"Intentionally abusing a process in bad faith can be a crime," no.
"and should be a crime" never. If this is the case the consumer becomes responsible for every possible mistake. That is a path I don't want to travel.
Do you want a bill for a product you got charged the wrong price for? Do you want to be responsible for any possible mistake a store/corporation might do?
You sound stupid. Let me help you: fraud: In criminal law, fraud is intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual;
There is no deception going on.
This isn't fraud just like if you owed me 20 dollar and gave me a 50 by mistake.
Ethically, should I tell you of your mistake? yes. Would I tell you? probably*. but it's not fraud.
*I say probably becasue one time I went into a 7-11 and the person was talking on the phone and turned her back to me. Then when I took my six pack of soda to the counter, she ignored me while talking on the phone. Then I cleared my throat and she looked at me with disgust, sighed, the with an attitude told me the price. I gave her a five, she gave me my changed, glared at me for a moment then turned her back. When I looked down she gave me change for a 20. after waiting a minute I just left with the money.
any other time I've gotten too much change I told whomever made the mistake.
If IGT found a bug in the code where their deck only used 51 cards, would they issue a refund to all the players? No? well then tough titties, fix the code. I fully support the Casino suing the manufacture for defective equipment, but not the consumer.
" it's not any different than tricking a person into the same." That's not the definition of fraud, so you might want to learn and think next time.
I here some yahoo saying that all the time. The tech hasn't changed like it did back in the xx's. Looking back it seems like the grand changes, but a the time? it was just another step. We have materials that can repair themselves. We have swarm robotics. We have a software program the can make formulas the provide mathematics formulas based on nothing but a set of data. mathematic formulas that work with 100% predictability and that no human understands..
"..anyone but the developers set the completion date for software. " no, that doesn't work either. Unless you have a highly motivated staff working on something they love, you need to set some milestone and delivery dates. Naturally you listen to the developer and use it as a guide line.
For example see: why this very case where the developer said he could get it done by Aug 1st.
Sometimes the market or market windows determines finish by date, becasue is usually about money, not about solid code.
And I mean objectively. The writing the filming the acting. even though I didn't like 24 for subjective reason,it was much better technically then those other shows.
"I'm sick of the real catty housewives of the next urban location. I'm tired of Dodgy the bountiful hunter, and every lame "re-enacted" reality shows like Operacion Repo." I agree, but they are cheap to make so they can make a lot of maybe for the studios even with lower ratings. So they keep trying that model. However there end is near. People are getting tired of many of them.
You don't pay to watch advertising, you pay to have a signal brought into a home. you pay for the SERVICE. Advertising pays for the shows. It's always been that way.
Hulu would need to be 100+ dollars a month to drop advertising and have a decent selections of shows. Would you pay that?
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"Intentionally abusing a process in bad faith can be a crime,"
no.
"and should be a crime"
never. If this is the case the consumer becomes responsible for every possible mistake. That is a path I don't want to travel.
Do you want a bill for a product you got charged the wrong price for? Do you want to be responsible for any possible mistake a store/corporation might do?
what am I a casino owner? video game machine expert? head of marketing? how should I know it's not some special promotion?
Don't make the consumer responsible for machine mistakes.
You sound stupid.
Let me help you:
fraud: In criminal law, fraud is intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual;
There is no deception going on.
This isn't fraud just like if you owed me 20 dollar and gave me a 50 by mistake.
Ethically, should I tell you of your mistake? yes. Would I tell you? probably*. but it's not fraud.
*I say probably becasue one time I went into a 7-11 and the person was talking on the phone and turned her back to me.
Then when I took my six pack of soda to the counter, she ignored me while talking on the phone.
Then I cleared my throat and she looked at me with disgust, sighed, the with an attitude told me the price. I gave her a five, she gave me my changed, glared at me for a moment then turned her back. When I looked down she gave me change for a 20. after waiting a minute I just left with the money.
any other time I've gotten too much change I told whomever made the mistake.
Poker is luck and skill.
The longer you play, the less luck(random chance in or against you) has an impact.
That is true both with a specific games, and more so when you track many games, like professional poker.
IT's important to remember that becasue how you bet can be determine buy how often you play.
SO if you have a hand that wins 20% of the time, you might bet because you only need to win 1 out of 5 to break even.
NONE of the applies to video poker, it's mostly luck, the only skill is in not throwing out winning hands.
If IGT found a bug in the code where their deck only used 51 cards, would they issue a refund to all the players? No? well then tough titties, fix the code.
I fully support the Casino suing the manufacture for defective equipment, but not the consumer.
" it's not any different than tricking a person into the same."
That's not the definition of fraud, so you might want to learn and think next time.
people suffer less, and continue to suffer less very year.
Now this might change with people listening to AGW deniers, the rise of dangerous organic foods and anti-vaxers.
I suspect after a serious round of disease, famine and plague people will remember why we developed to do thing they way we do.
No, they haven't come about becasue giant rotating blades are noisy and expensive to run.
I here some yahoo saying that all the time. The tech hasn't changed like it did back in the xx's.
Looking back it seems like the grand changes, but a the time? it was just another step.
We have materials that can repair themselves.
We have swarm robotics.
We have a software program the can make formulas the provide mathematics formulas based on nothing but a set of data. mathematic formulas that work with 100% predictability and that no human understands..
Please.
Assuming they don't have the tech to build at the atomic level. Becasue if you can do that, then everything is 100% recyclable.
It's a broken democracy becasue isn't a democracy, idiot.
Why would you want to kill that? It's a convenient way to pay a tax you owe.
Please tell me where this allows insider trading:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s716cps/pdf/BILLS-113s716cps.pdf
Schneier isn't all that.
Which is a great game. Doesn't take too long, it's fun, and it's simple.
oh?
http://www.themennonite.org/public_press_releases/Federal_laws_require_a_few_changes_for_Mennonite_Financial_credit_card_holders
Depends.
It would give you a good case to claim partial ownership.
"..anyone but the developers set the completion date for software. "
no, that doesn't work either. Unless you have a highly motivated staff working on something they love, you need to set some milestone and delivery dates. Naturally you listen to the developer and use it as a guide line.
For example see: why this very case where the developer said he could get it done by Aug 1st.
Sometimes the market or market windows determines finish by date, becasue is usually about money, not about solid code.
Sadly.
How would you use the information? How would they gather it?
Here, let me explain:
24 - Good
The Agency, Jericho, and Terra Nova - Crap.
And I mean objectively. The writing the filming the acting.
even though I didn't like 24 for subjective reason,it was much better technically then those other shows.
"I'm sick of the real catty housewives of the next urban location. I'm tired of Dodgy the bountiful hunter, and every lame "re-enacted" reality shows like Operacion Repo."
I agree, but they are cheap to make so they can make a lot of maybe for the studios even with lower ratings. So they keep trying that model.
However there end is near. People are getting tired of many of them.
Yes, raped with that free shipping and cheaper prices. Gosh those evil bastard.
WTF dude?
OTOH, we are a demographic full of people with extra spending cash.
TV shows are pulled for 2 reasons:
1) They don't make enough money
2) The money they make isn't enough.
No, Fox has driopped good rated shows. Becasue lower rated. but cheaper shows can make more money.
You don't pay to watch advertising, you pay to have a signal brought into a home. you pay for the SERVICE. Advertising pays for the shows.
It's always been that way.
Hulu would need to be 100+ dollars a month to drop advertising and have a decent selections of shows. Would you pay that?
The nerve of someone creating a product that doesn't apply to you!
Yes, and they are doing it with some cars now. On car has a tree that grows on the dash the better the mileage the bigger the tree.
I drove 68 all the way home..becasue one more and I would have ate it. badum...bash.