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Uncommon card · Science
Gary McKinnon, an Uncommon card
Gary McKinnon is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Gary McKinnon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gary McKinnon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Gary McKinnon is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in ____ of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time".
Answer
2000s. Gary McKinnon is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time". From the Gary McKinnon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Measure. Measure 72 · Gary McKinnon 68 · Hubble Ultra-Deep Field 65 · Adolphe Sax 62 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- McKinnon said that he was looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public.
- On 16 October 2012, after a series of legal proceedings in Britain, then Home Secretary Theresa May blocked extradition to the United States.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gary McKinnon article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Gary McKinnon
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gary McKinnon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : en:User:Wilsha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
