I mean the universities didn't want to charge him. Yet the government was hell bent on putting a 26 year old guy in prison for what was it 30+ years?
Why don't they focus on the real scum of society instead? Fucking awful. Free country my ass.
I mean the universities didn't want to charge him. Yet the government was hell bent on putting a 26 year old guy in prison for what was it 30+ years?
Why don't they focus on the real scum of society instead? Fucking awful. Free country my ass.
Well, he kind of did. See wikipedia:
Despite his diagnosis, Jobs resisted his doctors' recommendations for mainstream medical intervention for nine months, instead consuming a special alternative medicine diet in an attempt to thwart the disease. According to Harvard researcher Ramzi Amri, his choice of alternative treatment "led to an unnecessarily early death." According to Jobs's biographer, Walter Isaacson, "for nine months he refused to undergo surgery for his pancreatic cancer – a decision he later regretted as his health declined." "Instead, he tried a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other treatments he found online, and even consulted a psychic. He also was influenced by a doctor who ran a clinic that advised juice fasts, bowel cleansings and other unproven approaches, before finally having surgery in July 2004."
They don't lose money until they have to pay the bill. It is still just a digital debt with nothing lost yet. Nothing is lost until the credit holder comes to collect the debt. Hence why you can be given a credit limit (and credit) while having no money. You aren't required to exchange money until the debt is collected at which point you lose money.
A debit card collects right away, a credit card does not.
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JSTAR didn't want to charge him. MIT did and were pursuing a civil suit against him. The federal government also filed charges against him on the basis of his crime which wasn't a crime that requires someone to press charges.
He was offered a plea deal of 6 months in prison. He refused and want to take it to trial where he could potentially get up to 35 years for all 13 of his counts. In reality you often don't get the full sentence and you often don't get found guilty on all counts. He could of ended up with probation and a slap on the wrist.
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"Man is his own star. His acts are his angels, good or ill, While his fatal shadows walk silently beside him."-Rhyme of the Primeval Paradine AFC 54
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Then how can I use a credit card when I have 0 money? You can't lose what you don't have yet you can still accrue credit. You are confusing debit card with a credit card. It is inevitable that they lose money with a fraudulent charge, because there exists a concept of charge reversal.
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To show that it was much more then hiding a laptop in a closet, and was closer to "mission impossible" then you were trying to claim. However you just called your hero a special kind of idiot, because he didn't originally spoof his mac and IP address but only did so after he was blocked by MIT twice. Why do you need to insult someone you are idolizing?
"Man is his own star. His acts are his angels, good or ill, While his fatal shadows walk silently beside him."-Rhyme of the Primeval Paradine AFC 54
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Pretty sure I'm not misreading an exact quote that says "According to Google DoubleClick Ad Planner's estimate, the median U.S. Reddit user is male (72%), 25–34 years of age, and has a college education. The analysis also shows that many of the top ten audience interests are in the tech field, suggesting a computer savvy demographic"
Sadly, to those who say he deserved prison, your view is ignorant. Hell, if u were born 50 years ago, you would probably say rosa parks deserved to go to jail. Noone makes history doing it quietly, what he did was courageous and I hope history will uphold this small town hero.
"Man is his own star. His acts are his angels, good or ill, While his fatal shadows walk silently beside him."-Rhyme of the Primeval Paradine AFC 54
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No. I'm not. Did you know that some banks do something called an Overdraft? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdraft
The credit company that gives out the loans have no knowledge of the issuer's cash amount. This is fact.
Debt liquidation is a bad thing to resort to, but sometimes is necessary. In this case you're driving someone else into debt and poverty due to your logic. They are still losing money.
If the creditor does not receive the money, then they lose the money. If it's not the owner that loses it, then it's the creditor. This isn't just a one side deal.
That is for a bank account, and not a credit card. However you can be charged an additional fee for going over your credit limit in some rare cases. But most companies just decline your card when you reach your credit limit. You still don't lose any money until you have to pay for your credit. It is all digital until that point and you owe a physical good (money).
Credit is a virtual good. You are still confusing a debit card with a credit card. A debit card you lose money with each transaction because it automatically draws from your account. You can get charged an over draft fee because it isn't a line of credit and is a physical good. Credit is a virtual good and nothing is lost until the credit holder requires you to repay your debt.
Having a credit card with 1500 dollars and charging up to that limit doesn't subtract any money from your personage. You will owe that money but you don't lose any money. This is why you can go into debt from a credit card because you can spend more then you actually have. If you lose money for every transaction you can never spend more then you actually have.
Credit is virtual and isn't actual negative to your money until you pay it. Just because you make a charge to your card doesn't mean you have to pay it right away. Eventually you will lose money but a simple charge doesn't lose you money. However you illustrate the point perfectly. Wouldn't release documents that are normally charged for drive someone else into debt and poverty?Debt liquidation is a bad thing to resort to, but sometimes is necessary. In this case you're driving someone else into debt and poverty due to your logic. They are still losing money.
If the creditor does not receive the money, then they lose the money. If it's not the owner that loses it, then it's the creditor. This isn't just a one side deal.
This is why it is still stealing to take virtual goods that are not yours. Just as it is stealing to take virtual credit. Eventually someone loses something with virtual goods.
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So why is one virtual good different then the other? You do realize that by releasing 4 million documents that would cost MIT and the publishers of the articles (which MIT paid for their articles) thousands of dollars. Doesn't seem like a logical fallacy to me, but its hard to discuss something when you respond with what is essentially "/thread".
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I don't think people get that what he did was wrong and even he knew it.
Just because somebody doesn't want to press charges doesn't mean that no charges will be filed. What this person did has almost no effect to majority of the internet users.
He broke the law. No matter how noble is act you may think it is, the law was broken. Just like if I rob a bank and then go and give money to people so they can pay their bills. It's a noble act, but the law was broken.
Stop trying to make him a hero, when the reality is 95% of the world never knew who he was or cared who he was before he killed himself. Now all the sudden everybody knew who he was and is outraged that he was arrested for breaking the law. Where were all these people when he got arrested? Stop joining internet band wagons because you think they will make you look hip. The truth is they make you look sad.
You want a bandwagon to jump on that you might actually make a difference. How about the bandwagon of feeding the needy in your area, or the bandwagon of spending time with underprivileged kids. Jump on those bandwagons, and if there isn't one start your own wagon train so others will jump on it and do actual good deeds. Those will make you look hip.
So for love of god, please stop jumping on bandwagons. This person broke the law and as the old adage goes...."Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."