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Count Zero

Post 1

invisibleknight

Isn't that a novel by William Gibson?
He of neuromancer fame?


Count Zero

Post 2

Baron Grim

Yes... I chose this nick a long long time ago on a domain far away. The character was a noob hacker who gets in way over his head.

He named himself after the command "Count zero interupt" - when the count reaches zero, stop the program.

It sounded cool so I took it.

There used to be a lot more Count Zeroes and I had trouble registering the name on some web sites.

There's not so many now.

I've outlasted most of the others.


Count Zero

Post 3

invisibleknight

cool!
used to love the old old hacker insult as follows:-

Hacker? Couldn't hack his way through a field of corn!

no-one seems to say it any more.
maybe i'm just that old.


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