On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 01:45:35PM -0700, Sasha Pachev wrote:
> 
> I would recommend filtering your own sense of humor. What some people
> think is funny, others do not, and it can cause problems.

So you're saying that I have to filter my sense of humor for
eavesdroppers in OIT?  Seriously?


> On a similar note, jokes at the airport are bad. Do not kid a police
> officer when he starts flashing his lights behind you even if you
> think it is funny. Etc. Restrict using your sense of humor to
> situations where you are absolutely sure everybody will understand the
> joke.

That's _exactly_ what I did.  However, when there are eavesdroppers you
have to worry about them getting the joke, too.  This is one of the many
reasons that privacy is important even for people who aren't doing
anything wrong.


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