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Comment Re:How is this impressive in any way? (Score 0, Redundant) 286

How many people knew The Empire Strikes Back was 30 years old today? Probably not a lot. How many people know about The Empire Strikes Back? Quite a few. It's a fun gesture to educate people how much things have changed, bringing back the nostalgic feeling of watching the movie while showing how far we've come, with web searches and the internet in general. I think it spurs some reflection on the subject matter, but thats just my experience.

Comment I can see how it goes (Score 1) 211

1. You bought a book
2. You read the book
3. Write annotations and notes about the book
4. Amazon reads the notes
5. Amazon calls the police
6. Police arrests you for committing a thoughtcrime
7. You are thrown into Room 101
8. Police erases you from public record and public archive, making you an unperson
9. Amazon changed the book on Kindle so that the portion that the note referring to no longer exist

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