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CodeCon, Placebos, Fear, Yoyo-hacking, Dune, etc.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the these-are-no-ordinary-yo-yos dept.

doom writes "Annalee Newitz rambles about CodeCon, placebos, random numbers, fear, yoyo-hacking, Dune and more. This is what it means to be a geek: Techsploitation."

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  1. No... by Wiser87 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A true geek would've also taken the time to personally post their article on slashdot.

  2. yo-yo hacking? by DanThe1Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is yo-you hacking like cracking severs while lissening to Vanilla Ice?

  3. Ahhhhhhh.... by Ratface · · Score: 4, Funny

    *sighs contentedly*

    Takes me back to the days when internet connections were text-based and being a hacker meant being a proud explorer of a new frontier.

    Where has all the magic gone eh? Thank goodness there are people out there who are keeping the magic alive!

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  4. What do these have in common? by arcanumas · · Score: 5, Funny
    For those wondering what placebos, yoyos , random numbers, fear , CodeCon and Dune have in common:

    Only on slashdot have these been combined in a single sentence.

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    1. Re:What do these have in common? by onyxruby · · Score: 5, Funny

      And only on slashdot would they have a good chunk of the readers never bat an eye at such a combo.

  5. Yo Yo hacking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that when you hack a server to bring it down, wait for it to come back up again then down, up, down...

  6. Ignore the FA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a link to "Nude Beaches" on the same page, which has got to be a lot more inteersting than guys modifying yo-yos :-)

  7. I was going to read that article but... by Zakabog · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... as soon as the site loaded I couldn't help from clicking the "Nude Beaches" link.

  8. Yo-yo hacking by FraggedSquid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using glue, you can install Linux on your yoyo.

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  9. Ken Schalk better watch out... by coolguy81 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...good thing the FBI wasn't around. With the DMCA, he could of gotten into big time trouble with that yoyo.

    1. Re:Ken Schalk better watch out... by prat393 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sorry, but the operation of YoYo's is a trade secret. We're awaiting a ruling from Danish courts, but in the meantime, the YYIA is suing you for everything you've got!

  10. Since when is this +5 insightful? by Vintermann · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Is it such a slow day at Slashdot? Why is this dump of mental diarrhea "news for nerds" or "stuff that matters"? Someone is at some geek conference, throws a bunch of sci-fi references with a couple of buzzwords and some piece about a software that doesn't work but "will do soon" and suddenly we have a truly wondrous article about how good it is to be a geek."

    Not every article on slashdot is revolutionary brilliant. Neither are all replies. Get over it. I for one can't see what's so insightful about your whining.

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  11. Dune by damiena · · Score: 5, Funny

    it reminds me of that cool scene in the movie Dune, when Paul sticks his hand in the pain box for a really long time and you hear that spooky voice-over intoning, "I will not fear; fear is the mind-killer."

    Yeah, it was a great movie... Now if only someone would write one of those novelized adaptations. That would be great!