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Re:Netflix Progress Prize Awarded by plinkplonk on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @10:13PM (#393887)
Why is this downmodded? I can understand people disagreeing, but it is a well articulated point.
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Re:Netflix Progress Prize Awarded by unalone on Thursday December 11, 2008 @10:51AM (#394372)
I downvoted after reading the first sentence.

Sorry, you'll have to excuse that I'm not immediately a huge fan of corporations who give small amounts of money for significant amounts of research that ultimately go back to benefit the corporation.

While the statement that followed was at least reasonable, that line struck me as really obnoxious.

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Re:Netflix Progress Prize Awarded by zack on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @10:51PM (#393917)
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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