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Oct

it’s official. O’Reilly’s an idiot.

   Posted by: The Russian   in Entertainment, Technology

i don’t know if this has to do with him being old, stupid, or clearly oblivious about freedom of the press, but he clearly lives in his own reality on this one. he’s got someone who’s completely agreeing with him on the core issues but he loves the sound of his own voice so much that he can’t hear a fucking thing she’s saying because i suppose we should all live in papa bear’s world.

and no you moron, someone stealing $50 that your grandma sent you in the mail isn’t the same as stealing confidential documents from someone’s email that could potentially reveal a terrorist plot against the state or an individual. one has inherent value the other has intrinsic value. welcome to the internet. weak passwords get hacked. it’s not hard. what this kid did wasn’t even a fucking hack. he just WiKi’d Palin and guessed the password reset questions. that’s not hacking. any idiot could have done that. using an insecure system is about as safe as leaving your front door wide open and wondering why someone stole all your shit while you went away for the weekend.

to go off on a tangent for a second, i think this is also where a lot of people misunderstand something like pirating music and movies. you’re not stealing something that can never be sold and could be considered lost profit, you’re making a copy of something digital (and in most cases just getting to enjoy something you would have never purchased in the first place).

here’s a nice picture:

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