Either that, or he was just using rhetoric. A hyperbole meant to imply that if you disagree with him you are saying that software development is a charity, which of course sounds outrageous. In any case it helps cover up the fact that he doesn't actually have a real argument.
What makes me sad when I think about this is how often I see this kind of tactic. A thought provoking rational argument is becoming increasingly hard to find.
This has already been said but...
They're not. Not the computers with any 'real' sensitive information. What was hacked was what you could call the pentagon's 'secretarial' network.
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Either that, or he was just using rhetoric. A hyperbole meant to imply that if you disagree with him you are saying that software development is a charity, which of course sounds outrageous. In any case it helps cover up the fact that he doesn't actually have a real argument. What makes me sad when I think about this is how often I see this kind of tactic. A thought provoking rational argument is becoming increasingly hard to find.
This has already been said but... They're not. Not the computers with any 'real' sensitive information. What was hacked was what you could call the pentagon's 'secretarial' network.