Neal was interviewed on Slashdot a few months back. I'm pretty sure the answer to your first question is there, not sure about the second. -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Wilson [mailto:wilson at visi.com] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 8:03 AM To: TCLUG Subject: [TCLUG:23031] Two Cryptonomicon questions Good morning *, I don't know if any of you have read Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon." I just finished it and enjoyed it very much. I have two questions, however. (Don't worry, they're not spoilers.) 1. Why does he refer to Linux as "Finux" throughout the book? 2. Does the ETC (Electric Till Corporation) in the book correspond to NCR or IBM in real life? -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org