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Re:Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages? on Sunday January 04, 2009 @08:19PM (#419809)
No need for the time travel. Try to survive nowadays within an isolated tribe in the amazonian forest.
Re:Think Differently on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @11:08PM (#416219)
As italians say, "se non è vero, è ben trovato". ("Even if it is not true, it is well conceived")

Ask HN: What's a modern equivalent of the 80's "War Games" movie?

Posted by gur on Friday December 12, 2008 @04:36PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I saw "War Games" (1983) movie as a teenager and that changed my world. For a European guy like me, it was the first time I saw a home computer or a modem. Matthew Broderick's incarnation of an computer geek was so cool I was determined to become one. I didn't even know the term "hacker" but that movie definitely was influential enough to make me want being one of them.That was back in the...

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Re:Love, Internet Style on Friday December 12, 2008 @03:53PM (#396061)
No one contributes to the community for the money, yet most of you guys are constantly talking about getting rich -- or at least profitable. Paradox?
Re:I Can't Decide on Monday December 08, 2008 @09:12AM (#389840)
It is, in the same way many fun things are.