[lit-ideas] Re: The Fog of War
- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:21:28 EDT
In a message dated 5/19/2004 12:19:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dsavory@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Type in "weapons of mass destruction" but don't just hit enter,
choose the "I'm feeling lucky button." Look carefully at the results.
This is a money-making hack. By artificially inflating their hit rate, the
hackers got it positioned to the "Lucky" status. They get a percentage of the
click-through when you take the link to buy their T-shirt.
Sign of the times: even social protests are designed as money-making ventures.
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