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

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Posted by michael on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:37AM 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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No... (Score:4, Funny)

by Wiser87 ( 742455 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:41AM (#8428027) Homepage

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

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yo-yo hacking? (Score:4, Funny)

by DanThe1Man ( 46872 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:43AM (#8428038)

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

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Ahhhhhhh.... (Score:4, Funny)

by Ratface ( 21117 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:43AM (#8428039) Homepage Journal

*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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What do these have in common? (Score:5, Funny)

by arcanumas ( 646807 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:44AM (#8428046) Homepage

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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Re:No... (Score:2, Funny)

by Gil2796 ( 585952 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:45AM (#8428047)

I think the author is trying to /. a foe's website. A clever ploy! By the end of the day, his webserver will be no more than a pile of steaming slag!

Good tactic, fitting of a true geek!

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Yo Yo hacking (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:45AM (#8428053)

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

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Ignore the FA (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:46AM (#8428054)

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 :-)

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Re:What do these have in common? (Score:5, Funny)

by onyxruby ( 118189 ) * writes: <onyxruby&comcast,net> on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:49AM (#8428063)

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

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I was going to read that article but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Zakabog ( 603757 ) writes: <john.jmaug@com> on Monday March 01, 2004 @08:56AM (#8428097)

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

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Re:What do these have in common? (Score:1, Funny)

by Gil2796 ( 585952 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:00AM (#8428115)

That's usually because we don't read the article before we set out on our karma gathering expeditions! :)

People like me should be given karma points for not posting!

Ok ok, I'll metamoderate! Please don't hurt me anymore :(

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Yo-yo hacking (Score:5, Funny)

by FraggedSquid ( 737869 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:23AM (#8428225)

Using glue, you can install Linux on your yoyo.

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Ken Schalk better watch out... (Score:3, Funny)

by coolguy81 ( 322371 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:33AM (#8428263) Homepage

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

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Re:Ken Schalk better watch out... (Score:3, Funny)

by prat393 ( 757559 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:44AM (#8428308)

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!

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Since when is this +5 insightful? (Score:5, Funny)

by Vintermann ( 400722 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:45AM (#8428310) Homepage

"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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Not a hack.... (Score:2, Funny)

by Prince Vegeta SSJ4 ( 718736 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @09:50AM (#8428333)

This is just my XP box, up...down....up....down

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Hey! (Score:3, Funny)

by asr_man ( 620632 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @10:10AM (#8428453)

You broke my googlewhack!

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Re:yo-yo hacking? (Score:2, Funny)

by plover ( 150551 ) * writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @10:10AM (#8428456) Homepage Journal

I think it's more like hacking while listening to the cello being played really, really well.

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Re:What the hell was that? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @10:22AM (#8428513)

Shhh, I think the Slashdot editors are looking for their first offical Slashdot writer. We all know the quailty of the editing.

Runns and hides.

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Dune (Score:5, Funny)

by damiena ( 263598 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @12:07PM (#8429507)

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!

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Re:Placebos: The ultimate drug (Score:3, Funny)

by mrogers ( 85392 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2004 @05:56PM (#8434073)

Nah, people will just imagine the side effects too.
I was wondering the other night why placebos aren't used more widely (at least when all other treatments have failed). And then I realised: they probably are. Doctors just don't talk about it because placebos would stop working if people knew about them. At last, a benign conspiracy theory!

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

No... (Score:4, Funny)

yo-yo hacking? (Score:4, Funny)

Ahhhhhhh.... (Score:4, Funny)

What do these have in common? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:No... (Score:2, Funny)

Yo Yo hacking (Score:5, Funny)

Ignore the FA (Score:4, Funny)

Re:What do these have in common? (Score:5, Funny)

I was going to read that article but... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What do these have in common? (Score:1, Funny)

Yo-yo hacking (Score:5, Funny)

Ken Schalk better watch out... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Ken Schalk better watch out... (Score:3, Funny)

Since when is this +5 insightful? (Score:5, Funny)

Not a hack.... (Score:2, Funny)

Hey! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:yo-yo hacking? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What the hell was that? (Score:0, Funny)

Dune (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Placebos: The ultimate drug (Score:3, Funny)

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