“There is nothing better than a Slashdot interview with someone who not only reads and understands Slashdot but can out-troll the trolls. Admittedly, the questions you asked Neal Stephenson were great in their own right, but his answers… Wow! let’s just say that this guy shows how it’s done.” I am glad they asked the obligatory question about what he has read recently, but would it somehow have been uncool to ask him the other de rigeur question about what he is working on next?