Re: Reporting Spam in Google Groups

"Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:>
:>> Fred J. McCall wrote:
:>>> 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.
:>>
:>> Only if he pays by the byte.  The amount of bandwidth used by text
:>> Usenet groups is say down in the noise compared to almost any other
:>> sort of traffic.
:>>
:>
:> No, not only if he pays by the byte.  Unless you have infinite
:> bandwidth ANY use of the bandwidth by a user impacts all other 
:> users.
:> Claiming "Oh, but the impact of my recreation is trivial on those
:> working" is just a cop-out.
:
:When you go to the bathroom at work, are you careful to use only one 
:square of toliet paper? 
:

Do you have anything actually relevant to say, or are you all caught
up in being an idiot?

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