[Eee Pad Transformer General] craftyhack:
First of all, thank you very much for the kind compliment :).

I actually had one, but based on my employment agreement and what I do, I had to get rid of it unless I only posted things like what I did on vacation (and I never go on vacation, so what was the point). If I ever change careers though, you can bet on it! Information is power, and I think that there is a lot that people don't know that they should be allowed to know to stop bd things before they start, I don't understand why I and others in my line of work aren't allowed to help spread this info. As it is, there are a couple of things I let slip on this thread I would get in trouble for if anyone where I work reads them :(, but I doubt they will, they are too busy with paper work and meetings, and forums like this aren't typically monitored, except for market place forums where certain people are porting or there are many scam reports coming from.

I am also writing a book (which will probably never get finished, I haven't even finished with the outline). After reading Neal Stephenson (EVERYTHING he has written, if you like technology and good stories, I recommend him, although his endings are usually too abrupt IMO), and then reading Daniel Suarez (he only has two, The Daemon and Freedom that are two parts of the same story, but those two are worth 100 of some other authors I have read) who does what I do, I figure I will give it a shot. Daniel is in the same line of work that I am... which has some interesting stories and access to information/technology I could change up to be "fiction", he is the one who inspired me to try to write just to see what happens :).

BTW, if you like reading at all, and like technology, check out The Daemon and Freedom, I would say the best fiction I have read in the last 10 years EASY (and I read a lot, both non-fiction and fiction, I can read about 100 pages an hour or so), this man is a genius and has a gift both with technology AND story telling. These books are the kinds you cannot put down, INCREDIBLE. Mark my words, in a couple of years at most these books will explode as much as if not more than Dan Brown's did(Da Vinci Code, etc.). I got two copies of his original self published version of The Daemon (which is very rare) under the pseudonym Leinad Zeraus (because he was worried about his employers. but he was a contractor so had more freedom, he was more worried about losing contracts). I got both of them signed, along with a first Printing First Release version of the second pub house hard backs of both books as well, which I think will be worth quite a bit in about 5 years or so, if you like the story, try to do the same if you wanna make a few bucks down the road. Daniel already has a movie deal, and the guy who did War Games (the 80's one with Broderick) signed on immediately to work on the project. I just pray that they do NOT screw it up and actually make good movies that don't lose the essence of the story.

From a plot perspective, I think that this one is even better than the story of the Matrix (close one, but I have to vote for The Daemon). I only hope I have 1/10th of the story telling ability Mr. Suarez does. Anyway, if you want a hell of a ride, read the Suarez books.

Google around for reviews, I bet you won't find a single bad one (perhaps not counting Amazon reviews where people just didn't "get it"), where highly respected people in the tech industry who are also geniuses had nothing but praise, which means a lot coming from some of the names I am talking about.

If any of you already have Read Daniel's work, thoughts? Am I just looking through rose colored glasses because of what I do and am into, or did this story not totally k*ck a**?