OFF TOPIC Snow Crash [was Re: Hello World]

Tue Dec 23 20:51:24 EST 2014

Rustom Mody wrote:

> On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 9:50:22 PM UTC+5:30, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> 
>> And even _with_ all the technical jibber-jabber, none of it explained
>> or justified the whole "writing a virus to infect the brain through
>> the optic nerve" thing which might just have well been magick and
>> witches.
> 
> You find that far-fetched?
> I would have thought it commoner than common-cold -- basis for the
> trillion dollar industry called advertising

[controversial and perhaps annoying]

To say nothing of religion, both the supernatural/mystical kind and the "my
editor/programming language/brand of car/gaming console/etc is better than
yours" kind... 

-- 
Steven