It might also have something to do with the fact that all the torrents that, umm, my friend could find when he looked were shitty camcorder recordings.

I think you just hit the nail on the head! Either...

1) Someone in LulzSec stole this dude's wallet
2) Someone in LulzSec fabricated the whole story (most likely, IMO)
3) The thief stole the BC and "donated" it to LulzSec in a bizarro Robin Hood-esque gesture
4) The pastebin is fake or something

Lawyer replaced by shell script

Err, data loss is *more* likely on my hard disk.

Cloud service reliability will only get better. A total loss of data is still *much* less likely with data stored on my hard drive. Granted, regular backups would help a lot, but I'm too lazy.

I think we'd all agree that a crappy app atop a good OS can lead to a crappy experience. Ergo, a crappy experience does not imply a crappy OS.

Where's the mobile app?

Here ya go: http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/12/13/the-lessons-of-gawkers-security-mess/

That's quite a hack, depriving users of their right to vote...