this guy was't a "haockavist", he was nothing more than a script kiddie or a "bot herder"
Also, I'd really like to see his credentials as an IT security expert. I find it rather amusing
that he was caught so fast (it usually takes out government months to find someone like this).

so, there are three primary possibilities here:
1. he was incredibly stupid and bragged to everyone about it
2. our government suffenly got a lot smarter
3. this is a diversion (unlikely).

in any case, it appears out government views the wikileaks scandal as more of a first amendment issue than anything else
(note that the wikileaks founder is only wanted on a sex charge).

I really know what this kid is going through. back in 1995, I was declared deceased, only I didn't find out until I went in 15 days later to fill a prescription.
At that point, I found out that my insurance had been canceled, and that the medication I needed would not be filled. This was apparently only the
tip of the iceberg. within 2 weeks, my bank account was closed, my credit terminated and my SSI gone. it took me three months and a lot
of pressure from the local news media before social security owned up to the mistake. it was a further year before I could get a bank account
(the credit reporting databases kept reporting me as deceased).

here's the real kicker: I happen to be blind.

sooo, imagine the hellish nightmare this kid was going through. it is comparable to what I went through 15 years ago.

well,
yet another example of companies and individuals trying to maximize their profit margins, usually at the expense of safety. it used to be that such materials were transported only by U.S.N.R.C. couriers. I guess that some manufacturers figured they'd save a few dollars in shipping. now we have a possible radiation hazard loose on the general public. at least they haven't started with dangerous biologics yet (or have they?).

well,
it looks like its on to the stat supreme court. I am not sure about the money issues, but getting a conviction for malicious prosecution would definitely work in the favor of others who are currently being victimized for much the same thing. here is hoping that you win. I find the lower courts ruling that the evidence gathered was insufficient to be way out of line with known rules of law and logic. anyway, good luck in getting this matter resolved.

hehehe yeah a slight mistype caused a "funny" comment to appear.

that is the problem with being blind, sometimes you miss the right key (still, its a long way across the kb from A to O).

please prove the logic and math underlying your claim. real numbers only please.

goes to show that there is no such thing as security. it also shows how easy it is to abuse any tool, no matter how foolproof its made.

GAH! thats brailled. damned fingers!

Billions? I think you exaggerate a bit, don't you?

As someone else pointed out in here, some comics just are worth holding in hand because they don't look as good on a monitor.

now if I could just get a broilled edition, then I'd be all set. :)

the author of that comic did something outside the box and it profited him greatly. now if the music and movie industries would realize the same market and offer their wares for a lot less, they would sell more, alienate a lot less and still profit.

OMG. I always knew the clinton administration was like a circus full of clowns. or perhaps they were keystone cops. who knows?

hmmmm.
its a little more involved than that. I use a mac here and had instant accessibility from the OS without having to spend an$1,000 (hello freedom scientific!). In fact, any devices for the disabled (no matter the disability) can cost anywhere from 4 to 100 times what the standard consumer electronic equivalent can (like a $400.00 microwave that talks when the same unit that doesn't costs less than $80 at your local wal*mart). That $200.00 PDA can cost the blind person about $1,200 with the modifications made to a standard PDA (about $20.00 in parts and a few changes in the onboard software).
The above is primarily why the disabled are seeing benefits (even if unintended) from devices like the iPad and other display devices (at substantially lower costs). The above is also why most state governments go broke trying to help their disabled clients.
I happen to be blind. I paid just under $1,000 for my mac. what I would have spent on a comparable windows machine? $1,000 for the computer, $250 for the windows OS, $1,000 for the text to speech software (windoweyes or jaws). frankly, my mac is a better deal. now i I can find a braille display that won't cost me a years worth of my fixed income in one shot ($6,000)!.

hello everyone.

I agree that GUI's are nice eye candy and can visually organize a space. but... they are not blind friendly.

I still use cli for editing scripts and modifying system settings (including editing configuration files for custom settings). I don't see a lot of this in GUI interfaces (I use orca under gnome and believe me, a lot of options for settings in some system settings are simply not there). in OS X, I have also found that knowing how to modify settings on the CLI is a very powerful skill to have. anyone that thinks the GUI is the only way to go is severely limiting what they can really do.

how many of you can setup a true firewall script in linux using strictly a few guy tools and have it do some really powerful stuff? I know of perhaps 2 apps that might give you something approaching what you can create using VI in a command line. its the same with a lot of other deep level items in Linux (and OS X as well).

even though I am speaking from the P.O.V of a blind person, the same holds true for everyone. having a command line ability to make/modify/create scripts, documents and configuration files is definitely a useful (and powerful) alternative that should not be discounted.

Since dell either doesn't seem to care or has decided not to act (because its cheaper), I have a suggestion. STOP BUYING DELL PRODUCTS! if enough people do this, it will get their attention in a way they can't avoid.

I agree with "too busy" it seems even the poorest of us just don't care if we get ripped for $40.00 or so. I fix a lot of machines in my spare time here in phoenix and it seems no matter how i say it, my clients won't listen and always go back to trying some new thing (like "clean my pc").

Frankly, I am tired of offering advice when no one listens. just take their money, give them back a working machine and await the next call.