"FWLS65" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

"Mr. Rinhurst will do," he said. "And I may call you?"

"Whacker Cracker," I said, automatically spewing out my
nick.

Mr. Rinhurst peered at me over his spectacles.

"Rynard," I corrected. "It's Rynard, really."

*

This old fart was LOADED, man. Old money. He had antiques
up the zarkin' wazoo, overloaded on 20th century and 21st century
crud that I had seen in history texts before my schooling ended
on a semi-foul note. Nothin' cool, though, like the Nintendos or
the gumball machines... just this plastic furniture and weird
paintings that reminded me of geometry class (which I failed
twice). Why throw all that money away if you're not, like, gonna
get stuff that's cool?

But hey, I can't complain, this guy could be my meal ticket
to success. My life had been anything but productive and it was
startin' to drag. I had my cracking and movies and bad food,
which was cool, and my friends and buds which were superiorly
cool, but my plan to be the ULTIMATE bad-ass coder was on hold
thanks to a lackluster schoolin'.

Luckily, I could still work magic with interfaces 'n viruses
I had never seen before, and if I could keep the old magic around
a little longer, I'd be on the golden highway before you could
say--

"Who's this?" some snotty guy in a white lab coat asked,
looking up from his clipboard. "I thought part of this deal was
to remain undisturbed during my research."

"Mr. McDoole, this is Mr. Lopwagen. He has... volunteered
to work on the project. Rynard Lopwagen, Martin McDoole,
professor of computer science and interfaces at the University of
C'atel. Martin McDoole, Rynard Lopwagen, ...amateur programmer."

"Cracker," I corrected, extending a hand to high-five
McDooley. He didn't return it.

"Sir, you're joking, correct?" McDooley asked. "I mean,
honestly, I know you seem to think this project requires more
help, but I certainly don't require..."

"Bitchin' setup!" I commented, taking in the spread for the
first time. Really wild gear; latest Macroware-assured deck, the