"FWLS2" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

Confederation defense department, thus making it useful for
everyday transfers and still keeping millions upon millions of
credits safe. Here's how -

1. The credit card number has 1000 digits. Not easy to
copy down, and this number is heavily guarded by
multiple defense programs and layers of computer
security.

2. The card itself only accesses the number for a
millisecond, and ensures that the machine reading it
won't try to hang onto the number for any longer than
that either, unless it really wants its memory cores
wiped.

3. The card is made of plastic explosive, which will
explode if tampered with or stolen. A nasty surprise
to muggers.

Escher was hot, the hottest cutter on this side of the
sector, able to slice through anything you'd like... for a price.
His prices were high. His bank account is understandably as
high.

'Course, you can't steal a PlastiCard, and you'll get
toasted if you try to get the number by computer. Unless you've
got an artificially intelligent cutter on your side, I 'splained.

"You're nuts," Gosub speculated. "I used to think, what ho,
he's just an idealistic computer enthusiast, but no, you're just
nuts. I'm a newbie at this hacking business and even I know that
if you mess with Escher you get your mind scrambled to tofu!"

"Swift can do it," I said calmly. Gosub has had fits of
rage before, this was nothing new, the kid'd get over it soon.
"He's an AI, smarter than the average cracking prog. Able to
make decisions in a single bound."

"I don't care if he can do my income taxes!" Gosub said.
"If you think I'm tagging along on this run-of-death of yours,
you're crazy."

"So call me crazy," I grinned. "Come on, this is what
you've been waiting for. No more dull job at the Chicken Wicket
serving fries to John Does at the land rover window. It's the
big one, Lemont, the penultimate job. Pull this one off and
we'll have unlimited access to Escher's finances. I might even
retire." I pulled a bit more soda from the bottle, then played
with that thought. "Naaah."