I found it a bit of a stretch that a cranky technophobe English professor could, or even would bother to, create an algorithm the whole world of math and computer nerds overlooked. But I don’t let preposterous characters get in the way of my big-ideas SF when I can help it.

This sounded like clownish villainy in Rainbows End. I swear these guys are compulsively drawn to the worst parts of SciFi.

The Simpsons got there first:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F

I tried to understand it, but I’m at a loss.

It’s not a sword, it’s a question mark. This is a very normal human analogy.

And they say he ran awaaaaay… BRANDED!

Bath bomb… OF DEATH!!!

TWisted tEA? Maybe? I don’t know anymore and the young folk roll their eyes when I ask.

Do you want a junta? Because that is how you get a junta.

But what if he just ignores the 60 day limit, and then we all wait till two years later for a court to finally decide that wasn’t legal and he should stop?

Lol that’s Genesis. The Police was “Canary in a coal mine”