Hacker News on 5 November 2008

• CNN/Fox Projection: Obama wins presidential election.
• Michael Crichton has passed away
• Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts
• Script kiddies have awesome tools
• Why I Ban Laptops in My Classroom
• Michael Crichton: Aliens Cause Global Warming
• The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers
• Mark Cuban is bullish on America
• Microsoft to Give Free Software to Startups
• Edsger Dijkstra - Discipline in Thought