'UK Hackers' Condemn McKinnon? 214
An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust has some interesting commentary on this BBC article which claims that 'UK hackers' have condemned Gary Mckinnon's trial. From the article: 'Another example of some truly awful and misinformed mainstream tech reporting here. The article claims that UK hackers are almost all in support of Mr Mckinnon when in truth as we all know the entire tech community has agreed that Mr Mckinnon is not only an idiot but a deluded attention seeker.'"
No Free Energy For You! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Idiot (Score:1, Funny)
Look on the bright side.... (Score:1, Funny)
They may have stuck him in a shared cell with (cannibal) Armin Meiwes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4752797.s
I can imagine why it's happening (Score:4, Funny)
Bush: "Damm it! Where did they get the technology to break our secret codes?"
Security Advisor: "Actually, we left the systems wide open. Our IT specialists are too lazy to set passwords"
Bush: "So how do we stop these sly foreign devils?"
Security Advisor: "Lets just grab one and stick him in jail for life. No one at home will care. It might put the rest off"
Bush: "Or we could train our guys to use password?"
Security Advisor: "You'r talking nonsense again, sir"