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by ordinary 5044 days ago
It appears that most of the directories that appear between the domain name and the final file name are optional. The following URL points to the same page:

http://www.theiacp.org/This/Is/Something/That/Does/Not/Exist...

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The /By is also unnecessary. This certainly makes it easier to submit a story to HN multiple times.
It's not too difficult to trick a filter on any page. I assume you can append a garbage query string for the same effect.
Hmm, I guess the difference here is that the few people who will pick up on garbage query strings would likely miss an altered path, if it was made carefully.