Wow, if this had happened when I was 14, the principal would've marched both of them into his/her office, then systamatically gone through the school until someone fessed up. Someone was responsible and it was only a matter of time before they were found out (because, you know, kids do like to brag...).
Besides, what idiot lones their i-Whatever device and then walks away, and what idiot thinks leaving it on a desk out in the open is a good idea?
Guess things have changed. Nobody is accountable nor responsible, nor do the schools or the parents take any role in this process to teach children. So we have to waste valuable court time with a case like this. I hope the judge has a few good words to say. I'd love to see this on Judge Judy. I shudder to think what the prosecuting girl will be like when she grows up.
Given the amount of corporate jargon included in press releases I've read, I wouldn't be surprised. It'd be quite easy, actually. Just plugging in a dozen or so canned cliches and "added value" and "forward thinking" phrases provides a company with a lifetime of impressive-sounding, yet utterly empty statements to produce.
I counted at least a dozen typos in the short release on newslaunches.com. Is Millionaires24.com run by 5th graders? Also, the big round login thing looks like the gas cap cover plate on a Nissan sports car. High "Klass" for sure.
This just goes to prove the long-standing theory I've had: All the lawsuits and nay-saying about piracy, etc. from the MPAA has just been, in part, an elaborate stall tactic by them until they could get their crap figured out on how to organize their own online offerings (i.e., to make $$). Same as with the RIAA. First they downplay and chastise the entire online distribution system, then as soon as they have their own (read: crappy, DRM'd expensive) solution, they suddenly come out evangelizing it and praising themselves for being so customer-centered and forward thinking. Baaah!
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