> > From: petro[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > >From: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Ian Grigg's Crypto Fiction Choices
> > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >http://www.iang.org/crypto_fiction/
> >
> > >A Fire Upon The Deep
>>
>> You missed "A Deepness in the Sky", written by Vinge, and
>> published in 1999. Crypto plays an important part of the story, and,
>> well, it's Vinge, it's worth a read.
>>
>... as does privacy, surveillance tech and it's avoidance, etc. Excellent
>book.
>
>But....
>
>Did you catch the hint that they're running an Unix-descended OS? ...it's
>pretty well hidden.
The only hint I saw was that the time system was based on number of seconds
from a base time that was almost, but not quite, the same as the first lunar landing.
1/1/1970, anyone?
Excellent book.
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-- Marshall
Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey! Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?
