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>I was expecting guy to say "final check is complete", when she was leaving ;). same here.. and then showing the guy being another computer ai/robot...

While I think it's a clever spin. I don't see why Groupon can't do the same in an instant if it proves to be effective. If that happens these guys just become another Groupon clone…

site seems to be down, cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

>In college, I never took a course on Compilers or Programming Languages... >I got the job through a summer internship, which allowed me to bypass the rigorous 8-interviews-in-a-da…

This should make Ray Kurzweil happy. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611007

Who said anything about firing? How does hiring one guy on to join the team == firing of all of the previous guys? Is there a one man network security team rule at Valve that I'm s…

It seems like they did not make a single document that contains everything. The information about SP1 is split up into four separate docs: 1. Hotfixes and Security Updates included…

Ah.. okay now it makes sense. I knew it was kind of a dumb question. Thanks all.

This may be a dumb question, as I'm not very familiar with how these things work. Why do they charge less when the transaction is a physical swipe 2.75% vs 3.5% + 15¢ if you enter …

>What i don't understand is that you keep saying he was not motivated by self gain... people do things for their own satisfaction... That's a different kind of self gain than the o…

I think it highly depends on the delivery. I've mentioned this in another comment lower in the thread. Basically, had he contacted Valve and informed them about security the flaws …

You are still not understanding what I'm trying to say. We are talking about intentions here. Not actions. I'm not saying he's not guilty of those crimes. I'm just saying he did no…

I disagree with you if you are saying that he had planned for months with the intention of taking away Valve's secrecy and confidentiality so he can hurt them and as a result gain …

This is a nice story however I don't think the same principal should apply in this case. You have to look at intention of the behavior to judge ones character like Roosevelt did. I…

If the article was 100% accurate, then I would have due to this particularly unusual circumstance. The kid was too naive and handled the situation poorly. The leak in fact was pure…

Ahh, I see. Point taken. I would still hire this passionate kid and put him on the network security team. I would then make a public announcement about how the job you get depends …

As far as I know he was the only one who have succeeded in not only hacking in, but also not being traced back despite all of Valves efforts. (They even got the FBI involved.) How …

I found the story to be quite tragic. This kid really saw the people at Valve as his heroes. Valve knew this and totally abused of that fact. They tricked him and was planning to h…

I usually tend to avoid the 1 to 2 hour long video/talks. However in this case, the value received from its content absolutely justified every minute of its length. I wish more peo…

I use jobspice.com and call it a day.

I agree. I also think it should be some what lowered.

"Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks." says critical-care physician Dr. Samuel Jacobson.