20 years or suicide?

*Nod *nod, you cant order subscriptions to magazines. Games in development are also a nono. So no diablo 3 or starcraft 2 :)

No pets as well. That would defeat the purpose of ensuring that the clone is a mindless zombie that can't show emotions etc..

In Room A, one is able to request for certain forms of entertainment. The keyword here is "request". By performing a "request", one is essentially interacting/communicating with someone or something from the "outside" world, so to a certain extent, the subject is not entirely isolated.

The possibility of not dying after using the gun on oneself upon entering Room B still exists. That definitely does not appeal to me.

I think a request would simply be asking for something, then having a panel with the thing open up, or something to that extent. It doesn't seem to be any real sort of communication. After all, it could be a robot or computer giving you what you request.

Someone or something has to read what you have requested and process it. In other words, there is another party at the other end listening to one's request within Room A. A one-way communication is still communication... right? :D

Someone or something has to read what you have requested and process it. In other words, there is another party at the other end listening to one's request within Room A. A one-way communication is still communication... right? :D

Problem with that is that they made sure she was psycologically stable.
Of course a normal person would go insane so quickly, normal humans need interaction with other humans, we are social creatures. But someone who is not psycologically stable, someone who is at least antisocial in some way, woul dprobably last longer.

Well, I'd probably go for the room A. 20x12 = 240 girls. Quite much? xD

obviously you forgot you can only have one clone at a time.

I would choose room A just like most of the people have already choosen. That is a long time 20 years is, but death just wouldn't appeal to me unless I was depressed for like 10 years or something. I believe I would probably go insane at the end of year at the least. I don't think any sane person would be as sane as they were 20 years ago if released. Many social problems; inability to communicate normal(probably goes under social problems). After all of it, I'd ask the researchers what it was about, most likely respond that is a psycologial experiment. But that would never happen, right?

I think the first things I would request is a grand piano, trombone and some other crap so I could increase my talents by the time I get out.

Room A, at the drop of a hat.

Hell, I'd be through the door before the hat dropped half a millimeter.

I think that, in all fairness, one clinically cannot reach a state of madness brought about through isolation and the contemplation thereof in such a room.

As long as you have the imagination for it(cue rainbow), in a room that provides you with whatever exists withing you scope of current knowledge, there is always something new to try.

For instance, I could request a dozen books on Psychology, and spend a month trying to figure out why the clone cannot show emotion. I could spend a few months finally learning Japanese.

Could spend a few weeks learning some tradeskills.

Could learn to fight with and without weapons with the clone as a sparring partner.

The list of things you can do, in an environment where all the currently archived information of the human race is at ones fingertips, how can you possibly run OUT of things to do?

And, as for the emotionless clone thing, two words:

Rei Ayanami.

Honestly, there is precedent for all of life's little problems if you look hard enough.

*Nod yea. When I decided to choose Room A for myself, I was fully aware that I would probably go insane after a few years. But that still striked me as a better choice over committing suicide and the relative unknown that waiting out the two hours would bring. For all I know they would just kill me off anyway to keep their little experiment a secret.

After reading all the posts, I would come to the conclusion of choosing door A..
having 'most' of the things you want upon request is a pretty good deal, and in that 20 years, you can teach yourself many things..
learning a new instrument, or many and achieve a master grade in that.. or you could practice various kinds of martial arts but of course, it might all be for naught..
having a room 3 times your average room should allow you to be pretty cosy plus you can edit the room to your liking..
all in all Room A should be the better choice..

I'd Choose door B.

Then wait untill the first of them opens that damn door and shoot him.

Or if that doesnt work. With an awesome ability take off the bullet/bullets from the gun except one tell them that it isn't working.

Wait for that one Mofo to pop in and give me a new gun and kill the fuck out of him.

If I take at least one of them down I'll be happy.

You bring up a very good point.

It's like the guy who, after finally getting out of jail after being in there for decades, robs a bank with a wooden gun painted black. He didn't want to hurt anyone; he just wanted to go back to prison because he didn't know how to live in the outside world.

I'm already socially retarded and out of touch...

As am I.

That's true, I guess. It would be the whole Rip Van Winkle scenario. 20 years is long enough time that you would be completely displaced. Several of your friends and family members would probably be dead, and even if you didn't have any of those, the general world around you would change. I mean, that's my entire lifetime.