Re: Re****ting Spam in Google Groups

Fred J. McCall <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>:On 2008-03-28, Fred J  McCall <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>:> Mark_Reichert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>:>:And lunch time is....?
>:>
>:> For not using your boss's assets.
>:
>:Not everyone works for a boss who is the sole proprietor of
>:their company.  In any case, I'll be sure to remove myself from
>:the property every time I eat lunch in future.  Chairs,
>:lighting, tables, sink, garbage bin, ... all involve use of
>:assets that do not belong to me. Or I could realise that I am
>:generally permitted to use these assets for personal purposes
>:where it does not negatively affect the work being done.
>:
>:In either event, there is definitely a major security and
>:maintenance difference between installing dedicated software for
>:newsreading vs using a web interface via software already
>:installed and configured. 
>:
> 
> Both are using network access that your employer pays for.  This
> impacts everyone else.
> 
At most business locations, it has literally no detectable effect. 
And at many, they don't care if employees do personal internetting 
on their lunch break. Just beacuse you work for an asshole doesn't 
mean everyone does.

-- 
Terry Austin

"There's no law west of the internet."
    - Nick Stump

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.