![]() ![]() ![]() Bobby Quine is mentioned in Neuromancer as one of the mentors of the protagonist. One line from this story - ".the street finds its own uses for things" - has become a widely-quoted aphorism for describing the sometimes unexpected uses to which users can put technologies (for example, hip-hop DJs' reinvention of the turntable, which transformed turntables from a medium of playback into one of production). The break-in is ultimately successful, but Rikki decides to leave the group and go to Hollywood, to the grief of Quine and Jack who have grown to love her. The rest of the story unfolds with Bobby deciding to break into the system of a notorious and vicious criminal called Chrome, who handles money transfers for organized crime, and Automatic Jack reluctantly agreeing to help. Automatic Jack acquires a piece of Russian hacking software that is very sophisticated and hard to trace. ![]() ![]() A third character in the story is Rikki, a girl with whom Bobby becomes infatuated and for whom he wants to hit it big. The two main characters are Bobby Quine who specializes in software and Automatic Jack whose field is hardware. "Burning Chrome" tells the story of two freelance hackers who hack systems for profit. ![]()
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