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I realize this wired, but did they really have to dramatize it so much?. I mean, come on, talking about the possibility of routing the entire .com domain throug
by chris11 18y ago
I realize this wired, but did they really have to dramatize it so much?. I mean, come on, talking about the possibility of routing the entire .com domain through his laptop? It sounded like something that Robert Ludlum would write.
- technoguyrob 18y agoIndeed. The title should have appended: "...dramatically."
- tlrobinson 18y agoThey also portray Kaminsky as a pathetic nobody working out of his lonely apartment, when in reality he was already well respected before the DNS flaw discovery.
- pg 18y agoThe device of having a despised outsider turn out to be a hero is extremely common not just in sci-fi but in heroic tales generally. What were the odds I'd get to say that twice in one day?
- icky 18y ago> What were the odds I'd get to say that twice in one day? Just don't say it a third time, lest you create an unkillable meme...
- JayNeely 18y agoThe device of having a despised phrase turn out to be an unkillable meme is extremely common not just in sci-fi but in heroic tales generally.
- ncognito 18y agoWith my special training program, anyone can turn 100 despised phrases into unkillable memes, not just in Hacker News but in social sites generally.
- tsally 18y ago> It sounded like something that Robert Ludlum would write. Or John Markoff?