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

Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

:Fred J. McCall <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
:news:rqsou3dr3pfq3ukmkssjjfkmso6r1s9i1n@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
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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. 
:

If it's only one person.  Now multiply.

:And at many, they don't care if employees do personal internetting 
:on their lunch break. 

Have you asked them?

:Just beacuse you work for an asshole doesn't 
:mean everyone does.

I don't recall saying anything at all about who I work for or what
their policies are.

Just because you're a delusional innumerate moron doesn't mean
everyone is.

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