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Maxine's wealth bothered me in the book....not re guilt but in believability....she, honest fraud investigator turned down a 5 grand retainer for.... $500......she gets/got no money from Horst....she works on spec sometimes.....does she get a nice percentage of any fraud money she finds/saves.? Like a civil trial lawyer? We don't learn anything about her compensation, do we?

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On Oct 22, 2013, at 7:02 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK. Let's leave P's wealth out of it.  But he created Max. She's no Ice, but she is still very affluent with her fancy duds, perfume, connections.  If she has guilt it's because Pynchon made her thus.
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> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, Rich wrote:
>> U said that max's guilt is Pynchon's guilt. I was just speculating how we sometimes think some artists like Pynchon are more wealthy than they are, using Polanski as an example
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>> rich 
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>> On Oct 22, 2013, at 12:23 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> NYC and wealth is the issue.  Max is wealthy by most regards.  Not a Slave of New York.
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>>> On Monday, October 21, 2013, David Morris wrote:
>>> Talkin about Max & YYC.  How does Roman P have to do?
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>>> On Monday, October 21, 2013, Rich wrote:
>>> Do we overestimate how wealthy artists are? Watched a sequel to wanted and desired, the roman Polanski case, this revolving around his arbitrary arrest by Swiss authorities, for reasons I still can't fathom. Surely not because of UBS? Anyway , the claim was that mr Polanski was not a rich man, that it would take some maneuvering to collect the 4 million + Swiss francs for bail which surprised me. 
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>>> On Oct 21, 2013, at 10:41 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Max's guilt is Pynchon's.  Very affluent with a conscience.
>>>> 
>>>> David Morris
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>>>> On Monday, October 21, 2013, David Morris wrote:
>>>> Manhattan is the Elect's Home Central.  At least a Million per bedroom, going on two. Cockroaches pay rent there. Preterite R Us.
>>>> 
>>>> Maxine is a high rent act.  Not "working mom" in a normal world.
>>>> 
>>>> David Morris
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>>>> On Monday, October 21, 2013, Rich wrote:
>>>> Still sounds elitist to me
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>>>> On Oct 20, 2013, at 6:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> But Pynchon's main point about all these Zones is their brief existence.  Small temporary places beyond the reach of enslaving power.  Always to be briefly enjoyed before those spaces are colonized or reclaimed.
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>>>>> On Sunday, October 20, 2013, Rich wrote:
>>>>> As I've said before Pynchon has left preterite somewheres
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>>>>> On Oct 20, 2013, at 3:21 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is an analogy, and only one of many possible zones.  Not that I espouse this kind of zonal paradise.  It just seems Pynchon repeated model.
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>>>>>> On Sunday, October 20, 2013, Rich wrote:
>>>>>> But what good is it if only accessible by the well connected (haha)?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hardly a paradise, no?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> rich
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>>>>>> On Oct 20, 2013, at 2:22 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think DA is supposed to be internet Zone, anarchy, a place w/o rules or rulers. Pynchon Paradise. What is it "for?"  Wrong question. What for do you want to make it?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> David Morris
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Saturday, October 19, 2013, John Bailey wrote:
>>>>>>> Yeah, I'm a bit confused about DeepArcher too... as far as I can tell,
>>>>>>> it's a program lodged in the deep web, which as you say is basically
>>>>>>> the "place" where IP addresses aren't connected to DNS so won't show
>>>>>>> up on any search engine, and you need a direct link or knowledge of
>>>>>>> the specific IP address to access it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So that kind of makes sense - DeepArcher is a program with Second
>>>>>>> Life-like aspects that can't be accessed unless you have the key. And
>>>>>>> later on the security of the fortress is compromised, and then the
>>>>>>> gates are just thrown open and it basically leaves the Deep Web and is
>>>>>>> accessible from the surface.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What I really don't get is what the *hell* the program is for. A
>>>>>>> Second Life that only a handful of people can get into? And do what?
>>>>>>> The descriptions of Maxine's early journeys around the place make it
>>>>>>> seem like a point-and-click adventure game with no mystery to it or
>>>>>>> reason to play further. Except it has stunning graphics, for the
>>>>>>> era...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> At first I thought it was a navigation system for travelling through
>>>>>>> the Deep Web but that doesn't really seem right, since it would
>>>>>>> basically be a search engine with graphical interface for finding the
>>>>>>> IP addresses of places that aren't meant to be findable. Which would
>>>>>>> be exactly the thing that would pose a threat to the entire meaning of
>>>>>>> the Deep Web, even if you could e
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