Hacker News on 7 August 2010

• The Graphing Calculator Story - a developer who refused to leave
• I'll save you the time of getting an MBA..
• Why we need to abolish software patents
• DNSMadeEasy under major (over 50Gbps) DDoS Attack out of China
• Fraud charges against HashRocket executives dropped
• Ask HN: Why did Twitter succeed?
• ScraperWiki - an online tool to make scraping simpler and more collaborative
• See How Well Google Knows Your Circle of Friends
• Ask HN: List everything you know that is good/bad for our brains.
• The Politically Incorrect Guide To Ending Poverty