Some look like alien figures and have led some science fiction writers to conclude they were built by interplanetary visitors.

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But some writers, like Paula Henry, who were content to service a small, local readership have unwittingly come under the national gaze.

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There are some writers who like to begin at the beginning and just work their way through, discovering how the story unfolds along the way.

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And with some additional work by sophisticated malware code writers, cross-platform exploits can easily be created using botnets like Flashfake.

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