<p>That's brilliant, William, as I had the same sinister thoughts -- this poor dude is giving up his "earthly soul" to meld with the machine. He's about to meet the new Tech Overlords and compensate his biological weaknesses with steel, titanium, carbon fiber, and 1 TB RAM and the fastest CPUs that he can afford to enter his cybernetic future.</p>
<p>In his backpack are platinum coins in which to feed the true machine that will remake him.</p>