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Is that really a fitting metaphor, though? Because the Eye of Sauron never stopped anyone from going into Mordor or from going on with their own business. It ju

by tpeo 9y ago

Is that really a fitting metaphor, though? Because the Eye of Sauron never stopped anyone from going into Mordor or from going on with their own business. It just looked ominious. Whereas HN submissions actually crash the websites they're pointing to. I've only seen the movies (and read the wiki too), so I could be wrong.

rsync 9y ago
"Is that really a fitting metaphor, though?" A better metaphor would be "the HN LOIC"[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Orbit_Ion_Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Orbit_Ion_Cannon