The Tell-Tale Start (2013)
“The walls were painted a crisp white, and the floor was tiled in a checkerboard pattern of black and red. At the center of the room, on a small metal table, was an old-fashioned desktop computer, its heavy, glowing monitor as deep as it was wide. Otherwise the place was empty—no chair, no lighting fixtures, no pictures on the walls, nothing.
As secret lairs go, this one was more like a basement than a Bat Cave.
Allan stepped inside, glancing back at the door, hoping it wouldn’t slam shut behind... him (as he knew secret doors had a tendency to do). He moved toward the computer, confident that his hacking skills would be useful. But the computer was so old, slow, and weak that even Allan was unable to make it do what he wanted. Dating from the early nineties, it offered little more networking options than a portable TV set. Allan groaned at the cruel irony of being defeated not by high tech but by low tech. Was this professor some sort of outmoded fool? Or was he an unexpectedly clever adversary?MoreLess
As secret lairs go, this one was more like a basement than a Bat Cave.
Allan stepped inside, glancing back at the door, hoping it wouldn’t slam shut behind... him (as he knew secret doors had a tendency to do). He moved toward the computer, confident that his hacking skills would be useful. But the computer was so old, slow, and weak that even Allan was unable to make it do what he wanted. Dating from the early nineties, it offered little more networking options than a portable TV set. Allan groaned at the cruel irony of being defeated not by high tech but by low tech. Was this professor some sort of outmoded fool? Or was he an unexpectedly clever adversary?MoreLess
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