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He's also the guy who goatse'd MySpace:

Initial post: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/989

Post about goatse: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1011

More: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1012 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1127

Moral: HOTLINKING BAD

He says in the second article you link that he doesn’t think hotlinking is bad per se, especially when it’s done in support of knowledge and education.

I think the moral is rather that hotlinking is dangerous.

I remember reading these over ten years ago; probably posted on Slashdot back when that place had only started its nosedive. Still pretty funny ~15 years later.

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