He gave his money away under false pretenses. People who smoke know full well the consequences of their actions. People who participate know the odds. Although it's debatable with regards to televangelists.
I'm really sorry you think tobacco companies saying their drug is not addictive while knowing it was and being forced by the government to put only a minimal and incomplete description of medial problems smoking can cause on their product packaging is telling people exactly what they are getting. Did you mother smoke during her pregnancy with you or something?
Ad hominem is a great way to make an argument. No actually, it is not. But with regard to smoking tobacco, in this day and age, people still smoke regardless of their knowledge of how bad it is for them. People know it causes cancer and emphysema, yet they still do it anyway. They start in high school, knowing full well how bad it is. Now tell me, did anyone force these people to start smoking?
Lotteries all the time state a jackpot winnings total, then tell you you must leave the money in an annuity under their control to get that amount if you win. If you want the money upon winning, they take half or so before they even take the taxes out. They advertise how much they're going to help the schools or roads or whatever, but a huge amount of the money goes to run the lottery itself and you're lucky if your state doesn't appropriate part of the funds for some other expense. Yeah, the odds of winning are stated clearly in the fine print, but what the lottery actually supports probably isn't.
I don't see the fraud in this problem. The odds are clearly written there. To win the jackpot it's 1 in 10 million or so (or even less of a chance). If that is something that people who participate in lotteries doesn't understand, then that is their problem. I echo the same sentiments that most people here do: lotteries are a tax on people with poor math skills.
Also, would you pleas learn that a dictionary of everyday terms bears little semblance to the definitions you'd find in the criminal codes of your state or in a legal dictionary?
Except your original post made absolutely no mention of state or federal definitions.
Except none of those examples you gave is an example of "stealing from the poor." Those examples are people willingly giving money to those entities. No one is putting a gun to people's heads and telling them to buy lottery tickets, smoke tobacco, or give money to televangelists.
Or you take the third approach: it was inevitable that Manson became what he is. We humans are composed of non-thinking, non-sentient base elements (mainly hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and other trace metals). As such, our bodies are bound by the physical laws of this universe. Change the position of one quark at the beginning of the universe and our solar system may not even exist today (let alone Charles Manson).
Organisms are not programs. DNA is not data. Biology is not a branch of computer science.
In bygone times, people would compare animals and indeed human beings to clocks or steam engines. Comparing them to computers is just a flawed and just as misleading. However, it is more fashionable, so I doubt people will stop doing it anytime soon.
I disagree. Biological systems, mechanical systems, electronic systems, etc. all have something in common: potential energy is used to produce output. Energy -> system -> output. Each series of systems certainly have different complexity levels, but making such comparisons is entirely valid.
Even if you do have an AT&T Android phone, which I do, it is still possible to use apk (a tool found in the Android SDK) to transfer programs to the phone. It's pretty simple to use too. Of course, to get rid of the crapware AT&T installs, rooting is still required.
Who exactly are these "technical people" you speak of? I know of no technical person who refers to Mac OS X as XNU. I know of no technical person who refers to Windows 7 as whatever the Windows 7 kernel is called.
I don't see how Android isn't an OS. Sure, it runs on top of the Linux kernel, but that's like saying Mac OS X isn't really an OS because it's just a window/desktop manager and accompanying API running on top of the XNU kernel (and theoretically, Apple could have forked their own Linux kernel and used that instead of XNU).
Diesel engines are also one of the more fuel efficient engines around at the moment. Efficiency up to 55%.
Of course, that's with regard to those 2-cylinder massive marine diesel engines. The efficiency for diesel engines for land vehicles is a bit less than than.
Well, if you really want to be pedantic, it is 3D with stereoscopic projection. All movies have been in 3D. A 2D movie is not really a movie. We call those still images. Your description of walking around the movie display and able to see the back of Batman's head, that's 4D.
Oh my. When have I heard this before? Oh yes, back in the 1980s when there was panic and hyperbole over Japan, Inc. overtaking the USA in everything. How did that pan out exactly? I don't see how the current situation with China is any different.
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He gave his money away under false pretenses. People who smoke know full well the consequences of their actions. People who participate know the odds. Although it's debatable with regards to televangelists.
fraud is basically theft through deceit.
That's fair enough.
I'm really sorry you think tobacco companies saying their drug is not addictive while knowing it was and being forced by the government to put only a minimal and incomplete description of medial problems smoking can cause on their product packaging is telling people exactly what they are getting. Did you mother smoke during her pregnancy with you or something?
Ad hominem is a great way to make an argument. No actually, it is not. But with regard to smoking tobacco, in this day and age, people still smoke regardless of their knowledge of how bad it is for them. People know it causes cancer and emphysema, yet they still do it anyway. They start in high school, knowing full well how bad it is. Now tell me, did anyone force these people to start smoking?
Lotteries all the time state a jackpot winnings total, then tell you you must leave the money in an annuity under their control to get that amount if you win. If you want the money upon winning, they take half or so before they even take the taxes out. They advertise how much they're going to help the schools or roads or whatever, but a huge amount of the money goes to run the lottery itself and you're lucky if your state doesn't appropriate part of the funds for some other expense. Yeah, the odds of winning are stated clearly in the fine print, but what the lottery actually supports probably isn't.
I don't see the fraud in this problem. The odds are clearly written there. To win the jackpot it's 1 in 10 million or so (or even less of a chance). If that is something that people who participate in lotteries doesn't understand, then that is their problem. I echo the same sentiments that most people here do: lotteries are a tax on people with poor math skills.
Also, would you pleas learn that a dictionary of everyday terms bears little semblance to the definitions you'd find in the criminal codes of your state or in a legal dictionary?
Except your original post made absolutely no mention of state or federal definitions.
Definition of steal - look at the first one:
to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force
Your original examples are not this.
Except none of those examples you gave is an example of "stealing from the poor." Those examples are people willingly giving money to those entities. No one is putting a gun to people's heads and telling them to buy lottery tickets, smoke tobacco, or give money to televangelists.
Or you take the third approach: it was inevitable that Manson became what he is. We humans are composed of non-thinking, non-sentient base elements (mainly hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and other trace metals). As such, our bodies are bound by the physical laws of this universe. Change the position of one quark at the beginning of the universe and our solar system may not even exist today (let alone Charles Manson).
Organisms are not programs. DNA is not data. Biology is not a branch of computer science.
In bygone times, people would compare animals and indeed human beings to clocks or steam engines. Comparing them to computers is just a flawed and just as misleading. However, it is more fashionable, so I doubt people will stop doing it anytime soon.
I disagree. Biological systems, mechanical systems, electronic systems, etc. all have something in common: potential energy is used to produce output. Energy -> system -> output. Each series of systems certainly have different complexity levels, but making such comparisons is entirely valid.
In other news Trumpet Software is suing Microsoft for including a TCP/IP stack in Windows.
Even if you do have an AT&T Android phone, which I do, it is still possible to use apk (a tool found in the Android SDK) to transfer programs to the phone. It's pretty simple to use too. Of course, to get rid of the crapware AT&T installs, rooting is still required.
Who exactly are these "technical people" you speak of? I know of no technical person who refers to Mac OS X as XNU. I know of no technical person who refers to Windows 7 as whatever the Windows 7 kernel is called.
XNU is the kernel. Darwin is the subsystem without the UI layer. It's almost akin to a Debian base installation.
I don't see how Android isn't an OS. Sure, it runs on top of the Linux kernel, but that's like saying Mac OS X isn't really an OS because it's just a window/desktop manager and accompanying API running on top of the XNU kernel (and theoretically, Apple could have forked their own Linux kernel and used that instead of XNU).
That would actually be Google charging for that privilege instead AT&T in order for that to make any sense.
That would be AT&T. But there is still a way around that by downloading the Android SDK (apk tool that is in there). No need for rooting.
The release song doesn't even have lyrics :-(
How good can the release be then, I ask!
Better than Kenny G, but a little worse than anti-lock brakes.
Of course, that's with regard to those 2-cylinder massive marine diesel engines. The efficiency for diesel engines for land vehicles is a bit less than than.
Well, if you really want to be pedantic, it is 3D with stereoscopic projection. All movies have been in 3D. A 2D movie is not really a movie. We call those still images. Your description of walking around the movie display and able to see the back of Batman's head, that's 4D.
Those aren't investors. Those people are speculators. Investors are people who understand what they're putting their money in (eg Warren Buffet).
I'm not too sure about that. Sierra Leone, Liberia, Somalia, or North Korea. Which one of those four would you rather live in?
First off, you only have four walls? No roof or ceiling. It must suck when it rains.
Second, what about free Swedish massage therapists?
Although true, they still sound the same. When saying either "pad" or "PADD", there's no real way of distinguishing the two.
Yeah, no kidding. If they ever include this "feature" in Firefox, I'm switching to something else. Perhaps Konquerer.
My Flash version is 10.2.161.22 on 64-bit Linux. I'm guessing this isn't affected according to the article?
Oh my. When have I heard this before? Oh yes, back in the 1980s when there was panic and hyperbole over Japan, Inc. overtaking the USA in everything. How did that pan out exactly? I don't see how the current situation with China is any different.
I suppose now is a good time as any to mention Project Gutenber.
I can do better with my carload of 3 TB hard drives! Latency's a little slower, but no asked about that.