This makes sense for moderate size stockholders with varied holdings, who value a steady cash flow. For immense fortunes like his, almost completely invested in one company, it would make much more sense to sell stock.

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again."

Why would he care so much about dividends? He can just sell a bit of his stock. The capital gain tax is also 15%, makes no difference either way.

Why only him? Many people were prosecuted along the same lines. I actually think it would be unfair to single him out in that respect.

But the best part is that this technology is available today!

I doubt your laptop really draws 65 watt's though. Seems a bit too much for a portable running on battery power.

No they did not find that vitamins are beneficial to memory! What they found is that people who have better memory also had more vitamins.

Let's not multiply entities beyond necessity here.

High blood pressure is only bad as it potentially leads to heart attacks, strokes, etc, not on its own (you cannot even feel it usually). However coffee consumption appears to have a protective effect on the cardiovascular systems.

Well, their budget is larger than that of the National Science Foundation. If that is not obscene, I do not know what is.