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* [[One of Us]]: Daniel Suarez gets ''so many things'' about Internet technology right it's ridiculous. When he doesn't, it's clearly for plot-related reasons, but still remains close enough to reality to be easily believable. |
* [[One of Us]]: Daniel Suarez gets ''so many things'' about Internet technology right it's ridiculous. When he doesn't, it's clearly for plot-related reasons, but still remains close enough to reality to be easily believable. |
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** He goes into so much detail, [[Epileptic Trees|you wonder]] if he hasn't [[Conspiracy Theory|written his own Daemon...]] |
** He goes into so much detail, [[Epileptic Trees|you wonder]] if he hasn't [[Conspiracy Theory|written his own Daemon...]] |
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** He couldn't help geeking out with the [[Prophetic Names]], either: [ |
** He couldn't help geeking out with the [[Prophetic Names]], either: [[wikipedia:SNOBOL|SNOBOL]] is a classic string-processing programming language, which makes it good for AI, natural language processing, and apparently {{spoiler|WORLD DOMINATION}}. Meanwhile, [http://www.honeynet.org/project/sebek Sebek] is a security tool used to analyze malware infections. |
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* [[One Steve Limit]]: Apparently, there are no other Matthew Sobols in the world for their obituaries to trigger the Daemon. For the Daemon to be able to differentiate between obtiuaries would almost certainly make it sentient, which it's not. |
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Apparently, there are no other Matthew Sobols in the world for their obituaries to trigger the Daemon. For the Daemon to be able to differentiate between obtiuaries would almost certainly make it sentient, which it's not. |
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** How many other Matthew Sobols are there that worked at CyberStorm and died of brain cancer? Finding the right obituary really wouldn't be very difficult. |
** How many other Matthew Sobols are there that worked at CyberStorm and died of brain cancer? Finding the right obituary really wouldn't be very difficult. |
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{{quote| "Primary data center penetrated. Commencing self destruct sequence." There was a pause. "And there is no countdown."<br /> |
{{quote| "Primary data center penetrated. Commencing self destruct sequence." There was a pause. "And there is no countdown."<br /> |
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"[[Oh Crap|Shit!]]" }} |
"[[Oh Crap|Shit!]]" }} |
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* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: During a meeting of top government TLAs, one of them orders the [[NSA]] to track down the Daemon and everyone associated using Echelon. In a realistic subversion of this trope, NSA explains that the Daemon is using a sophisticated [ |
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: During a meeting of top government TLAs, one of them orders the [[NSA]] to track down the Daemon and everyone associated using Echelon. In a realistic subversion of this trope, NSA explains that the Daemon is using a sophisticated [[wikipedia:Darknet chr(28)file sharingchr(29)|darknet]] for all its communications, and anyway, Echelon doesn't really work like that. |
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** Played straight when it's discovered that {{spoiler|''the Daemon itself'' has infiltrated most of the accessible surveillance systems worldwide, either directly or through [[Social Engineering]].}} However it's again played in a reasonably realistic fashion. |
** Played straight when it's discovered that {{spoiler|''the Daemon itself'' has infiltrated most of the accessible surveillance systems worldwide, either directly or through [[Social Engineering]].}} However it's again played in a reasonably realistic fashion. |
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* [[Shout Out]]: Not an obvious or confirmed case, but you have remote control cars running amok as well as gunfire and explosions at the abandoned Alameda Naval base near San Francisco. [[Myth Busters|Sound familiar?]] |
* [[Shout Out]]: Not an obvious or confirmed case, but you have remote control cars running amok as well as gunfire and explosions at the abandoned Alameda Naval base near San Francisco. [[Myth Busters|Sound familiar?]] |
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