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==Trivia==

* Cyberia, a bar~~/disco frequented~~ in the series ~~is an allusion to~~ the nonfiction novel ~~by the same name~~ by Douglas Rushkoff~~. The pun on "Siberia" is intentional. See also Gaia~~, the ~~global brain in the same book~~.

* The series contains a large number of direct allusions to objects and companies in the real world:

** It ~~was~~ also the name of one of the earliest cybercafé franchises - which had a branch in Tokyo.

** [[Cyberia]] is a disco bar in the series which borrows its name from the 1994 nonfiction novel ''[[Wikipedia:Cyberia (book)|Cyberia]]'' by Douglas Rushkoff, which discusses the growing subculture of internet users and how it could lead to a counterculture. It also shares the name with one of the earliest cybercafé franchises - which had a branch in Tokyo.

* Protocol 7 refers, probably, to the 7th Layer, the neurogenetic circuit, of the Eight Layers of Consciousness as proposed by Timothy Leary.

*** The book is told to have been the inspiration for the series in general.

** And could also be a successor to the upcoming new internet protocol IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) (the current internet protocol is IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4)).

** [[Protocol 7]] refers, probably, to the 7th Layer, the neurogenetic circuit, of the [[Wikipedia:Eight-circuit model of consciousness|Eight Layers of Consciousness]] as proposed by Timothy Leary. It could also be a successor to the upcoming new internet protocol IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) (the current internet protocol is IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4)).

* NAVI, the trademark-turned-noun for computer in the series, is contracted from Knowledge Navigator, a term invented by Apple CEO John Sculley in his book Odyssey. It referred to a computer connected to a vast network where everyone was connected.

** [[NAVI]], the trademark-turned-noun for computer in the series, is contracted from [[Wikipedia:Knowledge Navigator|Knowledge Navigator]], a term invented by Apple CEO John Sculley in his book Odyssey. It referred to a computer connected to a vast network where everyone was connected.

* Copland OS ~~was~~ an unreleased operating system by Apple ~~Computers. See also~~ System 7~~, its predecessor~~.

** [[Copland OS]] is named after an unreleased operating system by Apple, and so was System 7 after [[Wikipedia:System 7|an operating system that ''was'' released]].

* ~~Devices, in this context, refers to Marshal McLuhan's concept.~~

** Gaia, a global brain in Cyberia shares a common thread with the collective shared unconscious in Lain, may be lifted from the book ''Cyberia'' as well.

* Gaia, a global brain in Cyberia shares a common thread with the collective shared unconscious in Lain

** The [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]] are a direct nod to the [[Wikipedia:Knights of the Lambda Calculus|Knights of the Lambda Calculus]].

* Earth Coincidence Control Office by John C. Lilly, ~~a higher intelligence controlling~~ the ~~"coincidences" on Earth~~.

** Tachibana Labs is a play on words on Apple Macintosh, (a type of Apple) itself being the name of a citrus fruit (the citrus tachibana)

* Knights of the Eastern Calculus: ~~The~~ Knights of the Lambda Calculus ~~are a semi-mythical, semi-serious, real-world group~~ of ~~hackers devoted to~~ the ~~use of the programming language Lisp~~.

** Nezumi, the Knights-wannabe who carries a computer rig and accesses the Wired while he walks matches the description of a Gargoyle from Snow Crash, as do the MIB agents, who wear the same headgear (complete with laser sight) that Lagos was described as wearing.

* Tachibana Labs is a play on words on Apple Macintosh, (a type of Apple) itself being the name of a citrus fruit (the citrus tachibana)

** to Be continued, where Be uses the same colouring as Be OS used.

* ~~Layer ## at the beginning of each episode is said by Apple's Whisper voice in Mac OS text-to-speech software.~~

** hello (again), the text from an Apple advertisement, is used in an omake.

* Nezumi, the Knights-wannabe who carries a computer rig and accesses the Wired while he walks matches the description of a Gargoyle from Snow Crash, as do the MIB agents, who wear the same headgear (complete with laser sight) that Lagos was described as wearing.

** What is Artificial Life? from ALIFE VI is quoted in text-form at several places.

* Close the World, Open the neXt. Compare NeXT and neXt. NeXT was the high-end computer company founded by Steve Jobs after his ouster from Apple. The Internet as we know it (that is, * the hypertext-based World Wide Web) was invented by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXTSTEP computer.

* to Be continued, where Be uses the same colouring as Be OS used.

* hello (again), the text from an Apple advertisement, is used in an omake.

* What is Artificial Life? from ALIFE VI is quoted in text-form at several places.

* While it's debatable, Lain can be seen as an Expy of Rei Ayanami. This has been denied by writer Chiaki J. Konaka, who hadn't seen Neon Genesis Evangelion until after he'd written * * the fourth episode. This is not relieving.

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