Re:DNS Drama Exposed (Dramatically)
by chris11 on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @09:44PM
(#377175)
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.
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Re:DNS Drama Exposed (Dramatically)
by tlrobinson on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @10:39PM
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They 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.
The 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?
> 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...
The 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.
With my special training program, anyone can turn 100 despised phrases into unkillable memes, not just in Hacker News but in social sites generally.
> It sounded like something that Robert Ludlum would write.
Or John Markoff?
Re:DNS Drama Exposed (Dramatically)
by technoguyrob on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @10:18PM
(#377209)
Indeed. The title should have appended: "...dramatically."