Part 43 (2/2)
”Sure, I ad soned offense ”But this is in the name of Green I bet if you had one, you'd use it and Arlene would get off your ass”
”No way,” Tyrone objected ”Myleft we still fight about, and we both like it just the way it is Thanks, but no thanks I'm old fashi+oned”
Scott showed Tyrone how to use the kitchen and he found that no matter what he wanted, there was button for it, a hidden drawer or a disguised appliance ”I still buy dishwashers at Sears
How the hell do you kno to use this stuff,” Ty said fu with the automatic bottle opener which automatically dropped the removed caps into the hole for the metal compactor
Tyrone had come over to Scott's house for a quiet afternoon of Sunday football An ideal tione to Boston for the weekend with his daughters Freedom!
They made it to the Music Room with their beers as the kickoff was ?” Scott asked Tyrone in half jest Over the last feeeks, Ty had spent ton and what little time was left with his faet a promotion”
Tyrone added somberly, ”and it may be my last case”
”What do you otten outta hand, totally out of hand We have to spend hts of the Godda crimes That's not what it should be about At least not for me”
”You're serious about this,” Scott said rhetorically
”Hey, sooner or later I gotta call it quits,” Ty replied soberly
”But this coonna make my decision easier”
”That's what I asked How's the promotion?”
”Let's just say, ency crap is a needs study and nothing gets done” Tyrone sighed
He had been in Washi+ngton working with NIST, NSA, DoD and every other agency that thought it had a vested interest in computers and their protection Their coordination with CERT and ECCO was a joke, even by government standards
At the end of the first quarter, the 49'ers were holding a solid 10 point lead Scott grabbed a coupleTyrone about the incident at the Exchange The New York Police had taken over the case, declaring sovereignty over Wall Street and its enclaves
”They don't knohat they have, however,” Scott said immodestly
”The talk was a small scale nuke”
”The DOE smashed that but fast,” Scott interrupted ”What if I told you that it was only the computers that were attacked? That the deaths were roaned as the 49'ers fumbled the ball ”I'd listen,” he said nonconetic bomb NSA calls them EMP-T”
”Empty? The empty bon boet Ty's attention away from the TV ”Have you ever heard of C-Cubed, or C3?”
”No” He stared at the San Francisco defense being crushed
”Coovernraht,” said Tyrone