Quoth Svein Skogen (Listmail account) on Wednesday, 27 July 2011: > > Those e-mail-footers of legalese-sounding mumbo-jumbo threatening > voodoo-action against you and anybody standing next to you, should you > not be the sole designated, implied or expressed, recipient of that > e-mail, are _LESS_ binding than "shrinkwrap EULAs", and has less actual > legal content than the gold-content of seawater. They add the footers to > sound important. It's a mild case of narcissism. >
I think it's more of a CYA than narcissism -- but a poor one. Or it may be the equivalent of "please keep it to yourself" framed in legalese for added effect -- the 21st century version of pronouncing a curse upon the offender, and just as effective. -- .O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com ..O | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com
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