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> You dig into the code. It’s an exercise in archaeology. Reminds me of the "programmer-archaeologists" from A Fire Upon The Deep.
by denton-scratch 4y ago
> You dig into the code. It’s an exercise in archaeology.
Reminds me of the "programmer-archaeologists" from A Fire Upon The Deep.
- jfzoid 4y agothat was a fantastic book, and the Arguing On the Internet in it was both very descriptive of it's time and very prescient of ours. and the aliens (no spoilers) in it were very cool
- denton-scratch 4y agoThe author is Vernor Venge (pron. "Vengie"?); He's not exactly prolific. He's done a couple of other books in the same world. They're good too. But his day-job was teaching maths and CS. I wonder what you could do with the film-rights to that story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
- lproven 4y ago*Vinge
- denton-scratch 4y agoThanks - too late to fix.