comment on setting

The book is set over a seven-day period in California, probably during the nineties because the story involves the technology boom prevalent in the area during that time. The fact that "Silicon Valley" is a real place and that there were companies such as MediaTronics and Xymos that were at the cutting edge of technology and were very competitive with each other makes the story more believable. While the concepts are not workable with today's technology, most people believe that such technology will eventually exist and that there will be incompetent firms handling these projects, caring only about the financial profits with no thought to other issues.