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Why the sudden excerpt from Snow Crash?

• lproven 3y ago
  I am glad you noticed, and asked. The nameplate on the Reason railgun: ----- REASON version 1.0B7 Gatling-type 3-mm hypervelocity railgun system Ng Security Industries, Inc. PRERELEASE VERSION—NOT FOR FIELD USE DO NOT TEST IN A POPULATED AREA — ULTIMA RATIO REGUM —
  • CRConrad 3y ago
    Been so long I can't remember if I noticed back then -- was Mr Ng also the name of the guy with the robo-dogs...? Same guy? (And was he the representative of ex-territorial Hong Kong [or whatever it was] who sold Hiro a citizenship? Time for a re-read, it seems...)
    • lproven 3y ago
      The Rat Things protected Mr Lee's Greater Hong Kong, I think... but were supplied by Mr Ng.