Hacker News on 26 February 2010

• A Big Case of Oops
• Perfect example of real-life hacking
• It's not bad to leave your laptop plugged in
• Patriot Act Renewed Without Any New Civil Liberties Protections
• Readability
• The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work
• Peter Shankman / HARO Just Sent Me a Cease-and-Desist Letter. What Now?
• Piano music visualized on a logarithmic spiral
• Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you
• Get any a-Z char using only []()+{}/. in JavaScript (for XSS obfuscation)