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A novel in three acts.
Back in the not too distant dark ages, when giant bureaucratic wheels ground human rights under their weight, individuals were consigned as grist to be crushed into a uniform flour of humanity. Seeming perpetual motion mill stones of suffering still exist; but... read more
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Summary edit
Hacktivists pursuing a discontinuous progression toward recovering inalienable human rights.
Characters/People edit
- Billy Goodman: "Elegance. Well written code contains no flourishes. Concise. Direct. Succinct."
- Jonathon Christforth (Jon): "Creating a new life is easier and faster than transmogrifying relics of an old identity. Already, interconnected databases are filing ostensibly original data - from birth certificates to required public copies of home videos. In a short time, Billy Goodman will have always been known as Jonathon Christforth. A new life manufactured - sunrise will arrive. Let's see if I can keep this new Jon feller alive."
- Gloria Portola: "You are an attractive man, and power itself is attractive. To anyone with a view of history, and a feel for the long term, you will be even more attractive in exile -- without Damocles' sword hanging over our head. You would still be prince, a great catch, but one with freedom to decide your own future. I will be glad to converse with you any time you wish, but I will not allow myself logical indiscretions."
- Prince Pahl: "While I do not view my royal attentions as punishment, it is obvious you do. I have, as Crown Prince of Elldee, given my word you would not be punished. Besides, many willing participants are waiting inside, all of them wearing hopeful glass slippers."
- Mose Ramsees: "You two have been avoiding the obvious, out of consideration for each other. It's creating tension. We are hacking a kingdom that believes in killing opposition. There is plenty to be tense about, we don't need miscommunication multiplying the effects."
- Shawny Cycasin Sago: "Laugh at inappropriate times. Joy can cause that. Work at discovering all you are capable of. Help set others free -- it's for yourself: Why not do your best? This will be fun." Cycasin is the poison in the sago palm. In Abacus Brief a co-protagonist with the Kidd.
- Punkk Kidd (moon, Moonlit Knight, Kid): "Cleaning up the world is a lot more fun than cleaning your room -- although you seldom face a firing squad if you screw up organizing your closet. I've lost some friends . . ." In Complicit Simplicity a seven year old orphan rescued by the hacktivist team. In Abacus Brief, the co-protagonist with Shawny.
- Nancy: In Abacus Brief: A Hacker with added attributes.
- Knight Watchman: One of the Hacker Handles used by Billy Goodman.
- General Johnstone: In Hacktivist: A tyrant conducting a genocide.
- Jack: In Abacus Brief: A bureaucrat with a tough choice.
- Jacob De La Casa: In Complicit Simplicity: A proposed king.
- Amelia: In Complicit Simplicity: A member of the nobility and a member of the resistance to Pahl.
- Gladis: In hacktivist: a student of Hacker School seeking to avoid dying in its destruction.
- Daniel: In Abacus Brief: A hackster strategist.
- Cousin Maria: Part of a pass phrase in Complicit Simplicity.
- Hemlock: In Complicit Simplicity: A state owned hacker working to protect the despot Prince Pahl and his handler Scar.
Quotes edit
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“Where human rights reign, there is our country. When human rights are abused, there is our work.”
Shawny Cycasin Sago, PhD -
“Civilization's development has always been initiated by individuals balancing demands within their intimate groups against personal needs for independence and identity. Social engineers and planners always err at this point. What they endeavor is to convert humankind from small, intimate, flexible tribes into a collective with one mind (their mind of course). They want to make all the complex human herds and packs of individuals into a single hive of drones. They have always failed, they will always fail; for extraordinary individuals will continue to emerge - imagining and accomplishing exceptional goals - changing everything.”
Jonathon Christforth -
“If you want to be a pirate, sail with pirates. If you want to survive, listen to us hackers -- get off our island.”
Shawny Cycasin Sago, PhD -
“Commitment is not just holding to something or someone, it's a walking away from all else.”
Moonlit Knight
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Setting & Locations edit
Organizations edit
- Natural Enterprise Cooperative, NEC: A voluntary association for small businesses. Similar to what the Chamber of Commerce once was, but not prone to bureaucratic encumbrances on innovation such as decades long patents and copyrights. Dedicated to open and nonrestrictive commerce between natural enterprises.
First Sentence edit
"We need you."
Table of Contents edit
Part 1 * hacktivist*
Page 9
Cyberwar explodes over a despotism's genocide: The cyberhug.me trilogy starts with a lone hackster in cyberbattle.
Part 2 Complicit Simplicity
Page 41
As cyberwars extend beyond the ability of lone hackers, a hacktivism team forms to fight for human rights.
Part 3 Abacus Brief
Page 175
Moonlit Knight's Cyberwar and Peace: On a beautiful Pacific Island hacktivism becomes a tribal project, seeking liberation from modern pirates.
Glossary edit
- Hacktivist: Hackers active in cyberwars for human rights.
- Ethical Hacker: A creative technologist supporting human rights.
- Hacktivism: A movement combining technical skills with activism; and seeking to restore usurped human rights.
- cyberhug me: A request, usually spoken or encrypted, for assistance from a hacktivist.
- tronics: A hacktivist's tool kit, usually incorporated within one disguised device or package; combining customized offensive and defensive measures. Hardware, software, root kit, and firmware hacks are common elements along with assorted physical devices such as lock picks.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Human Rights: Inalienable human rights are always more important than unjust law.
- Determination and persistance: These hackers frequently guess wrong, but with their goal in mind, they keep going and adapting.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Great Books By Indie Authors. (community list)
This book is in cyberhug.me series. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Allan R. Wallace (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Create Space
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 5, 2011
ISBN: 1456544047
Page Count: 266
Publisher: Create Space
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 5, 2011
ISBN: 1456544047
Page Count: 266
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7 Lit2011
- Dewey: 000
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThe subject matter is appropriate for teenagers through tech aware grandparents.
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Online Early Drafts of Cyberhug.me: The cyberhug.me series started with a few exploratory chapters written on-line.
- The Official, Authorized, Aggrandizement Of Allan R. Wallace: A humorous autobiographical sketch of the author.
- Renaissance Education: Open schooling techniques derived from the Renaissance era.
- New Era - Newspaper For A New Namibia: Namibia “is on her marks” for the 1st Educational Conference: But what to expect? One of the greatest authors of the world, Allan R. Wallace, once said, “Civilization’s development has always been initiated by individuals balancing interactions within their intimate groups against their personal needs for independence, creativity, and identity. Social engineers and planners always err at this point. What they endeavor is to convert humankind from caring tribes into a collective with one mind (their mind, of course). They want to make all the complex human herds and packs composed of individuals into a single hive of drones. They have always failed, they will always fail; for outstanding individuals will continue to emerge - imagining and accomplishing exceptional goals - changing everything.” In this article I seek to obtain an independent, creative, innovative and identical education system, born out of the deliberations of the envisaged first ever National Conference on Education in Namibia, to be held on the 27 June – 01 July 2011. Furthermore, in line with the Wallace’ words, I risk sitting on an edge of assumption that, apart from the usual suspects of policy makers and implementers, all those that will get the national honor of attending this conference, will converge all their able minds into one collective product or course that will give a rebirth to a cherishable, but yet cohesive education system in the country.
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