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Despite the prerequisite of caring about the web on this site, I wish someone had explained what the Hell any of this meant.

-I didn't know what a "Cr-48" (note the lowercase "r") was. It's apparently the Chrome netbook Google is putting out.

And it seems they're giving away 5,000 for free to random addresses? This should be a news story, not a guessing game.

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I'd guess far more than 5,000 at the rate they are going. I wonder how much they have spent so for what is basically an alpha test...

-1, Smart aleck?

So what if you don't like how I said it? Tell me I'm wrong about the original post, then tell me you're not lying to yourself. The link is cryptic, and to assume prerequisite knowledge of a non-headline event of the day is absurd.

What degree of knowledge should be assumed?

There's plenty on HN that I don't understand but I'm yet to come across anything that 30 seconds with Google couldn't explain.

The only knowledge that is a pre-requisite is how to find information on the internet.

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