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Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it

(ycombinator.com)
257 points pg | 4 comments | 19 Jan 11 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.673s | source
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taylorbuley ◴[19 Jan 11 19:40 UTC] No.2120951[source]▶
I feel silly asking, but who or what is 'rtm'?
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kujawa ◴[19 Jan 11 20:40 UTC] No.2121193[source]▶
Some punk skript kiddie who broke the internet in 1988.
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1. steveklabnik ◴[19 Jan 11 21:06 UTC] No.2121276[source]▶
I hear he crashed 1507 systems in one day.
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2. cschep ◴[19 Jan 11 23:42 UTC] No.2121794[source]▶
Yo, this is RTM!
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3. jason_slack ◴[19 Jan 11 23:45 UTC] No.2121803[source]▶
Zero Cool....
4. alanfalcon ◴[20 Jan 11 01:37 UTC] No.2122163[source]▶
Well that's great. There goes MIT.