I Am a Computer Geek

I have used, worked on, built and programmed computers since the first IBM XT came out. Back when MFM and RLL hard drives were in use. Who remembers using MS-DOS DEBUG.COM to format your hard drive? My first computer was the RadioShack Pocket Computer 2.
In 1993 I was published in Pc-Magazine for a program I wrote in QuickBasic to control the I/O ports on video cards to enable high intensity background colors.
Worked in a shop in Montana for four years where I built hundreds of system's, laid miles of CAT5E cable and setup multiple servers to manage a entire school, both administration and student workstations.

Ya, I am a complete NERD!!!!

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ProudAlaskan · 61-69, M

Wow that's an intense book! By Neal Stephonson? I have not read it but Wikipedia covered it. It sounds interesting.

Just as a thought to ponder:
If time were say a phased loop (for lack of a better or correct term) and the aliens that supposedly keep popping up were actually us from the future trying to fix the wrongs in our past. How would they perceive us now, and how would they try to relate to us?

Anyway, I have to ask how you chose that book to read. The WWII era and the nineties is a significant gap in that it almost certainly wasn't at a yard sale?

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

I moved into a house where I am renting a room. I have 5 roommates. They are all very computer literate. I am the oldest here and the only woman. My next room roommate has read this book 4 times. He wanted me to read it...maybe so he could discuss it with somebody...? He noticed I read a lot.