Indeed, you missed the first two paragraphs of the FA.

/yes, I know, nobody reads TFA

Actually, you need means, motive, and opportunity. There must be a guilty act, and the responsible party must show ability to commit the crime (not demonstrated, since the FBI did everything for him), the motive to commit the crime (clearly demonstrated), and opportunity to commit the crime (it is not clear he would have had opportunity without the FBI giving it to him).

I don't expect anything from you, except for you to keep tugging that line. You're so worked up, and in so many places all over this thread, you can't even make reasonable arguments anymore without swearing up a storm or calling people stupid.

Seems like this is going pretty smoothly.

Do I even need to say anything? Could I just post a blank reply?

You don't seem inclined to reply to my other comments which actually address the topic (again, not my issue if you don't know which ones those are).

I take it that you have nothing to say about the topic at hand.

Clearly. That's why you keep replying.

This is like shooting fish in a barrel.

If I tell you what to do with said gun first, then yes, I would also be liable. If you tell me you plan to use a gun to commit a crime, I would also be liable if I then sold you a gun. This logic has been applied to all sorts of criminal activity (for example, building secret compartments into cars).

/welp, I've run out of anonymous posts for the day. Good thing the karma burner is fully fueled.

I sure as hell hope you're not.

For the record, Slashdot is a discussion forum for entertainment, and people discuss all sorts of things, including the topic at hand, the state of their life, the state of other peoples' lives, the state of other posters' lives, advertisements for GNAA, etc..

I can't help it if you don't know which other posts are mine--and it's not my problem to make you aware of that. Try asking Timothy.

You take this shit way too seriously buddy. Have a chill pill.

How about you go off your meds again? That was pretty entertaining for a few years.

This is, by far, the weirdest thread on Slashdot, ever.

Face it, any thread which has both Cold Fjord and Circletimessquare making insightful points is weird. Are pigs about to fly?

Damnit Cold, you need to stop making reasonable points. It's almost like you're losing your edge. For a minute there, I almost mistook you for anyone else.

Services are still typically export controlled items. Read ITAR sometime.

I stopped keeping a large digital music collection when I upgraded iTunes and it decided to nuke my entire library on installing the newest version. 80 GB of music, all perfectly tagged, all gone. That was back around 2007, whichever version that was.

Needless to say, I was furious. I also no longer use iTunes.

Why not?

About once every couple of weeks or so. You should've been there the night the bear ate goombaw.

/apologies to Pat McManus

I would've modded this +1 Funny if I had points. It walks that very fine razor's edge of Poe's Law, but I suspect it falls on the side of parody.