After all the talk about what hacker news really is, I hesitated to post this. But, I really enjoyed the article so I figured that's at least one hacker who thinks this is interesting news, and maybe one is enough. So enjoy, or not!
Totally pwned by the money quote:<p><i>He and his co-editor "immediately cut out all the papers celebrating the Dude as a hippie hero in a postmodern landscape." That’s a sober choice. Admirers of the Dude are already dangerously close to becoming Internet-age versions of Parrotheads, the weekend-warrior Jimmy Buffett fans who tip back margaritas -- and embarrass their children -- while wearing flip-flops, board shorts, Hawaiian shirts and coconut bras.</i>