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Racer Adam (samwinsinger)
Race Number 10
Date Fri, 1 Nov 2013 16:32:24 +0000
Speed 37 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.1%
Rank 5th place (out of 8)
Opponents jad13 (7th place) mags821 (2nd place) ninjakitty213 (6th place) nopwser (1st place) tallperson13 (3rd place) trainerofthebeasts (4th place)

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It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (book) by Paul Graham (see stats)