Comments on: China's homicidal net-addict bootcamps. http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594745 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594745 Jesse, your talk of hoaxes reminded me of the "Sommy" case from 1997: http://www.cbc.ca/10th/columns/hackers_gorbould.html . I remember blanket coverage at the time, followed by a total blackout. the silence from various media outlets seemed rather, well, <i>embarrassed</i>. I'd love to see a "Where are they now?" piece on the Tamai family and their son Billy. Jesse, your talk of hoaxes reminded me of the “Sommy” case from 1997: http://www.cbc.ca/10th/columns/hackers_gorbould.html . I remember blanket coverage at the time, followed by a total blackout. the silence from various media outlets seemed rather, well, embarrassed.

I’d love to see a “Where are they now?” piece on the Tamai family and their son Billy.

]]> By: Cog http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594801 Cog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594801 Ouch. The ironey. Ouch. The ironey.

]]> By: prophet666 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594551 prophet666 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594551 is new medication for internet addicts comming up. is new medication for internet addicts comming up.

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594582 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594582 Or do bloggers who deem themselves as "the press" of this era lose credibility with their improper use of "then" and "than". :P Or do bloggers who deem themselves as “the press” of this era lose credibility with their improper use of “then” and “than”.

:P

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594852 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594852 So that was you. Apparently I've been a fan of your work for 11 years, and not three as I supposed. So that was you. Apparently I’ve been a fan of your work for 11 years, and not three as I supposed.

]]> By: Jesse Brown http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594597 Jesse Brown Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594597 @Bbonyx, I haz credibility? @Bbonyx, I haz credibility?

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594870 Roy Trumbull Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594870 Hoaxes are hard to kill. Writer's sometimes spend years trying to kill off one of their own creations. Reagan had his bag of folklore of the urban legend variety. Stories that were just plain wrong or could never be verified. Mouth jockeys tell the same yarns again and again even when they've been proven false. I'm just finishing a Sci-Fi story in which the reason health care costs are going up is that the mob has taken over and is skimming the profits. I expect that to be reported as fact any day. One of the health care mob's enforcers was hired away from a Mexican drug gang. One health plan executive gets the wings blown off his jet in a turf war. Hoaxes are hard to kill. Writer’s sometimes spend years trying to kill off one of their own creations.
Reagan had his bag of folklore of the urban legend variety. Stories that were just plain wrong or could never be verified. Mouth jockeys tell the same yarns again and again even when they’ve been proven false.
I’m just finishing a Sci-Fi story in which the reason health care costs are going up is that the mob has taken over and is skimming the profits. I expect that to be reported as fact any day.
One of the health care mob’s enforcers was hired away from a Mexican drug gang. One health plan executive gets the wings blown off his jet in a turf war.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/22/chinas-homicidal-net.html#comment-594647 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594647 Journalism is broken. (But it's a systemic problem of the industry; not necessarily the fault of journalists.) Journalism is broken. (But it’s a systemic problem of the industry; not necessarily the fault of journalists.)

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