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> I got Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" some days ago.
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> My micro-review:
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> Amazingly good. As usual, Stephenson has no idea how to end a book,
> but that barely matters -- the ride he takes you for is exceptional,
> anyway.
>
> The plot? W
I got Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" some days ago.
My micro-review:
Amazingly good. As usual, Stephenson has no idea how to end a book,
but that barely matters -- the ride he takes you for is exceptional,
anyway.
The plot? Well, it would be hard to say what the book is a
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Neal included an interesting piece about his view of operating
>systems).
Which is quite a nice piece. Also on the page is an excerpt from the book.
Ooohhh... I want more... :-)
I'll even ignore the technical errors (as
Jeff Simmons writes:
> There's also a page at http://www.well.com/user/neal/cypherFAQ.html
> that is aimed at the cypherpunk list. Most interesting part is that
> evidently Bruce Schneier designed a special cypher for use in the novel,
> based on a deck of playing cards. (?)
I'll ask the obv
The novel is quite fun. It's full of cypherpunks, both modern and
WW2-era. The main characters are doing confusion operations to
cover up for Enigma-reading gaffes, and setting up a fully
encrypted data haven in an island nation. You'll recognize several
characters, though you might not be sure
There's also a page at http://www.well.com/user/neal/cypherFAQ.html
that is aimed at the cypherpunk list. Most interesting part is that
evidently Bruce Schneier designed a special cypher for use in the novel,
based on a deck of playing cards. (?)
As I write this it's still up, but given the /. e
At 06:07 PM 4/1/99 -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
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>Neal Stephenson's novel "Cryptonomicon" appears to have its own web
>site now.
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>http://www.cryptonomicon.com/
It was a fairly nice page when it was up, but currently it's
down after becoming a victim of the dreaded slashdot effect (becaus
Neal Stephenson's novel "Cryptonomicon" appears to have its own web
site now.
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/
Perry
