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  • #31
    Spammers should be stoned to death by mobs of geeks in the city square.
    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.

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    • #32
      No, they should be foreced to use macs and aol.

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      • #33
        They should be forced to use emacs.

        For everything.
        Last edited by The Mad Monk; July 3, 2003, 10:03.
        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Spiffor
          Is there an official holder of the vocabulary truth in English ?

          Or are English dictionaries' definitions written by some private actor to correspond with the general definition in the society ?
          UK English dictionaries aren't prescriptive, they measure the meaning and spelling of words rather than define them. Which is why many US English words are accepted meaning and spelling in the UK.
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #35
            I'd suppose most of them ARE stoned all the time.

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            • #36
              Bidder's Edge's bots were collecting data from eBay. eBay showed a slight performance lag. The judge ruled that the bots were tresspassing and causing damage to productivity.


              Which is NOT email. Saying emails are trespassing on the server is a ludicrous position! Especially when there was no proof of a slowdown. And I'm not sure that I wouldn't have ruled the other way in the eBay case either, even though it that was it was bots collecting data causing a slowdown.

              It would be a pretty absurd extension of trespass law to start including personal property of any kind.




              He still has to bear the cost, though


              Which is a non-argument in comparing the two. Just because the government hasn't decided to charge for emails (which has been considered from time to time) does not make it substantially different that post letters.
              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                Which is NOT email. Saying emails are trespassing on the server is a ludicrous position!
                No more ludicrous than saying using bots to collect data is trespassing on the server.

                One use HTTP, the other SMTP -- what's the difference?
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                • #38
                  Only a temporary and already expired victory, California has since passed a spam law.
                  Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
                  Japher: "crap, did I just post in this thread?"
                  "Bloody hell, Lefty.....number one in my list of persons I have no intention of annoying, ever." Bugs ****ing Bunny
                  From a 6th grader who readily adpated to internet culture: "Pay attention now, because your opinions suck"

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                  • #39
                    sweet!

                    virginia needs to pass one




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                    • #40
                      No more ludicrous than saying using bots to collect data is trespassing on the server.


                      Like I said, I don't think I'd say bots were trespassing either. Though emails are less harmful to the server.
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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