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Comment by flufluflufluffy | Hacker News Reader

Full headline: “Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop — authorities read criminals' writes while they spill the beans”

The writer waited his entire life for this moment xD

That headline is a stunning achievement. I honestly wish there were some way to better call attention to it.

I would have missed it if it weren't for your comment.

i'll include the full headline as the first comment next time i come across a long one.

Sounds like they found quite the cache of counterfeit drives.

There was a FAT stack of evidence

I'd worry it's only a small sector of the counter-fitting operation.

We should EXTerminate these criminals...

I can only read this in the style of the radio announcer in the musical Annie.

Thank you, Bert Healy.

It’s clever but shouldn’t it be “read criminals rights”?

Or is it even more clever than I can parse?

> read criminals' writes while they spill the beans

Could be criminals are spilling the beans by writing down confessions. (I don't know the original intent.)

it’s a play on reading/writing data

My favourite headlines over the years:

“Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious”

And

“Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo”

Agree - a magnificent headline, and they really seized the day with raid ;)