Hey NEWBIE..are you DRUNK???
Ridiculing "newbies" on FR makes you look juvenile and petty. Are seasoned Freepers smarter than newbies? Of course not.
“Hey NEWBIE..are you DRUNK???”
Actually, I agree with the Newbie here. He broke rules regarding the abuse of his access, but to say he ‘hacked’ into a computer system is simply not the case. Pretty much everyone here knows what a hacker is, and he wasn’t one.
As to whether he should still be punished - damn right, but he apparently skated, for some reason...either way, doesn’t affect the hacking decision.
Using the government’s rationale, I guess they could also go after him for being in possession of a firearm while committing a felony (hacking). Sounds insane, but we have people in DC who have been locked up for 5 months because they entered a building after being invited in by the guards.