On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 14:31 -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: > In a similar vein, pick up the book State of Fear also by Crichton. A > very good story, and it will make you think a little deeper about the > subject. If we're not off-topic enough, let me just say I think Crichton > is much better at think novels and research than Dan Brown. ;-) Plus, > it's easier to make a good movie about dinosaurs.
Amen. Dan Brown is just good at spinning yarns. His books are so absurd as to be laughable. I couldn't even suspend my disbelief for his book "Digital Fortress." His understanding of encryption was pretty poor. Plus anything computer-related just cannot make a good plot device. "This is unix. I know unix." I love Office Space where his Mac (which looks like a pc clone) shuts down to a c:> prompt. hilarious. Michael > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
