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barmstrong on March 17, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: A challenge, identify this HN user, I tried twice ...

Yeah it's almost crowd sourced. Reminds me of when the cops put a letter or riddle from a serial killer in the newspaper figuring someONE out there will recognize it, as opposed to a computer recognizing it. Or maybe that just happens in the movies.

staunch on March 17, 2010 [–]

The unabomber was caught by his brother recognizing his writing.

"...his brother recognized Ted's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto, and tipped off the FBI." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski

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