Paul Rubin wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>>There is a difference between what is *illegal* and what constitutes
>>>a *crime*.
>>
>>Why thank you, you've really made my day. That's the funniest thing I've
>>heard in months. Please, do tell, which brand of corn flakes was i
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > There is a difference between what is *illegal* and what constitutes
> > a *crime*.
>
> Why thank you, you've really made my day. That's the funniest thing I've
> heard in months. Please, do tell, which brand of corn flakes was it that
> you got your
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:56:44 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>
>
>>There is a difference between what is *illegal* and what constitutes
>>a *crime*.
>
>
> Why thank you, you've really made my day. That's the funniest thing I've
> heard in months. Please, do tell, which bran
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:34:20 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>
>
>
>>A) I don't much care if people wander off topic from time to time -
>>that's what filters are for. But as a matter of general courtesy
>>is it too much to ask that the subject line be so marked?
>
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:29:26 +0100, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote:
> Now, tell me: is the polluting of a newsgroup with off-topic postings,
> a crime,
Not in any nation that values personal freedom over petty laws controlling
people's behaviour for no good purpose.
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:25:45 +1100, Steven D'Aprano
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Accounting software comes to mind. But just because Microsoft
>did not, or was unable to, illegally squelch competition in one market
>does not excuse them for doing so in another.
Just as a factual matter, while Mic
Hi,
Though out of the streamline, I find your post to be one of the most
reasonable and well-formed arguments I have read in a long time. Keep
it up. Great work.
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Real standards, like TCP/IP which is the backbone of the Internet,
aren't
controlled by any one company. Anyone
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Jaywalking is a crime. So is littering. So is merely belonging to certain
> organisations, such as the German Nazi party or any number of allegedly
> terrorist groups. Walking around naked in public is a crime, and in many
> places in the world, including the USA, you then
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:34:20 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> A) I don't much care if people wander off topic from time to time -
> that's what filters are for. But as a matter of general courtesy
> is it too much to ask that the subject line be so marked?
Fair enough.
> B) Rhetoric is not
David Blomstrom wrote:
> "Everytime someone compares MS's behavior with some
> less controversial criminal behavior, you act like
> they
> accused MS of holding people up at gunpoint."
>
> Screwing literally millions of consumers and taxpayers
> and holding entire schools hostage is far worse tha
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