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"The very systems that have made Netflix so successful--everything from its sophisticated recommendation engine to a profit-maximizing formula that determines which subscribers get movies first--have proven irresistible to hackers, who are constantly looking for new ways to crack, manipulate and reverse-engineer the company."

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    March 16, 2007, 12:47 p.m.

    Veddy intadestink! I guess everyone is too busy trying to hack this company instead of doing this. Or sitting on their butts watching all the movies Netflix sends them. It certainly beats crossword puzzles; trying to figure out all the complexities of a giant system and toy with them.

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