An Open Letter To LulzSec • Hacker News Board

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by VaedaStrike » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 12:50 AM UTC

“But men at whiles are sober / And think by fits and starts, / And if they think, they fasten / Their hands upon their hearts.” --A E Housman

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

#32

Post by jscheel » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 12:53 AM UTC

I don't get it... why does a Fresh Prince reference make him a troll?

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by benvanderbeek » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 1:05 AM UTC

click170 wrote: post #28

Barnabas wrote: post #22

I wonder if this is jedburg of reddit. I only say because he said "reigned" in his goodbye post today, and this pastebin said "reigned" too, when they both meant "reined". Also the writing is very similar. Similar number of sentences (48 vs. 54) and words per sentence (15 vs. 12) too. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, or it's a glitch in the matrix.

I'd be looking for the same grammatical errors etc appearing in both documents if your trying to see if it's the same person.

Agreed. Its best if your looking for they're bad grammar.

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by Caballera » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 2:05 AM UTC

mosjeff wrote: post #26

"If you want a truly righteous hack..." I was so hoping for a "you should score one of those Gibsons."

LOL that's what I was expecting too.

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by orblivion » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 2:25 AM UTC

benihana wrote: post #17

Read the last sentence. This was a pretty good troll - I know I found myself agreeing with him, nodding my head a bit. Then I saw the last sentence and had to laugh at myself for falling for it.

But does that mean he didn't really mean any of what he said?

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by code_duck » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 2:26 AM UTC

benihana wrote: post #17

Read the last sentence. This was a pretty good troll - I know I found myself agreeing with him, nodding my head a bit. Then I saw the last sentence and had to laugh at myself for falling for it.

I interpreted the last sentence as yet another meme mention, meant to indicate that the author was part of the same subculture as lulzsec - the 4chan/Anonymous culture. I don't think it was intended to mean the message isn't being offered sincerely.

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by dasil003 » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 3:01 AM UTC

grantismo wrote: post #12

andypants wrote: post #7

All that 'lulzspeak' in there sounds like an old guy trying to be 'hip' when talking to younger people.

Only if we operate under the assumption that lulzsec is a group of younger people and not older guy(s) also trying to sound 'hip.'

Just using the word hip dates you.

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by greatquux » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 3:40 AM UTC

benvanderbeek wrote: post #33

click170 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be looking for the same grammatical errors etc appearing in both documents if your trying to see if it's the same person.

Agreed. Its best if your looking for they're bad grammar.

I don't now whether your being sirius!

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by dolvlo » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 3:45 AM UTC

Sorry, this is made of so much fail.

Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec

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Post by trotsky » Sat, Jun 18, 2011, 4:37 AM UTC

jscheel wrote: post #32

I don't get it... why does a Fresh Prince reference make him a troll?

It's a practice that I assume started on 4chan where you get roped in to a serious sounding story only to have fresh prince lyrics busted out at the end. The story is always made up in these cases. It's kind of the rick rolling of wall of texts as in that if you'd never heard of it and saw a link like that you might assume it was a mistake or just random but of course it isn't.