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Well to be fair there is a fixed allocation of money, so if anybody that filled it out earlier wants to actually get a check they have to limit it. Either that, or everybody gets a check for a few cents. Which is worse really?

It’s the same as when you go to a baseball game and they have a giveaway for the first 10,000 fans. There is a limit to the offer and being early matters.

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Or you know, if there were 150m potential claimants and $125 for each, the math required to work out the total that needs to be set aside is simple enough that they don't need to rent time on a Cray to calculate it.

No, it is more like taking 10,000 bobble heads, dividing them in to thirds, and giving a piece to each of the 30,000 fans who showed up.

That just means the $31 million cap was ridiculously low.

And it was. Does anybody really believe that the damages caused by the hack was only in the tens of millions? That information is precious and the moment that it's stolen, it's stolen for good.

Amen. On what planet did they think there would be more people than dollars worth of damage?

they probably paid 30 millions in bribes to politicians to make this happen

It’s more like the baseball stadium had defrauded their customers and they are legally obligated to give refunds, but somehow the court allows them to only give refunds to the first 10,000 fans who request it.

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