Re: Internet Info CDROM (fwd)

Mike Meyer (mwm@contessa.phone.net)
Thu, 15 Dec 94 19:46:29 PST

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> I'd done said:
> > A company publishing your FAQ without first obtaining permission (but
> > asking later when you mention it) is akin to someone trepassing
> > through your back yard (amid "No Trespassing" signs) and asking after
> > you happened to see him traipsing across the lawn.
> >
> > THE ISSUE IS ABOUT CONTROL, NOT ABOUT
>
> ...and "Craig A. Finseth" <fin@unet.umn.edu>> done said:
>
> > I think a better analogy is if you host a party for the whole town in
> > your back pation. It's a little unreasonable to expect them to ask for
> > permission to cross your grass in order to get there.
>
> Not quite. I am hosting a Christmas party in my HOUSE. I have votive
> candles lined all along my front driveway and a big wreath on my front
> door (which is open, BTW since I'm in Hawaii and it's warm), and a big
> sign that says "Welcome!". I am standing at the front door with a tray
> of cookies and egg nog, welcoming everyone and shaking everybody's
> hand that walks in.
>
> Mr. Walnut Creek then proceeds to ignore the front entrance, walks
> along the side of the house, climbs over my trash cans and fence, then
> crawls under my hedges. Continuing around the side of my house, Mr.
> Creek tries to get to my party by forcing open the sliding glass door
> to my bedroom.
>
> Okay--that's a tad closer.

But we can come closer still. Mr. Creek was an invited guest, started
from the public parking lot behind your house and followed a well-worn
path that went that goes beside your house, over the trash cans and
fence, under the hedges, around the side and through the unlocked
sliding glass door.

Yup - even closer.

<mike

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