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They also portray Kaminsky as a pathetic nobody working out of his lonely apartment, when in reality he was already well respected before the DNS flaw discovery.

The device of having a despised outsider turn out to be a hero is extremely common not just in sci-fi but in heroic tales generally.

What were the odds I'd get to say that twice in one day?

> What were the odds I'd get to say that twice in one day?

Just don't say it a third time, lest you create an unkillable meme...

The device of having a despised phrase turn out to be an unkillable meme is extremely common not just in sci-fi but in heroic tales generally.

With my special training program, anyone can turn 100 despised phrases into unkillable memes, not just in Hacker News but in social sites generally.

> It sounded like something that Robert Ludlum would write.

Or John Markoff?

Indeed. The title should have appended: "...dramatically."