From TFA: "The dangerous message being sent to young people is clear: 1) you are scum; 2) classical music is not a wonder of the human world, it's a repellent against mildly anti-social behavior."

If (2) you find classical music repellent, then (1) you _are_ scum.

It's also possible he's smart enough to realise he'll sound like a right little fucker if he calls himself a genius. A bit of false modesty goes a long way.

Do they mean fire some teeny tiny particles 30m into copper, or blow a giant 30m crater in an enormous ingot of copper? Cos it kinda sounds like the second one in the article.

Even a crass, commercial value system?

It's great how big companies really care these days. We should feel privileged to have such vigilant guardians of our "healthy, vibrant culture".

In France, do you have to give your social security number to get an internet connection? Or pay by direct debit from your own bank account? If not, what's to stop people signing up with a false name and paying in cash?

God is angry. He's sent a plague. He does that.

"The attack works best on a Linux system with an Intel DQ35 motherboard with 2GB of memory"

So, IF I'm using a specific motherboard and IF I have 2GB of memory and IF I've been dumb enough to give someone root access, I have to buy another 1GB of ram?

Sweet, I've been looking for a good excuse to spend money.

I want one!

..come to mind.

unpopular != flamebait

Well exactly, But few activities are lucrative enough to allow these bad people to wield the kind of power that drug money brings.

I think it's safe to assume that everyone who wants to do drugs in our society is already doing them. Why give the potential taxes to criminals?

Smoke 20 a day for six months. Then try to stop. Maybe you'll be able to, but you won't think it's easy anymore.