Caught my neighbor stealing cable, should I turn him in?

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

As mentioned before... lol wut doesn't understand english.

stealing
adjective
given to or characterized by theft.

steal
verb
to take without permission or right


Main Entry: steal
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: stole ; sto·len ; steal·ing
Etymology: Old English stelan
: to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of —see also ROBBERY, THEFT



THEFT is STEALING.
STEALING is THEFT

same
fucking
thing

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Read what you linked, moron. You won't get it, but "theft of services" does not equal "theft". It's merely a legal term.

You can say it's theft/stealing when you can prove that the property has been taken from its owner without permission; otherwise, don't bother. One more time: nothing's been taken away without permission; therefore, no theft.

 

[slayer202]

Are you really this fucking stupid? Seriously?

If you had an ounce of intelligence you'd be seeing what you're writing makes absolutely no sense.

you're such a moron

 

[guyver01]

You can say it's theft/stealing when you can prove that the property has been taken from its owner without permission;

you see the signal going thru the cable? the electrons? it is tangible.

That is the service providers PROPERTY

you are taking it WITHOUT PERMISSION.

thank you.

now end this thread.


but you wont.

your next reply will be.. "but i cant see it... so it doesnt exist"

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

you see the signal going thru the cable? the electrons? it is tangible.

That is the service providers PROPERTY

you are taking it WITHOUT PERMISSION.

thank you.

now end this thread.

That signal was already in the box, you fucking moron. He's not taking any additional bandwidth.

You're so fucking stupid that you focus on what DOESN'T cost them money. If you want a real, tangible loss, look at what the cable guy (according to the moronic OP) broke to get access into it. THAT's costs them.

 

[Ns1]

One more time: nothing's been taken away without permission; therefore, no theft.

CABLE SERVICES

god you're stupid.

I had to ignore you again cuz I don't want to get sucked into responding to your stupidity.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

you're such a moron

Cool story, bro.

 

[guyver01]

That signal was already in the box, you fucking moron. He's not taking any additional bandwidth.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

wow. you really are stupid.

bow out of this thread. noone would blame you.

you dont know how cable plants work.
you dont understand how technology works.

so stop pretending you do.

the signal was NOT already in the box.

 

[Born2bwire]

I haven't read this thread before but I noticed that it's still popping up at the top of the forums and was wondering how people could still be trolling this thing. Then I saw LOL Wut Axel.

 

[torpid]

Technically OP didn't catch his neighbor stealing cable, correct? He caught someone stealing cable FOR his neighbor, who may or may not know that this guy is doing something illegal. As such, I would definitely not turn in the actual neighbor.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

wow. you really are stupid.

bow out of this thread. noone would blame you.

you dont know how cable plants work.
you dont understand how technology works.

so stop pretending you do.

the signal was NOT already in the box.

Yes, it was. Are you really this fucking stupid? If it wasn't, he wouldn't have been able to get cable TV to work to begin with. The cable box (the one outside the house that connects service to all the street or neighborhood) already has the full bandwidth capacity they need to broadcast available in them. Since he doesn't have the company's box (the one that goes indoors), he'll probably only get channels up to 100 or so. If they suspect whatever activity they don't approve of (and they have ways of monitoring it), then they'll send someone to cut the line.

 

[KingGheedora]

If someone cares about having cable enough to steal it, then they care enough to pay for it. A potential customer is lost.

This is not true. Of all the people I know who have pirated online and stolen cable, many have not ever paid for cable or whatever the equivalent service was in their scenario.

The same was true back in my college days when I would pirate music with Napster. I had no budget to pay for music at all. I didn't buy it before I found Napster.

 

[Ns1]

This is not true. Of all the people I know who have pirated online and stolen cable, many have not ever paid for cable or whatever the equivalent service was in their scenario.

The same was true back in my college days when I would pirate music with Napster. I had no budget to pay for music at all. I didn't buy it before I found Napster.

in this situation, when you do come up on money there is no longer an incentive/reason to buy, since you had already obtained whatever it was for free. Thus, a customer is lost.

 

[guyver01]

If it wasn't, he wouldn't have been able to get cable TV to work to begin with.

Let me know where you live, so i can come over, tap into your water and electric feed, and get me some free water and electricity.

sure.. your rates will go up... but who cares... they're already sending the water and electricity to you.. so i'm not stealing anything.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

in this situation, when you do come up on money there is no longer an incentive/reason to buy, since you had already obtained whatever it was for free. Thus, a customer is lost.

False. If you thought it was worth it you'll buy it when/if you have the money and/or, in the case of music, you find another way to support them (e.g. going to concerts, buying apparel). If you didn't think it was, or would never buy it in the first place, there was no "loss" because the intention to buy wasn't there.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Let me know where you live, so i can come over, tap into your water and electric feed, and get me some free water and electricity.

sure.. your rates will go up... but who cares... they're already sending the water and electricity to you.. so i'm not stealing anything.

LMAO. You can't be this stupid.

Did you forget that TV signal is unlimited (in the case of the one putting the line, until/if they catch him) and they're not gonna charge anyone else money because the cable box outside already has all the necessary bandwidth they send 24/7? You taking bandwidth that the cable box outside had doesn't cost them any additional money, nor will it cost the neighbors money. When you're putting that line from the box to your house you're not splitting the bandwidth, while you taking electricity that was designated for a single place and split it in two means there's a victim, and that victim has to pay additional costs.

Horrible analogy.

 

[KingGheedora]

in this situation, when you do come up on money there is no longer an incentive/reason to buy, since you had already obtained whatever it was for free. Thus, a customer is lost.

This is true but not for all people. Some people don't agree with the prices the cable companies set, and so would not pay for the service at the current prices even when they do come into money. I would guess that what you say is probably true for at least half of all potential customers.

 

[slayer202]

LMAO. You can't be this stupid.

Did you forget that TV signal is unlimited (in the case of the one putting the line, until/if they catch him) and they're not gonna charge anyone else money because the cable box outside already has all the necessary bandwidth they send 24/7? You taking bandwidth that the cable box outside had doesn't cost them any additional money, nor will it cost the neighbors money. When you're putting that line from the box to your house you're not splitting the bandwidth, while you taking electricity that was designated for a single place and splitting it in two means there's a victim, and that victim has to pay additional costs.

Not only are you an attention whore and a moron, but horrible at making analogies as well.

you fail. if your stupidity made any sense, everyone would just STEAL cable and not pay for it. unfortunately, reality doesn't work like that. it's stealing a service that a company provides with the intention of charging for it. other people are paying your share

 

[randomrogue]

All the trolling aside the thing that I would be concerned about would be how you are as a neighbor yourself and how he treated you while you lived there. Good neighbors are hard to come by and regardless if you're moving you shouldn't turn him in since I doubt you'd want the same thing done to you. Forget stealing cable (yes it's stealing - get over it), but how would you like it if your next neighbor called the cops when you had your stereo too loud or had your car towed when you parked illegally for an hour. Yeah you aren't perfect and I'd think you'd want good neighbors so you should be one yourself. Being a douche is not cool. The guy isn't breaking into cars and yes there is a difference between stealing cable, taking home an extra bottle of wine from the wedding, and robbing a bank.

If it morally bothers you so much then at least look in the mirror and don't ever download something illegally. Then you should feel free to call the hotline and let them know there isn't a lock on the box, but don't rat your neighbor out just in case he's not the one who even asked for free cable.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

you fail. if your stupidity made any sense, everyone would just STEAL cable and not pay for it. unfortunately, reality doesn't work like that. it's stealing a service that a company provides with the intention of charging for it. other people are paying your share

They're not stealing anything, moron. Already been discussed. The rest is irrelevant because of it.

 

[Old Hippie]

I don't know the particulars but I think you can get other hardware that will simulate it.

Please post a link.

AFAIK there are NO hacks for digital cable and never have been.

While the shenanigans of 'jumping' a cable connection will get you analog TV without a box in some areas, any competent company will catch it.....sooner if someone else starts complaining about a bad signal....which will also happen.

 

[chihlidog]

This is like, should I turn my neighbor in for growing weed? I chuckled about it and forgot about it. Crimes like that IMO arent harmful enough for me to be the whistleblower.

 

[slayer202]

They're not stealing anything, moron. Already been discussed. The rest is irrelevant because of it.

it's a service you aren't paying for. you are so delusional. adios

 

[TuxDave]

False. If you thought it was worth it you'll buy it when/if you have the money and/or, in the case of music, you find another way to support them (e.g. going to concerts, buying apparel). If you didn't think it was, or would never buy it in the first place, there was no "loss" because the intention to buy wasn't there.

Here's how it went down:
Neighbor: Man, cable sucks, it costs so much money but I want to watch football so I guess I'm going to just have to suck it up.
Cable Haxer: Hey man, just give me $20 and I'll hook you up with free cable.
Neighbor: DEAL!


There, now we have a potential loss of a customer and since I doubt we'll ever know the true situation, I declare this one to be the true one. 🙂

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

it's a service you aren't paying for. you are so delusional. adios

That doesn't equal stealing (in this case), you idiotic baffoon. "Theft of services" does not equal "theft". If he would've taken possesion of something tangible that had an owner, then you could make an argument.

 

[randomrogue]

It's stealing but so is pirating software and downloading media. All of you do it.

inc. "I've never downloaded a song or movie in my life. HONEST!". Yeah right.