It's not our fault that piracy happened. As intelligent people, we were innovative in our ways to push IT to the edge and allow us to get this content free. But Pirate Bay is at fault because they capitalized on others' misfortunes. As a frequent user of torrent sites, it stinks to see them be out of commision. But as a hard-working member of society, it's great! At the end of the day, this site (and many others) are blatantly making it possible to acquire paid digital content for free. Same digital content that our friends and classmates are working to create and make a living off. Obviously free > paid. But you owe it to society to put yourself in the shoes of the people making the games, the music, the movies and the software you and I were taking for free.

New Yorkers already pay an online tax of 8.625% for many retailers who operate within the state (Amazon Tax). It really sucks! It's not fair to introduce this tax in the current economic conditions to the rest of the country; people have little disposable income as is. The only good thing is that it sort of levels the playing field for mom-n-pop shops with no online storefront.

You know what else is funny? You can go to puzzlesolver.com and solve the Rubik's cube in about two hours even if you never touched it. This is where natural selection kicks in and determines that Graham's genes should never be passed on.

Apple can put shit on a stick, brand it with the Apple logo and sell it for $299. Palm is the homeless man on the side of the street eating the shit off the stick.