There are certainly times when the responsibility should be shared, but misuse of something such as Internet service or credit does not have anything to do with the company providing it. Within such a philosophy, if you are pulled over for speeding you would be able expect the automobile manufacturer to help pay for the fine (I guess for making the car too fast). How about if you kill someone using a gun? Does the gun manufacturer have to take partial responsibility for your indiscretion? Duh.
Take full responsibility for your own actions! Since the credit card company did not have any action in this person loosing money, they have no responsibility to take. They extended credit to him good faith, he abused that credit and now he should pay for it.
I can't say that the casino is responsible for his indiscretion either. They would have no way of knowing that he wouldn't be able to pay his debt. They are within their rights to expect payment
I would recommend Learning Perl also by O'Reilly & Associates. When I first started learning Perl, this book was invaluable. Perl was also, for me anyway, a good first programming language to learn on. Prior to that, the only other language I had learned was BASIC, and only very little. Most people will recommend not starting with a language like C, due to its complexity. Perl seems to be a good starter.
I now use Programming Perl and Perl Cookbook. Both are from O'Reilly & Associates. This book also sounds like a good reference to have once you have the basics down.
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There are certainly times when the responsibility should be shared, but misuse of something such as Internet service or credit does not have anything to do with the company providing it. Within such a philosophy, if you are pulled over for speeding you would be able expect the automobile manufacturer to help pay for the fine (I guess for making the car too fast). How about if you kill someone using a gun? Does the gun manufacturer have to take partial responsibility for your indiscretion? Duh.
Take full responsibility for your own actions! Since the credit card company did not have any action in this person loosing money, they have no responsibility to take. They extended credit to him good faith, he abused that credit and now he should pay for it.
I can't say that the casino is responsible for his indiscretion either. They would have no way of knowing that he wouldn't be able to pay his debt. They are within their rights to expect payment
RyanI would recommend Learning Perl also by O'Reilly & Associates. When I first started learning Perl, this book was invaluable. Perl was also, for me anyway, a good first programming language to learn on. Prior to that, the only other language I had learned was BASIC, and only very little. Most people will recommend not starting with a language like C, due to its complexity. Perl seems to be a good starter.
I now use Programming Perl and Perl Cookbook. Both are from O'Reilly & Associates. This book also sounds like a good reference to have once you have the basics down.
Ryan
P.S. My major was also theater (design).