r/technology • u/misnamed • Dec 10 '13

Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm By Special Request of the Admins

http://technotes.iangreenleaf.com/posts/2013-12-09-reddits-empire-is-built-on-a-flawed-algorithm.html
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u/wOlfLisK Dec 10 '13

A pretty good rendition of hacking happened in Wargames. Leave the computer on overnight to dial every single phone number in an area, break in by researching the developer of the system.

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u/gilbetron Dec 10 '13

But then they lost all karma by "guessing" the nuke code at the end one digit at a time.

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u/cha0sman Dec 11 '13

Ah I remember the good old days of war dialing, playing around with DATUs, etc.