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247 idea from that video game: “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” Activision, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.callofduty.com/ghosts/home.
250 dehydrated roast pork and mooncakes: Gregory Mone, “Eat Like a Taikonaut,” Popular Science, July 25, 2007, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/article/2007-07/eat-taikonaut.
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254 “Out of the blue”: Steve Hammond and David Pierce, “Space Pirates,” Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Parts 5 & 6, 1975, performed by Alice Cooper, http://www.allmusic.com/song/space-pirates-mt0011871423.
256 Ehukai Beach: “Ehukai Beach Park,” Hawaii Beach Safety, accessed August 23, 2014, http://oceansafety.ancl.hawaii.edu/v/2.0/?i=oahu&shid=1&bch=ehukai.
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261 a love that would never come: Christopher Paul et al., “Paths to Victory: Detailed Insurgency Case Studies,” RAND Corporation, 2013, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR291z2.html.
261 civilian-style Great Wall pickups: “Wingle 5,” Great Wall Motors, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.gwm-global.com/wingle5.html.
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266 “William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer”: Ed Cumming, “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” Guardian, July 27, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/28/william-gibson-neuromancer-cyberpunk-books. Also see http://williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp.
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276 QSZ-92: “NORINCO QSZ-92 (Type 92) Semi-Automatic Pistol (1998),” MilitaryFactory.com, September 2, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=392.
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291 “We are Anonymous”: Singer and Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, 80–84.