[ColinWright]

In case this doesn't get many up votes, and not much discussion, it's worth understanding that this story has been submitted and discussed many, many, many times in the past. It's a wonderful hack, using techniques and skills of which the vast majority of programmers these days have no experience.

It's worth reading, learning, and understanding, if only to be grateful that most of your life you'll never have to resort to such tricks. Sadly, that also means you'll never get the chance to experience the sheer joy of creating something like this.

Having said that, this article is actually really, really poor, and most of its value lies in the references provided by people in the comments. Many of the other submissions here on HN are much better.