It was far easier to invade iraq than convince the green/democrat/idiot crowd to drill along our coastlines.

Yeah, the populace is constantly looking for someone to keep them in line. It's never a government's responsibility to control its population you ignorant douche!

Yes, unless it's about obama. Then any comment in the adverse is offensive and likely to spark riots.

Yeah, whatever. Creationists aren't taxing my a$$ off to save some freaking flies...

Interestingly, the same scam is coded 420 by the Indian Penal system. Additionally interestingly, a hit bollywood movie is called "420".

Prohibition got us years and years of Kennedys.

Oh great. Now the greenies are going to start claiming that each variant is a new species and that we have to drop everything to save them. On the other hand, the eco-diversity crowd should be pleased by this.

Since when was it supposed to be legal to do this? This hacker should be thrown in the slammer. What the hell is this world coming to when you blame the vendor/sql/whatever-else when a "user" intentionally performs a malicious attack for whatever reason? This guy is a criminal and no better than any of the virus and malware writers out there. Do any of you have a clue as to how much these cyber-criminals actually cost the rest of us? Here's a partial answer: More than I want to pay.

is that he'll do no "change" whatsoever...

What's the big deal? Just use another hash.

Oh. So you'll be spending the next few weeks with a soldering iron removing all those pesky motorola ICs that infect all your appliances? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Hmmm. Perhaps after you're caught, your cell-mate will help fill that hole of yours.

It's not stealing. It's copyright infringement. Yes, it's illegal, and (usually) should be. Yes, it's (usually) wrong. But it's still not stealing, and yes, the distinction does matter.

Right. Steal something $100 and it's petty theft. "infringe" on some copyrighted software of the same value and it's a federal case.

So, even if there's a nuclear war, I'll still be able to download porn?

... where the loose ones go to lose their virginity. ?