1996 Economic Espionage Act and DirectTV

Pharmboy writes "The Register reports a 19 year old will plead guilty to the 1996 Economic Espionage Act for giving away DirectTV secrets, even though they admit he did not pirate the service or profit from the theft." See our original story on this case.

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[Chris Burke]

No, the fundamental difference between a conservative and a liberal is that conservatives believe their own success is solely because of their strong character, and that anyone who is poor is so because they are lazy, incompetent, unambitious, or otherwise inferior.

Nine times out of ten, this is a result of a gross inexperience with reality. A sheltered life, if you will. Out in the real world, the evidence is more than adequate that wealth and competence, power and hard work, success and whatever quality it is you think poor people lack, are only occasionally related. You meet enough rich lazy idiots and enough poor people breaking their back trying to not be poor anymore, and you stop spouting that kind of foolishness. You see enough rich people actively working to better themselves at the expense of the poor. You spend some time in the real world, and realize the substantial obstacles to improving one's situation, and think "Gee, maybe it isn't entirely their fault after all. Maybe, were it not for luck or circumstance, that could be me."

Poor people are not poor because some rich person stepped all over them. In fact, thats the attitude that keeps them poor.

Not always, but often, yes, that is the attitude that keeps them poor.

Oh, wait, I don't think that's what you meant. :)

P.S. Don't come back at me with all the problems of liberalism. I know, but that's not what we're talking about. :)