Haha... That is probably the best answer to the whole thing, really. But sometimes, it seems that interpreting the story differently can still fix things a bit! In this case, I'm going firmly with the 'Death of the Author' theory of interpretation. ;p
Though if he'd wanted the database gone, why didn't he jump into a volcano?
And *that* especially since it was actually brought up in the book itself, and then his reply is 'It's not that bad yet'... *This* is what makes me sure of the fact that he *was* 'playing a long game'...
Though I don't get what you mean by 'put it on a jumpdrive and immolate that'... Put what on a jumpdrive? *confused* (And by jump-drive, I presume you mean the USB flash drive and not the way of inter-stellar travel? ^_~)
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Haha... That is probably the best answer to the whole thing, really. But sometimes, it seems that interpreting the story differently can still fix things a bit! In this case, I'm going firmly with the 'Death of the Author' theory of interpretation. ;p
Though if he'd wanted the database gone, why didn't he jump into a volcano?
And *that* especially since it was actually brought up in the book itself, and then his reply is 'It's not that bad yet'... *This* is what makes me sure of the fact that he *was* 'playing a long game'...
Though I don't get what you mean by 'put it on a jumpdrive and immolate that'... Put what on a jumpdrive? *confused* (And by jump-drive, I presume you mean the USB flash drive and not the way of inter-stellar travel? ^_~)