Verner Vinge is a genius

I finished reading Rainbows End by Verner Vinge.

It’s set in 2025, and he finds a neat way to introduce us to the world of 2025: through the eyes of a 75 year old who has just been cured of Alzheimer’s. He has to catch up on the past 20 years, just like the rest of us.

This book should be read by everyone who is a member of the IETF technical community. Particularly those who do router security, ad-hoc networks, and pwe3…