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IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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They seemed to be concerned about the lack of security they were witnessing, and they also alluded to "this could be bad in the hands of a spammer".

If this log is real, is it truly the conversation of those that took the data?

Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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Could someone please provide a précis?

Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .

Um, no. A précis is a summary. Also, we all have Google to look up words we don't know.

Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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post #4

Could someone please provide a précis?

Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .

Actually, I think what he was more accurately asking for was a summary--or "Cliff's Notes Version"

Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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post #4

Could someone please provide a précis?

Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .

Which isn't much better. "summary" is clearer.

Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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Could someone please provide a précis?

Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .

I think I would have gone with "summary" personally. Resume is rarely used (in the US anyway) as describing anything but a summary of credentials and work history for the purposes of applying for employment.

Or, given that this is the internet, perhaps a "tl;dr" would be more appropriate.

Re: IRC chat log of PSN hackers

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Could someone please provide a précis?

Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .

Not quite; I believe calpaterson was asking for a summary.

Also, I understand your point, but it isn't terribly difficult to Google "precis" and figure out the definition -- and once you do, you've added a new word to your vocabulary, which is hardly ever a bad thing.

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