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0wnz0red

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-friday-reading dept.

Robotech_Master writes "Salon Magazine is running an interesting and thought-provoking short story/novella by Cory Doctorow, co-editor of the b0ing b0ing weblog. This story, 0wnz0red, features programmer/geek terms and references, Descartes, "trustworthy computing," and what happens when programmers gain the ability to hack their own autonomic functions. A really fun read...like Stephenson's works, it feels like it's aimed squarely at the geeks' demographic."

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  1. yes, feed us crap, we want it by Rhubarb+Crumble · · Score: 0, Troll
    it feels like it's aimed squarely at the geeks' demographic.

    Does this actually sound like a recommendation to anyone at all, or just faintly patronising and insulting?

    The story just reads like the bastard offspring of "ph34r me, I don't understand codepages" megatokyo and "1337 h4x0r" jeffK. Since when do 10-year-olds write for wired? Oops, sorry, they always have...

    or, in the words of the excellent "quit slashdot" page:

    So, really, it's time to ask yourself: why should I read Slashdot? Because it targets my demographic? That's a silly reason.