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		lelele on June 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in ... Boring prose. I couldn't make it to the end. Journalism should not try to engage readers at the expense of telling news. Where is the news in the first sentences?

enneff on June 14, 2010 [–]

Indeed. Very frustrating.

"Lamo is the most famous computer hacker in the world at the moment"

If he's so famous, then why have I never heard of him? Get to the point.

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