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  • Digital content can never be moved, only copied.
  • You can never watch or listen to anything on the internet without having it copied to your computer first.
  • You cannot password protect a computer from someone who has physical access to it, only encryption works.
  • When you empty the trashcan, the files are not deleted.
  • When you format your hard drive, the files are not deleted.
  • Murphy was right.
  • Your desktop computer can run advanced programs for free that used to be available only to big companies for $100,000. Like Unix, virtual machines and SQL servers.
  • The Cloud simply means someone else's computer.
  • That Office documents are actually ZIP files.
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