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This article is listed high among the Best Magazine Articles Ever http://kk.org/cooltools/best-magazine-articles-ever

And rightly so.

Neal Stephenson has also written some of the best geek books ever. My personal favourite: Cryptonomicon which is in the same general vein as the article.

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Thank you so much for posting this! This was the list where I originally found the Mother Earth Mother Board article, but I only just remembered that after seeing your post.

My e-reader copy of Cryptonomicon has a copy of this article at the end of the book... LOVE both of these pieces of writing!

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