Book recommendation: Naomi Kritzer's Catfishing on Catnet
by Brant from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5J66E)
This is an entertaining, fast-paced novel that I enjoyed immensely. Much of the story takes place on a forum named Catnet. The quote (from one of the forum's discussions) that follows will explain why I decided to post this recommendation here:
"Icosahedron: Don't hide your cat food under the bed. Sooner or later, parents always look under the bed.
Hermione: What were you hiding under your bed, Ico?
Icosahedron: A laptop. Actually, four laptops.
Marvin: And yet here you are on the internet.
Icosahedron: Well obviously they weren't my ONLY laptops. They were laptops I was going to sell as secret backup laptops to some of the other kids at my school whose parents take away their computers as punishment.
Firestar: Where are all these laptops coming from? Do you breed them from eggs in a hatchery or what?
Icosahedron: Everyone around here has at least four old computers sitting in a closet because they don't want to have to pay to get rid of them. And they think because they're old they're not usable, but I upgrade the memory and put Linux on them and you can definitely use them for internet stuff.
Marvin: Do you steal them?
Icosahedron: Of course not. I don't have to. People give them to me. And then I upgrade them and sell them."
"Icosahedron: Don't hide your cat food under the bed. Sooner or later, parents always look under the bed.
Hermione: What were you hiding under your bed, Ico?
Icosahedron: A laptop. Actually, four laptops.
Marvin: And yet here you are on the internet.
Icosahedron: Well obviously they weren't my ONLY laptops. They were laptops I was going to sell as secret backup laptops to some of the other kids at my school whose parents take away their computers as punishment.
Firestar: Where are all these laptops coming from? Do you breed them from eggs in a hatchery or what?
Icosahedron: Everyone around here has at least four old computers sitting in a closet because they don't want to have to pay to get rid of them. And they think because they're old they're not usable, but I upgrade the memory and put Linux on them and you can definitely use them for internet stuff.
Marvin: Do you steal them?
Icosahedron: Of course not. I don't have to. People give them to me. And then I upgrade them and sell them."