This story reads like a chapter from Cryptonomicon. I really wonder if Neal Stephenson was inspired by it; actually, some of his other short works are set partl

This story reads like a chapter from Cryptonomicon. I really wonder if Neal Stephenson was inspired by it; actually, some of his other short works are set partly or mostly in the Philippines [1] [2]. [1] "Mother Earth Motherboard" http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html [2] "Jipi and the Paranoid Chip" http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html (Edited to add references)