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FW: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'amateur psychology half-hour'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 19:02:52 +0100
- Subject: FW: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 02 May 2006 17:21, Steven Hartland wrote:
Ahh, the power of the subconscious....
> Hopefully Corinna can find some more time in his very busy schedule
How else could anyone not be brought up short by the cognitive dissonance of
writing 'his' just after a very feminine name (it even ends in an 'a') if not
for the power of the subconscious to inflict its (often quite prejudiced)
preconceptions on our waking thoughts?!
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Hey! Multiplay! Prohibit *this*!
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! ! ! ! ! --
! ! ! ! ! / !
! ! / !
! !/ /
! /
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It is, of course, completely bogus to suggest that just by saying so, an
individual or company can bind any random individual to a one-sided
contractual obligation without their explicit initial prior consent. Hence
the statement claiming that the recipient " .. IS ... " prohibited from all
that stuff is a lie.
Would *you* do business with a firm that prints a blatant lie at the bottom
of all its stationery? Not me.
> In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please
> telephone (023) 8024 3137
> or return the E.mail to postmaster@multiplay.co.uk.
How is it even possible to "return" an email? Sure, I can forward them a
*copy* of it, but then I still have the original and have made now one /extra/
copy. Some dumbass lawyer has insisted on this wording without realising the
utter nonsensical category error they are committing. I suppose this is a PHB
thing:
"Oops, I've received a misdirected email... I'd better print it out and
stick it in the post back to them. <sound of mental cogs grinding rustily>
Hey, I know! <ping!> I'll fax it to them instead - that'll be even faster!"
<wanders off pleased with self>
cheers,
DaveK
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