The story is that the old article got "bumped up" for some reason by a bunch of users. Supposedly this was just due to a spurious "viral" spasm of interest, but maybe it wasn't?
The long and short of it is, you can't do it by yourself. However, if you were to influence a large group of people or (much easier) buy some time on a botnet to do a mass voting scheme...
Yup. And a lot easier that staging a terrorist attack on a newly unveiled super-jumbo jet too.
"And evil turn to good; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness! Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent now of sin, ... or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring"
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Date: 2008-09-11 03:48 am (UTC)The story is that the old article got "bumped up" for some reason by a bunch of users. Supposedly this was just due to a spurious "viral" spasm of interest, but maybe it wasn't?
The long and short of it is, you can't do it by yourself. However, if you were to influence a large group of people or (much easier) buy some time on a botnet to do a mass voting scheme...
Yup. And a lot easier that staging a terrorist attack on a newly unveiled super-jumbo jet too.
"And evil turn to good; more wonderful
Than that which by creation first brought forth
Light out of darkness! Full of doubt I stand,
Whether I should repent now of sin,
... or rejoice
Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring"