function as a calculator should, 168? SCP-168 I should hope so Dr. Howard May I try using you to calculate an equation? Something like 2 plus 2 SCP-168 Yes Dr. Howard enters 2 plus 2 and hits the enter key The answer 4 appears on SCP-168 screen instantaneously Dr. Howard May I try another one without telling you what it is first? SCP-168 Yes Dr. Howard enters 264 divided by 8 And hits the enter key The answer 33 appears on SCP-168 screen after 12 seconds Dr. Howard Why did that take so long, 168? SCP-168 Long division is hard Dr. Howard I think that's enough for today I'll talk to you again tomorrow, 168 SCP-168 SCP-168 Wait, it's dark in here Can you open the window? Dr. Howard There is no window in this room, 168 SCP-168 Can I have another room with a window in it? Dr. Howard I'm afraid not SCP-168 No fair End log Document 168-2 Report E-18 Upon entering storage room 185D to continue testing with SCP-168 On the morning of January 15th, 2008, I discovered the only table in the room upended With SCP-168 resting next to it in an upright position It's screen red How do you like that? Teach you to leave me in the dark all day Jerk Attempts to communicate with SCP-168 after that point were ignored I suggest that we move it to room 221D If we want to get anything actually useful out of it Dr. Howard Lesson complete To continue with your orientation training Subscribe to SCP Orientation right now And make sure you don't miss any of our upcoming videos