I agree with thehorse, this was all brought up because someone said they would go to a library or a school to utilize machies for an attack. He merely backed up my point that those places have system administrators too, and that security tends to be taken a little more heavy than security cameras.

question: Would Richard Stallmen help my security by being in the closet? Perhaps he could write a manifesto for me while he is there.

I agree security is important to everyone, in my opinion what would comp usa or a best buy need there computers hooked up to the internet for anyway? The demo models for sure? They are asking for abuse, but thats ignorance on their part. Part of staying up on security is learning how to avoid "best buy attacks" by setting up your network correctly to filter out that crap.