Time Recursion

After the initial testing of the beta version of Windows 7, the forecasts and the first impressions were very optimistic. Although Windows 7 uses the same base core as Vista, even the beta version seemed to finally incorporate what we should already be using under Vista. Many testers and enthusiasts were very happy with what the new operating system had to offer and have already proclaimed it as the true successor to the most popular Windows of all time, the Windows XP.

With more time passing, it looks like everything is not so bright after all. Windows 7 has now started to lose his shiny title of the OS we have been dreaming about since the beginning.

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When I was browsing through the books on the Sci-Fi shelf in the library last week, I came across an interesting combination of an action, thriller and science fiction book written by Stephen Coonts. At first I was a bit sceptic, because I usually like books that are mainly focused into the fictional and technological part of the story they describe, which was not the case in this one. Saucer is, from the beginning to the end a story of different countries and persons trying to get their hands this seemingly alien relic, no matter the costs involved. But let’s start at the beginning.

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