The Elevator Page #4

What?

Your microprocessors.

Part of them. The rest comes

from Japan.

We mainly do maintenance here.

I can't help you any further.

-I'd like to have a look.

I don't have any more time.

-Neither do we. We've got work to do.

Yes, we have to fix a loose relay

in the shaft.

Thanks for your time.

Don't hesitate if you need more

assistance.

I will.

He wasn't very convincing.

Neither were you. I hope I won't

get in trouble.

Did you believe him?

If anything was wrong, he'd never

tell us anyway.

What do you think is wrong with

the electronics?

No idea. Do you know?

A new recipe?

-No, it's a bit burnt.

That can happen when you have to

wait this long.

I don't enjoy being stuck in

traffic.

Bertie, stop that.

And take the cap off.

Dad, what's adultery?

Adultery?

I'll explain that when you're

older.

Tell her now.

-What?

Explain adultery to her now.

You know it very well.

-What do you mean?

Don't be stupid. They saw you

with a woman.

I called your work.

They didn't know where you were.

-What are you on about?

You've been away all day with her.

I'm not good enough anymore.

You're fed up with me.

I won't let you treat me like

an idiot.

No, we're having dinner.

Can you call back later?

What?

Which professor?

Theoretical information science?

Doesn't ring a bell.

Can it wait until tomorrow?

At the university, alright.

Yes, I know where it is.

See you later.

So she's a student.

It's not what you think. She's a

journalist.

How nice for you.

Eat up, children. Daddy has an

appointment tonight.

This is a chip.

The biggest discovery made by mankind,

according to some.

Others say it's a big threat

to mankind.

It's only a few millimetres

in size.

A chip consists of thousands of

microscopic transistors.

They're used everywhere,

these days.

Society wouldn't function without

chips.

Soon chips can even regulate...

our blood pressure.

The end's not in sight.

Soon, chips will be able to replace

certain brain functions.

If I was stupid, which I'm not...

one chip could make me smart.

Tell us about that computer

in the US.

In America, they had developed

a computer...

that was equipped with the newest

type of chips.

One day, it started working

on its own.

The computer started to create

its own programs.

It could not be controlled

anymore.

So they dug a hole and threw it in.

Ditched.

Was something wrong with the chips?

-Clearly.

Lately, scientists have been trying...

to make the chips smaller.

For this chip, we once needed a computer

the size of a room.

Look here.

This computer's performance

was equal to...

that of a modern chip.

There are only ten years between them.

Chips are still getting smaller

and smaller.

And that's where the danger

comes from.

Certain outside influences can change

the programming of chips.

The smaller the chip, the more

unstable and unreliable it is.

Which influences?

Magnetism, static electricity,

temperature...

ultraviolet light, radioactivity.

When chips are exposed to this...

their instability can lead to

automatic reprogramming.

And then they start doing things...

that they shouldn't.

In Japan, they're experimenting

with bio-chips.

They're the size of a molecule.

They built a computer...

a prototype...

with chips based on protein.

Chips made from organic matter!

Did that computer work?

It was a total failure.

Apparently, the chips were so

unstable...

that reprogramming occurred

immediately.

The most fascinating thing...

was that the protein chips started

to reproduce like rabbits.

The computer started generating...

its own chips.

-It started to grow?

Did you hear that, Felix?

Did they bury that one too?

-I don't know.

Maybe it committed hara-kiri.

What do you think, Felix?

-It's all nonsense.

Chips that reproduce... not

possible.

Why not?

A growing computer! Are you sure

your friend's a professor?

He's the most brilliant person

I know.

He doesn't make things up.

He knows what he's talking about.

I think Rising Sun used a device like

that in the lift.

Breuker found out and went crazy.

You drive me crazy as well.

You don't want to believe it.

Let's find out who's right.

-How?

We can have a look at the computer

in the building.

You want to break into it?

We'd know who's right.

I understand it would make a good

story...

but I have enough problems as it is.

I don't want to piss of my boss.

Just because a friend of yours tells

crazy stories...

about a computer that starts to

live its own life.

You're afraid.

-Yes, that must be it.

Are you coming?

No, I'll take a cab.

That's enough, Van Rooyen.

You're not in the circus.

How often do I have to tell you?

If you want to act like a clown,

do it somewhere else.

And if you don't like it, get lost.

Don't talk too much, ladies.

A**hole! I'll get you replaced.

Hello, Mr Kraayevanger.

Good morning.

Hello, Spiek. You're early.

I thought you were ill.

Ill, why?

They told me I had to fill in

for you.

To do what?

-The lift in that office building.

I thought you were ill.

Did something happen?

Someone from the cleaning company got

stuck in the shaft. He's dead.

The police think he's the one who

sabotaged the lift.

Why don't they ask me anything?

Ah, Mr Adelaar. There you are.

What's happening? Why is

Spiekerman doing my work?

Because you have today off.

I have today off?

-And the next couple of weeks.

You're on sick leave for four weeks.

What kind of madness is this?

I could have fired you. You didn't

show up at work yesterday.

We've let important customers down.

And I don't like to see

private visits...

to our business partners.

We have an excellent relationship with

Rising Sun.

And you're suggesting their electronic

installations are faulty.

I didn't say that at all.

-Spiekerman's replacing you.

And you can have a rest.

It's my lift.

-And it's my decision.

Stay away from that lift.

Understood?

What's wrong, Felix?

-With me, nothing.

But something's wrong with the lift.

-I'll service it on Monday.

That's a bit late.

But they found the guy who did it.

-Nonsense.

The cleaner.

-He's got nothing to do with it.

What do you mean?

This time he was careless.

That got to him.

I don't understand why he would

have done that.

It looks that way. Did you know

he had a criminal record?

No, he didn't tell me that.

What did it say, Smit?

Car theft, burglary, drunkenness...

See? Not minor stuff.

I'm not surprised.

I never trusted him.

But it's hard to find people,

these days.

A signature, please.

I'm glad I could help.

Call me if you need more

information.

We will. Thanks for your cooperation.

My pleasure.

Let's focus on something more important.

Where are the brochures?

In the top drawer.

Are you sure the cleaner's guilty?

-It's clear.

Whenever there was a lift problem,

cleaners had been there the day before.

That could be a coincidence.

We only deal with facts, Smit.

And all the facts point in

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