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Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by bitops on Thursday May 23, 2013 @07:53PM (#5760332)
There was one point in the interview where I thought "ah, this gives me a clue where he's from!" -- the use of the term "fortnight". I don't know of any American who uses this term, so I'd guess he's in the UK. Also the use of the term "Uni".
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by JacobAldridge on Thursday May 23, 2013 @11:37PM (#5761153)
I've only just noticed (since you made me think of it) that 'fortnight' is an abbreviation of 'fourteen nights'.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by bored on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:34PM (#5760959)
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by clarkm on Friday May 24, 2013 @03:02AM (#5761572)
My favo[u]rite tell is this answer from Part 1:

> A: Erm, depends.

Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by k1kingy on Thursday May 23, 2013 @08:26PM (#5760479)
These terms are not just used in the UK. Very common in Australasia.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by jon2512chua on Friday May 24, 2013 @01:09AM (#5761360)
And quite a lot of the commonwealth countries.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by daeken on Thursday May 23, 2013 @08:10PM (#5760416)
I use "fortnight" and I'm born and raised in the US.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by wglb on Saturday May 25, 2013 @09:26PM (#5769640)
Furlongs per fortnight, in particular, was very popular in the engineering classes when discussing velocity.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by friendly_chap on Friday May 24, 2013 @04:28AM (#5761789)
I immediately noticed he is from the UK, I speak with too many englanders to not recognize the the cocky tone littered with lols and hahas... It's like they are too cool to give a shit about sounding mature... Also the fraud scene in the UK is incredibly big ATM.
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by jumblesale on Friday May 24, 2013 @05:47AM (#5761974)
Too right, bloody limeys! Do you have any evidence for the size of the fraud scene in the UK at the moment or was that just a baseless non sequitur to round off your delightful rant about the character of those deplorable English persons?
Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by friendly_chap on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @03:39AM (#5824194)
Don't get me wrong I love English people!

Well, I have no scientific evidence to back up my claims (deadly sin, I know...) it's mostly the personal experience of my friends who lived in multiple countries, which closely matched this documentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4R84xfLOQ

Re:Interview with a Blackhat (Part 3/3) by allstruck on Friday May 24, 2013 @08:12AM (#5762243)
This could just as easily be a result of being "raised" on international chat rooms. If they're really smart then they would purposefully mask their identity by using words and sentence structure uncommon in their usual communications.