Your new account has rapidly got a bunch of down votes. HN likes constructive thoughtful comments. Aggressive comments, even if correct, will likely get down votes.
"Old as fuck" is going to be down voted to oblivion, and risks the account being hell-banned.
"This is very old. I'm surprised HN readers are not already aware of it" may get down votes (it doesn't add anything to the conversation) but will probably be tolerated.
"This is very old. Here are some similar things / here's the theory behind it / here's an example of more modern versions / etc" will probably get a few up votes.
HN probably benefits more from people visiting the New tab and up voting good stories (and flagging the spam) than from people posting comments like "Old as fuck" on items they don't like.
Welcome to HN! (Though I suspect with a username like Trool that yours is a throwaway account.)
I don't really have time to google everything or to go on and ask everyone I meet: "Hey .. how are you? Do you know some cool stuff about computers and IT that you could share with me... see I'm trying to learn new stuff".. This is why i just follow some forums and communities based around Comp Sci (i.e. hacker news). So I will agree to disagree with you; i think that this is a very interesting link and a good thread; I learn new stuff I wouldn't have discovered otherwise.
If you knew about this.. you could have just ignored it and not waste your time commenting on it. Let it be useful for the n00bs (i.e. me).
Was thinking something simular... First time I discovered this I was a teenager still using dial-up. And apparently the virus-scanner on the school-pc's couldn't handle it :)
Same here! Except the one I had created a huge amount of folders with weird characters (∆µßßßßçøø∑) in the root of my c drive. Made my dad's computer slow to a crawl. Also took a bitt of scripting to undo it before he came home.
