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Re:Tron Legacy (2010) on Monday January 21, 2013 @10:42PM (#5095380)
In the Swedish version, they just make up the commands.
Re:The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3's Source Code on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @05:01AM (#5059499)
It's also worth checking out Sanglard's code review at http://fabiensanglard.net/doom3/index.php
Re:Adobe CS2 + Serials Free on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @06:26AM (#5031068)
You're only meant to use the downloads if you already own CS2, but as CS2 is seven years old at this point, this is just enforced with an honesty system.
Re:Introducing the 4chan API on Thursday September 06, 2012 @04:41AM (#4483352)
People really like to dismiss that by calling it transgressive humor, but it's really not? You never truly get made fun of for being part of the majority.
you don't have to be dishonest, a ripoff, "evil/mean/douchey", someone selling themselves and their principles out for a dime, or morally bankrupt to become successful

but it helps

Then perhaps you shouldn't get legal counsel from Wikipedia ;)
Possession of it was grounds for conviction in US vs Knox.
Arguably the bigger problem is that interesting content is determined by popular consensus, which rewards ingroup signifiers and pandering to the majority.
> it may become a target of the US government.

The FBI might target them, but most likely for their laissez-faire moderation where deleting a subsection literally dedicated to child pornography caused a major uproar.

Re:Trolls (2008) on Thursday December 15, 2011 @06:39AM (#3355752)
What about HN voting specifically prevents the first case (agree/disagree) from happening?
At $20 you'd only need a single decade to make up the costs :)
Re:The World's First Bitcoin Conference on Friday October 21, 2011 @06:13AM (#3139158)
I'd wager it's more the fact that its worth is effectively entirely based on its reputation.
Re:Google Launches The Ultimate Jobs Killer on Monday September 26, 2011 @09:03AM (#3038650)
Yes, "ultimate job killer" is the right way of writing it.
This seems likely - the "police are dumbasses" mentality, and popular image of LulzSec as clever hackers really doing it for "lulz", allow them to present stories like this -and- gain support.

Not to dismiss the possibility entirely, of course - but it is awfully consistent with their previous attempts to hide the fact that they're on a sinking ship.

Re:EA exec jumps ship for Zynga on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @01:34PM (#2486291)
"...[Zynga] now looks like the Facebook to EA's Google."

In the "up-and-coming business" sense or the "don't give a damn about privacy" sense?