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Re:Why is the DOS path character "\"? on Monday March 19, 2012 @03:15PM (#3725652)
"And that is why, in 2009, when developing in Microsoft .NET 3.5 for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 on a Windows 7 system, you cannot include /com\d(\..)?, /lpt\d(\..)?, /con(\..)?, /aux(\..)?, /prn(\..)?, or /nul(\..)? in any of your routes."

Source: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=655397

Re:Groupon tries to recruit DHH. on Thursday October 13, 2011 @03:34PM (#3108448)
At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.