so there's a bit in the lost s symbol when a super hacker
is trying to find the source of a document that a distributed search engine has uncovered magically, but is phoned up by the CIA mid hacking to be asked what he is doing...oh yeah, some super hacker, eh...
meanwhile, the writing "style" (for want of a better word) still reminds me of a small child or puppy that wants to go "wee wee" - it's all breathless urgency, but for no obvious reason whatsoever - the hacks (every chapter starts with a jump forward in time, then has to go back and explain how we got there, then ends with a cliff hanger) reminds me of early TV batman episodes (don't even mention Dr Who:)
THe occasional complete misuse of words is astounding (don't his editors do anything for their vast profit/income he generates...
nevertheless, it was a fun 33 minutes read.
yes its true, all of it - the internet doesn't really exist, so it must be.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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