Thanks for your opinion. What caught my eye about the submitted article was that the criminals in the story apparently were not nerds in the sense of "Why Nerds Are Unpopular," as was often claimed at the time of the crime.

http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html

In general, I'm always intrigued by efforts on the part of mainstream media to correct misimpressions originally spread by mainstream media, and I figure some start-ups will have occasion to need to learn how to influence mass media reporting on their businesses.

Not that I'm necessarily advocating this post - but quite a few hacker communities (Slashdot, chiefly) had much discussion about Columbine due to the popular image in the media of them being bullied, outcast nerdy types. In some areas, there was also quite a backlash from both school officials and the kids themselves against individuals who came close to the Columbine stereotypes - trench-coats were banned, kids were forced to go to counseling for admitting they played Doom, etc. - which further concerned those communities.

But, you're right - strictly speaking this isn't really Hacker News... personally, I'll abstain from voting either way.

Agreed and flagged.

However, passing on the message (because I was told off about this when I used to do it), please do not sign your comments (it's against the guidelines).

It's a very interesting read, but agreed that it has no place on HN.