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Re:"How To Write Good" by Frank L. Visco by ytNumbers on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:37PM (#3001010)
This should have a (1986) tacked onto the end of the headline. Hard to believe it made its way onto the front page of HN. I guess if you've never seen it, it's new to you. There must be more Internet newbies on HN than one would imagine.
Re:"How To Write Good" by Frank L. Visco by lucasjake on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:55PM (#3001080)
Hate to break it to you man, but most readers of HN probably weren't even born yet in 1986, much less using the internet in 1986.

Maybe there is a Zen Koan in here:

"What did your spam look like before your parents were born?"