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>> unless the object of the fraud and the thing obtained consists only of the use of the computer and the value of such use is not more than $5,000 in any 1-yea
by alok-g 16y ago
>> unless the object of the fraud and the thing obtained consists only of the use of the computer and the value of such use is not more than $5,000 in any 1-year period
Going from $4999.99 to $5000.00 turns it from nothing to a federal crime! If we engineers were making such stupid algorithms, nothing these law-makers use in their daily lives would work!
- pyre 16y agoOn the other hand, you would be complaining that the law was 'too broad' if it only defined it as a 'significant amount' or something equally as nebulous.
- alok-g 16y ago"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein There are more options besides making it over-simple, or leaving it incomplete (nebulous).
- icegreentea 16y agoUh huh. And all it takes is a few seconds for kiddy porn to become normal porn, and underage drinking to be normal drinking, and voting from some future possibility to a choice you actually have to make (..or ignore i guess...). Arbitrary hard delineations suck (even the law makers know that). They're just necessary at times.