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In the beginning was the command line

This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (<Newsweek</) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works (<Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon,</ etc., etc.) -- the word is well worth hearing. Mostly well-reasoned examination and partial rant, Stephenson's <In the Beginning... was the Command Line</ is a thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious treatise on the cyber-culture past and present; on operating system tyrannies and downloaded popular revolutions; on the Internet, Disney World, Big Bangs, not to mention the meaning of life itself.</

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  • "En el principio fue la línea de comandos"@es
  • "Cryptonomicon"@en

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  • "This is " the Word"--Neal Stephenson's word, certainly- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. This book is a thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious treatise on the cyber-culture past and present. He talks about the operating system tyrannies and downloaded popular revolutions as well as the internet, Disney World, Big Bangs, and not to mention the meaning of life itself.--[book cover]."
  • "This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (<Newsweek</) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works (<Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon,</ etc., etc.) -- the word is well worth hearing. Mostly well-reasoned examination and partial rant, Stephenson's <In the Beginning... was the Command Line</ is a thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious treatise on the cyber-culture past and present; on operating system tyrannies and downloaded popular revolutions; on the Internet, Disney World, Big Bangs, not to mention the meaning of life itself.</"@en
  • ""This book is a thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious treatise on the cyber-culture past and present. He talks about the operating system tyrannies and downloaded popular revolutions as well as the internet, Disney World, Big Bangs, and not to mention the meaning of life itself."--Publisher."@en
  • "Historical commentary on the development of computer operating systems, with a focus on the Open Source movement."@en

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  • "Die Diktatur des schönen Scheins : wie grafische Oberflächen die Computernutzer entmündigen"
  • "In the beginning was the command line"@en
  • "En el principio-- fue la línea de comandos"@es
  • "In the beginning ... was the command line"@en
  • "In the beginning ... was the command line"
  • "In the beginning-- was the command line"
  • "In the beginning-- was the command line"@en
  • "In the beginning ...was the command line"
  • "In the beginning...was the command line"@en
  • "Die Diktatur des schönen Scheins : wie grafische Oberflächen den Computernutzer entmündigen"
  • "In the beginning --- was the command line"
  • "En el principio... fue la línea de comandos"

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